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Why use a carbon wrapped barel?
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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 2071802" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>If you were an engineer with a heat transfer background, you wouldn't have asked those questions.</p><p></p><p>For the rest of the readership, now you have some idea why a barrel manufacturer can claim superlative barrel cooling properties. It's a relatively safe gamble on their part because the majority of their customers have no easy way to conveniently disprove the propaganda. And when you touch the barrel after a string of shots, carbon fiber will feel cooler to the touch than a steel barrel. It seems so obvious based on touch, that it must be true. The majority of the reports from the 'believers' on this forum used to state "cooler to the touch" to justify their belief their CFW barrels shot cooler than their steel barrels. UNTIL I explained their cool exterior barrel surface was actually evidence their CFW was insulating the steel inner sleeve of their CFW barrel. But you'll still find that reverse logic explanation crop up on the Forum fairly regularly.</p><p></p><p>Why did some bullet manufacturers inflate the BC values of their bullets before their customers had access to accurate, affordable bullet measuring instruments? Because they could get away with it, and coincidentally, it increased company profits. Their bullets were simply better than the competitions' bullets. Their marketing sections are without shame, and the culprits receive financial reward.</p><p></p><p>One reason my last two CFW barrel purchases are manufactured by Bartlein. Haven't seen them advertising their CFW barrels run as cool as dry ice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 2071802, member: 4191"] If you were an engineer with a heat transfer background, you wouldn't have asked those questions. For the rest of the readership, now you have some idea why a barrel manufacturer can claim superlative barrel cooling properties. It's a relatively safe gamble on their part because the majority of their customers have no easy way to conveniently disprove the propaganda. And when you touch the barrel after a string of shots, carbon fiber will feel cooler to the touch than a steel barrel. It seems so obvious based on touch, that it must be true. The majority of the reports from the 'believers' on this forum used to state "cooler to the touch" to justify their belief their CFW barrels shot cooler than their steel barrels. UNTIL I explained their cool exterior barrel surface was actually evidence their CFW was insulating the steel inner sleeve of their CFW barrel. But you'll still find that reverse logic explanation crop up on the Forum fairly regularly. Why did some bullet manufacturers inflate the BC values of their bullets before their customers had access to accurate, affordable bullet measuring instruments? Because they could get away with it, and coincidentally, it increased company profits. Their bullets were simply better than the competitions' bullets. Their marketing sections are without shame, and the culprits receive financial reward. One reason my last two CFW barrel purchases are manufactured by Bartlein. Haven't seen them advertising their CFW barrels run as cool as dry ice. [/QUOTE]
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