The government profile barrel removed weight off the wrong end of the barrel. They remove mass from the middle of the barrel but leave the ends thicker. This successfully reduces weight, but that's it. The barrel is more likely to flex, will whip more, and is more stressed than barrels of uniform diameter or with taped profiles.
From an engineering standpoint, there's nothing intelligent about the government barrel profile. From a practical use standpoint... there's nothing intelligent about the government barrel profile.
-B
RIP, Jeff Dorr: 1964 - July 17, 2009
"When young men seek to be like you, when lazy men resent you, when powerful men look over their shoulder at you, when cowardly men plot behind your back, when corrupt men wish you were gone and evil men want you dead . . . Only then will you have done your share." - Phil Messina
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