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are carbon fiber barrels the wave of the future?
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<blockquote data-quote="Alex Wheeler" data-source="post: 1978228" data-attributes="member: 101859"><p>In a best case, a really well made cf wrapped barrel may not give up enough accuracy for you to shoot the difference. But there are plenty of opportunities to hurt the accuracy of a barrel by turning it down and wrapping it. I would be very skeptical of a "factory" cf barrel's accuracy potential. Im sure we will see them and they will sell, but I doubt the guys on this site are satisfied with the same accuracy level the average consumer is. Now that Bartlien in making a cf wrapped barrel Im much happier to use them, but even if they were the same price as steel, I'd still choose steel for my own rifles. My testing showed the cf wrapped barrel to be the same stiffness as a steel barrel of equal weight, so a sendero cf was about the same as a #3 ss barrel for weight and stiffness. Bartlien does not turn the blank quite as thin I believe and may be using a little different material, they are way stiffer for the same contour as the cf barrels I used for my test, but may be a touch heavier. The oz. counting for a long range rifle doesnt make sense to me. The lighter a rifle is the more it kicks and the harder it is to shoot, reducing its effective range. It pretty easy to get a long range rifle lighter than you want it with a steel barrel. And when you need a real ultralight you wont see a cf barrel on it, they are too heavy. What I do like about the CF barrel is you can use a stock designed for large barrel contours and keep things from getting too heavy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alex Wheeler, post: 1978228, member: 101859"] In a best case, a really well made cf wrapped barrel may not give up enough accuracy for you to shoot the difference. But there are plenty of opportunities to hurt the accuracy of a barrel by turning it down and wrapping it. I would be very skeptical of a "factory" cf barrel's accuracy potential. Im sure we will see them and they will sell, but I doubt the guys on this site are satisfied with the same accuracy level the average consumer is. Now that Bartlien in making a cf wrapped barrel Im much happier to use them, but even if they were the same price as steel, I'd still choose steel for my own rifles. My testing showed the cf wrapped barrel to be the same stiffness as a steel barrel of equal weight, so a sendero cf was about the same as a #3 ss barrel for weight and stiffness. Bartlien does not turn the blank quite as thin I believe and may be using a little different material, they are way stiffer for the same contour as the cf barrels I used for my test, but may be a touch heavier. The oz. counting for a long range rifle doesnt make sense to me. The lighter a rifle is the more it kicks and the harder it is to shoot, reducing its effective range. It pretty easy to get a long range rifle lighter than you want it with a steel barrel. And when you need a real ultralight you wont see a cf barrel on it, they are too heavy. What I do like about the CF barrel is you can use a stock designed for large barrel contours and keep things from getting too heavy. [/QUOTE]
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