True, fluting does help just like he said. But if you don't flute it take care of it. By the way fluting only helps to an extent (I've got a friend that thought otherwise and now he's having to replace that $545 barrel - he's got me doing the work for him and this time he's trying out a brand new (meaning not used) helinical fluted chromemoly barrel to see if there is a noticeable difference between the two types of fluting and performance.