Carbon Fiber??

[rgvt4]

Is it worth paying the extra money for a carbon fiber wrapped barrel? Going to use it for target and hunting. Whats the advantage or disadvantage other than money.

Thanks for the info.

 

[turbo54]

Re: Carbon Fiber??

It's lightweight.

Don't count on "barrel cooling" or "enhanced accuracy" claims.

It's sexy, and it's light.

That's it.

 

[bassani]

Re: Carbon Fiber??

so its sexy is the pro for getting it?
natural finish, paint or cerakote is lightweight as far as coating a barrel.

whats the reason for getting a carbon wrapped barrel

 

[Uncut_Teeth]

Re: Carbon Fiber??

There's different qualities of CF wrapped barrels. Some companies just wrap in CF, apply resin, and that's it. Good CF wraps have an additive in the resin that dissipates heat (372% according to bettin custom guns) faster than steel. CF wraps can give you a thinner barrel that will perform similar to a thicker barrel because of the strong tinisle strength of CF. At least that what I'm getting from some sites on Google.

http://proofresearch.com/barrels/

http://www.bettincustomguns.com/Technical%20Information/The%20carbon%20wrapped%20advantage.htm

 

[rgvt4]

Re: Carbon Fiber??

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: UncutTeeth</div><div class="ubbcode-body">There's different qualities of CF wrapped barrels. Some companies just wrap in CF, apply resin, and that's it. Good CF wraps have an additive in the resin that dissipates heat (372% according to bettin custom guns) faster than steel. CF wraps can give you a thinner barrel that will perform similar to a thicker barrel because of the strong tinisle strength of CF. At least that what I'm getting from some sites on Google.

http://proofresearch.com/barrels/

http://www.bettincustomguns.com/Technical%20Information/The%20carbon%20wrapped%20advantage.htm </div></div>


Thats some great info thanks

 

[RTH1800]

Re: Carbon Fiber??

I had some Krieger's done a few years ago and was not at all suppressed. One was setup for a suppressor and it had very large POI shifts and none were real accurate shooters.
RTH

 

[rgvt4]

Re: Carbon Fiber??

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: rth1800</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I had some Krieger's done a few years ago and was not at all suppressed. One was setup for a suppressor and it had very large POI shifts and none were real accurate shooters.
RTH </div></div>

Read this it will tell you why you had a problem.
http://www.bettincustomguns.com/Technical%20Information/The%20carbon%20wrapp