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Carbon Fiber Barrels: Waiting for a Real Solution
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<blockquote data-quote="Timnterra" data-source="post: 1995931" data-attributes="member: 55944"><p>I do own a 6.5 PRC with a Chris Reed carbon wrapped Benchmark barrel. And I used to own another carbon wrapped 308 Winchester which I sold. I do not own, promote, or sell barrels from the MFG that I linked in my comment. I don't consider my comments to be "running down" any barrel maker they are simply observations. It is true that carbon fiber has been around a long time and it is glued to other materials all the time but these parts are not asked to function as a rifle barrel.</p><p>My comments are from the opinion that we have Lots of R and D work to do in the carbon wrapped barrel industry. Several of the issues have been listed in this thread; one of the main ones is that heat doesn't transfer through carbon like it does through steel. The carbon wrap around the barrel liner acts as an insulator Which will hold heat in and this cannot be good for the barrel. Secondly the claim is that carbon wrapped barrels are stiffer than steel barrels. This is not an accurate claim. A couple years ago one of the guys on this forum chucked up several barrels in the lathe and noted the deflection When a weight was hung from the barrel. The overall conclusion was that a carbon wrapped barrel was just as stiff as a steel barrel of the same weight. This leads me to believe that with the current technology the only actual benefit of a carbon wrapped barrel is they look cool.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Timnterra, post: 1995931, member: 55944"] I do own a 6.5 PRC with a Chris Reed carbon wrapped Benchmark barrel. And I used to own another carbon wrapped 308 Winchester which I sold. I do not own, promote, or sell barrels from the MFG that I linked in my comment. I don’t consider my comments to be “running down” any barrel maker they are simply observations. It is true that carbon fiber has been around a long time and it is glued to other materials all the time but these parts are not asked to function as a rifle barrel. My comments are from the opinion that we have Lots of R and D work to do in the carbon wrapped barrel industry. Several of the issues have been listed in this thread; one of the main ones is that heat doesn’t transfer through carbon like it does through steel. The carbon wrap around the barrel liner acts as an insulator Which will hold heat in and this cannot be good for the barrel. Secondly the claim is that carbon wrapped barrels are stiffer than steel barrels. This is not an accurate claim. A couple years ago one of the guys on this forum chucked up several barrels in the lathe and noted the deflection When a weight was hung from the barrel. The overall conclusion was that a carbon wrapped barrel was just as stiff as a steel barrel of the same weight. This leads me to believe that with the current technology the only actual benefit of a carbon wrapped barrel is they look cool. [/QUOTE]
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