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Mountain/Do-it-all rifle build suggestions.
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<blockquote data-quote="Hookdown" data-source="post: 1569645" data-attributes="member: 97455"><p>I have a Carbon Proof barrel on one of my rifles and love it for what the rifle was built for. But your research concurs with mine. The lightest barrels are thin, all metal barrels. Carbon Fiber wrapped barrels offer considerably more stiffness at very little weight addition, along with better heat dissipation. Heat dissipation was not a concern of mine for a hunting rifle. The stiffness would be nice. But one thing to consider, as I did, is that the fatter profile of the CF barrels may preclude you from using some lightweight "mountain profile" stocks. They are designed to use sporter profile barrels or thinner, as the forend is not wide enough for CF profiles. Like you, I felt the additional cost of the CF barrels, along with their limiting consequences, made me decide against them for this particular build.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hookdown, post: 1569645, member: 97455"] I have a Carbon Proof barrel on one of my rifles and love it for what the rifle was built for. But your research concurs with mine. The lightest barrels are thin, all metal barrels. Carbon Fiber wrapped barrels offer considerably more stiffness at very little weight addition, along with better heat dissipation. Heat dissipation was not a concern of mine for a hunting rifle. The stiffness would be nice. But one thing to consider, as I did, is that the fatter profile of the CF barrels may preclude you from using some lightweight “mountain profile” stocks. They are designed to use sporter profile barrels or thinner, as the forend is not wide enough for CF profiles. Like you, I felt the additional cost of the CF barrels, along with their limiting consequences, made me decide against them for this particular build. [/QUOTE]
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