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<blockquote data-quote="MudRunner2005" data-source="post: 1033592" data-attributes="member: 12995"><p>Thin barrel wrapped in thick carbon fiber = lightweight, but VERY strong (because of the carbon fiber). Carbon fiber also absorbs and dissipates heat VERY well, which means less flexibility, which means less barrel whip while the bullet is traveling down the bore. Which, in-turn leads to more accuracy.</p><p> </p><p>Thin barrel NOT wrapped in carbon fiber = pretty much the opposite of the first one.</p><p> </p><p>A good rule of thumb is that the thinner the barrel, the quicker it heats up, and when steel gets heated up, it gets malleable (flexible), which means you get more barrel whip from thinner contour barrels. That's why most tactical and LR rifles have big heavy-contour barrels on them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MudRunner2005, post: 1033592, member: 12995"] Thin barrel wrapped in thick carbon fiber = lightweight, but VERY strong (because of the carbon fiber). Carbon fiber also absorbs and dissipates heat VERY well, which means less flexibility, which means less barrel whip while the bullet is traveling down the bore. Which, in-turn leads to more accuracy. Thin barrel NOT wrapped in carbon fiber = pretty much the opposite of the first one. A good rule of thumb is that the thinner the barrel, the quicker it heats up, and when steel gets heated up, it gets malleable (flexible), which means you get more barrel whip from thinner contour barrels. That's why most tactical and LR rifles have big heavy-contour barrels on them. [/QUOTE]
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