Wonder what all they are making for .mil?
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Wonder what all they are making for .mil?
Knowing the .mil, they probably spec’s the proof research barrels to be 1.5x heavier than a regular all steel barrel.
Well. thank goodness I got some before the $ went up due to being "mil spec". 
It's probably just seed money. More will flow when criteria are met.
I wouldn't turn it down either
For barrels though it is. At 600 a pop that’s 18k barrels
That sounds like retail not Gov't bid prices, so call it 6000
Could be 1/2 is for NRE & the rest is for LRIP production.
No shit. Exactly what I was thinking. Slid in 2 rifles just in time.Well. thank goodness I got some before the $ went up due to being "mil spec".
Wonder how carbon fiber would hold up to the heat from rapid firing weapon systems?
If the government is buying, 11m is 5 test barrels and 3 composite muzzle breaks
They will pay proof less but put the value at 6k
Sounds like $11.42 million is for development...not production. Two WAY different things. In development it's limited to test production products so that will be a low count of products. Usually that number is called out, say 20 brakes and 20 barrels. Then once all the "contract specs" are met, lab destruction testing, field testing done, and all the people sign off on the product then they can get to a production contract.
11.42 million ! That's a huge amount of money
That's chump change for GOV contracts.
Actually you are not far of base, we are working with a local CF barrel manufacturer on barrel projects for X European military and some of the requirements were aimed not as much into weight reduction as into dampening vibrations and increasing the barrel accuracy. Some of the barrels were as heavy as the metal ones but grouped near 50% better .
As for calibers we are playing with up to and including .50cal CF reinforced barrel for RWS , in couple of years CF will be very widely used in RWS stations, likely not even on barrels but RWS structures itself.
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That's civilian price.
Sold to uncle sugar, $1600 each plus depot level maintenance costs of another $800 per barrel...
I have seen a photo or two of their M230 barrel. It was on there instagram awhile back. I have no clue at all on the science behind the barrel but it has to be way lighter than the barrel currently used on the apache. Im sure it also probably goes beyond just reducing weight with some high temperatures that the carbon fiber can take.
Medium caliber boys, 20mm, 30mm. Not 50 caliber, that's all small arms and doesn't even fall under ITAR.
