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<blockquote data-quote="s5traut" data-source="post: 662361" data-attributes="member: 48877"><p>The greatest benefits are heat dissipation and weight reduction. A carbon barrel will dissipate heat at a much faster rate than steel, resulting in a lighter barrel with heat dissipation qualities of a much heavier one. The main drawback is cost.</p><p> </p><p>IMO, if your rig is purely for hunting you'd be better off with a feathweight/lightweight contour barrel since you probably won't be taking enough shots to benefit from the cooling properties for which you will be paying more for. AFAIK, the carbon-barrels won't significantly reduce the weight of a "mountain" type barrel as they are already using a minimal amount of steel.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="s5traut, post: 662361, member: 48877"] The greatest benefits are heat dissipation and weight reduction. A carbon barrel will dissipate heat at a much faster rate than steel, resulting in a lighter barrel with heat dissipation qualities of a much heavier one. The main drawback is cost. IMO, if your rig is purely for hunting you'd be better off with a feathweight/lightweight contour barrel since you probably won't be taking enough shots to benefit from the cooling properties for which you will be paying more for. AFAIK, the carbon-barrels won't significantly reduce the weight of a "mountain" type barrel as they are already using a minimal amount of steel. [/QUOTE]
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