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Pros and Cons carbon fiber barrel vs steel barrel
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<blockquote data-quote="orkan" data-source="post: 2671204" data-attributes="member: 25377"><p>Because that's exactly how it works, if you're running a suppressor. Pencil steel barrels are whippy when you hang weight on the end... they can become nearly impossible to keep in the node. </p><p></p><p>The carbon fiber brings stiffness, without the weight penalty. I would have thought this would be obvious at this point. It's not a theory. It's a proven fact. </p><p></p><p>The carbon makers spend their time talking about stiffness, but they don't often spend time talking about the muzzle movement and oscillation that pencil barrels have, due in part to the pressure wave expanding skinny barrels more than thick barrels as the "plug" (bullet) travels down the bore. When you wrap a high tensile strength material around the same contour, you don't only make it stiffer, but you constrain the expansion. </p><p></p><p>This is all very well documented at this point, and the real issue is folks not having the confidence to realize when they have a bad barrel vs a good barrel. </p><p></p><p>While I have very limited experience with carbon fiber unsuppressed rifles, my experience indicates that even without a suppressor, the carbon barrel will be easier to keep in the node than a pencil steel barrel. This is clouded by the fact that the most popular carbon barrels tend to not shoot very well compared to high end steel barrels of any contour. </p><p></p><p>Though the fact remains that a properly done carbon barrel that weighs the same as a skinny contour steel... will almost universally outshoot and/or be more forgiving than the steel pencil barrel.</p><p></p><p></p><p>----------- </p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/primalrights" target="_blank">Follow on Instagram</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/primalrights" target="_blank">Subscribe on YouTube</a></p><p><a href="https://amzn.to/3txlBnp" target="_blank">Amazon Affiliate</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.primalrights.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://primalrights.com/images/signatures/sig2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="orkan, post: 2671204, member: 25377"] Because that's exactly how it works, if you're running a suppressor. Pencil steel barrels are whippy when you hang weight on the end... they can become nearly impossible to keep in the node. The carbon fiber brings stiffness, without the weight penalty. I would have thought this would be obvious at this point. It's not a theory. It's a proven fact. The carbon makers spend their time talking about stiffness, but they don't often spend time talking about the muzzle movement and oscillation that pencil barrels have, due in part to the pressure wave expanding skinny barrels more than thick barrels as the "plug" (bullet) travels down the bore. When you wrap a high tensile strength material around the same contour, you don't only make it stiffer, but you constrain the expansion. This is all very well documented at this point, and the real issue is folks not having the confidence to realize when they have a bad barrel vs a good barrel. While I have very limited experience with carbon fiber unsuppressed rifles, my experience indicates that even without a suppressor, the carbon barrel will be easier to keep in the node than a pencil steel barrel. This is clouded by the fact that the most popular carbon barrels tend to not shoot very well compared to high end steel barrels of any contour. Though the fact remains that a properly done carbon barrel that weighs the same as a skinny contour steel... will almost universally outshoot and/or be more forgiving than the steel pencil barrel. ----------- [URL='https://www.instagram.com/primalrights']Follow on Instagram[/URL] [URL='https://www.youtube.com/user/primalrights']Subscribe on YouTube[/URL] [URL='https://amzn.to/3txlBnp']Amazon Affiliate[/URL] [URL='http://www.primalrights.com'][IMG]http://primalrights.com/images/signatures/sig2.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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