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The hammer needs to be carrying X amount of energy when it strikes the valve.
Lightening it means that the hammer stores less energy will be stored in the hammer when it strikes the valve at a given speed. To correct for a loss of energy in this way, you often have to increase the spring rate, so that the hammer has more speed.
BUT. . . Here's where you're going in the right direction, in my opinion.
A fluted hammer is able to accelerate more readily because it has to displace less air as it travels down the tube. Compare a standard hammer to a parachute in this way...
I would try it...
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