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Are carbon wrapped barrels really worth the extra $$ ?
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<blockquote data-quote="TYoung" data-source="post: 1639776" data-attributes="member: 106048"><p>My 2 cents, </p><p></p><p>Carbon wrapped barrels (proof,Christian) offer a weight savings and better accuracy after about 20+ continuous shots than high end steel barrels. But also tend to hold in the heat so velocities can be affected. A steel flutted barrel will cool down faster than a carbon wrapped one, internally.</p><p></p><p>Carbon tensioned barrels (BSF) give the best results of both carbon wrapped and steel flutted. Has the strenght of a carbon wrapped, but without the resin and carbon holding in the heat. </p><p></p><p>Again this is just my opinion, I have several different precision guns, one with a proof barrel, another with a brux steel and another with a BSF. All shot within quarter MOA with the right loads. But I also recently bought a Bergara HMR for $900 and it shoots quarter to half MOA groups consistently right out of the box with some good hand loads. So why do we spend 5-6 thousand on our custom guns, To be COOL I guess.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TYoung, post: 1639776, member: 106048"] My 2 cents, Carbon wrapped barrels (proof,Christian) offer a weight savings and better accuracy after about 20+ continuous shots than high end steel barrels. But also tend to hold in the heat so velocities can be affected. A steel flutted barrel will cool down faster than a carbon wrapped one, internally. Carbon tensioned barrels (BSF) give the best results of both carbon wrapped and steel flutted. Has the strenght of a carbon wrapped, but without the resin and carbon holding in the heat. Again this is just my opinion, I have several different precision guns, one with a proof barrel, another with a brux steel and another with a BSF. All shot within quarter MOA with the right loads. But I also recently bought a Bergara HMR for $900 and it shoots quarter to half MOA groups consistently right out of the box with some good hand loads. So why do we spend 5-6 thousand on our custom guns, To be COOL I guess. [/QUOTE]
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