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Are carbon wrapped barrels really worth the extra $$ ?
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<blockquote data-quote="JDD" data-source="post: 1639536" data-attributes="member: 102774"><p>its all simple physics. 1 " dia steel vs 1' dia carbon wrapped steel. The carbon wrapped barrel will be lighter. The inner core of a carbon wrapped barrel by design is thinner and lighter therefore it will heat up faster and cool down faster. The carbon acts as an insulator. Does that make a carbon wrapped barrel more subject to erosion if fired rapidly. I don t know it may. The larger diameter carbon wrapped barrels were conceived to eliminate POI change as the barrel heats up compared to same weight steel barrel of smaller diameter. The initial offerings did not perform well at all. They had to thicken the core to make the barrels more stable so the weight went up. I have a pencil thin barrel on a ultra light receiver. I don t remember the name of the smith but you would send him a brand new receiver and 3k and he would lighten everything up almost to the point of being delicate and send you back a sub 6lb rifle. It was a 280 rem. The cold bore shot was always exact but did not group well. I ran a 280 improved reamer in and it now shoots a very nice 3 shot group " what more do you need for a hunter". The bottom line is " a properly smith rifle with a 26" premium barrel properly stressed relieved can be produce that weighs less than a similar rig with a carbon wrapped barrel". If I were to build a ultra light mountain rifle it would be a short action 6.5 prc with a 26" barrel with a quite muzzle break on a lite action bedded in a ultra light carbon fiber stock. Fitted with a aluminums one piece base/ring set up. and a 1" top Quilty scope having a ballistic reticule scope that matches the hunting load. You should be good to 800 yards with out touching a dial. The only possible advantage I see in a carbon wrapped barrel is if you want to run suppressed. In that case you are not trying to build a 7 lb. rig. My impressions of my ultra lite rig is that it carries very well, hits real hard for 3 very accurate shots. It is not forgiving to shoot, it is so light off- hand it is a bear to manage and to get your wobble to slow down. When it takes off its like a ferrari even from a rest it takes extra care. More than once I started to sell it since i gotten to old to climb mountains.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JDD, post: 1639536, member: 102774"] its all simple physics. 1 " dia steel vs 1' dia carbon wrapped steel. The carbon wrapped barrel will be lighter. The inner core of a carbon wrapped barrel by design is thinner and lighter therefore it will heat up faster and cool down faster. The carbon acts as an insulator. Does that make a carbon wrapped barrel more subject to erosion if fired rapidly. I don t know it may. The larger diameter carbon wrapped barrels were conceived to eliminate POI change as the barrel heats up compared to same weight steel barrel of smaller diameter. The initial offerings did not perform well at all. They had to thicken the core to make the barrels more stable so the weight went up. I have a pencil thin barrel on a ultra light receiver. I don t remember the name of the smith but you would send him a brand new receiver and 3k and he would lighten everything up almost to the point of being delicate and send you back a sub 6lb rifle. It was a 280 rem. The cold bore shot was always exact but did not group well. I ran a 280 improved reamer in and it now shoots a very nice 3 shot group " what more do you need for a hunter". The bottom line is " a properly smith rifle with a 26" premium barrel properly stressed relieved can be produce that weighs less than a similar rig with a carbon wrapped barrel". If I were to build a ultra light mountain rifle it would be a short action 6.5 prc with a 26" barrel with a quite muzzle break on a lite action bedded in a ultra light carbon fiber stock. Fitted with a aluminums one piece base/ring set up. and a 1" top Quilty scope having a ballistic reticule scope that matches the hunting load. You should be good to 800 yards with out touching a dial. The only possible advantage I see in a carbon wrapped barrel is if you want to run suppressed. In that case you are not trying to build a 7 lb. rig. My impressions of my ultra lite rig is that it carries very well, hits real hard for 3 very accurate shots. It is not forgiving to shoot, it is so light off- hand it is a bear to manage and to get your wobble to slow down. When it takes off its like a ferrari even from a rest it takes extra care. More than once I started to sell it since i gotten to old to climb mountains. [/QUOTE]
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