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I don't believe there is any such evidence as to their being more accurate. People buy them for other reasons.
Carbon Fiber Rifle Barrels
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I don't believe there is any such evidence as to their being more accurate. People buy them for other reasons.
DWalt
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After reading numerous articles comparing steel barrels vs. CF-steel barrels, it appears to me that the only for-certain difference is that the CF barrels are far more expensive than steel barrels.
SnidelyWhiplash
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I don't have a dog in this fight…but it seems to the new big thing after the last big thing was cryo-treated and also fluted barrels. Yes…all have their advantages (such as increased barrel stiffness) and disadvantages (cost being a major one).
It seems to me that spending more time on the range concentrating on the basics and increasing one's skills will help all but the most skilled rifleman who can get the last bit of performance from a rifle/ammunition combination.
There's also the part where gunmakers need to keep reinventing the wheel to increase sales. They're not making any money from you after you already purchased their last big thing…now they want people drooling over and buying their new big thing.
It seems to me that spending more time on the range concentrating on the basics and increasing one's skills will help all but the most skilled rifleman who can get the last bit of performance from a rifle/ammunition combination.
There's also the part where gunmakers need to keep reinventing the wheel to increase sales. They're not making any money from you after you already purchased their last big thing…now they want people drooling over and buying their new big thing.
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Good post; you're right.
On the subject of rifle accuracy, a good point of reference is to look at what's been done/used in serious benchrest competition.
This is the real-world proving ground for all things pertaining to rifle accuracy.
I don't think there's been a serious advancement in rifle accuracy since WWII that did not get the bugs worked out, if not outright originated, in benchrest shooting.
Having said that, the universal response to carbon fiber wrapped barrels in the benchrest community has been, "Heck No"… except without the "Heck" part!
Here's one comment that sums it up:
" A hunnerd bucks and a grape sodey says NEVER will they make any impact in sanctioned BR of any stripe.
In simple fact, the whole idea is stupid. Any engineer, heck any high school kid with an inquiring mind and access to a shop environment can tell you what will be the result of wrapping carbon fiber around a steel bar and applying heat to the bar....."
Really, this comment should come as no surprise.
But, if you have other criteria for wanting one, such as trading off "good enough" accuracy with overall weight, then that's a personal choice.
Some factors that might enter into your decision:
-do you handload?
-if so, are you fastidious in your techniques and record keeping?
-if so, do you systematically and methodically test your results?
If you answered "Yes" to all of these questions, you're probably better off with an all-steel barrel.
This is the real-world proving ground for all things pertaining to rifle accuracy.
I don't think there's been a serious advancement in rifle accuracy since WWII that did not get the bugs worked out, if not outright originated, in benchrest shooting.
Having said that, the universal response to carbon fiber wrapped barrels in the benchrest community has been, "Heck No"… except without the "Heck" part!
Here's one comment that sums it up:
" A hunnerd bucks and a grape sodey says NEVER will they make any impact in sanctioned BR of any stripe.
In simple fact, the whole idea is stupid. Any engineer, heck any high school kid with an inquiring mind and access to a shop environment can tell you what will be the result of wrapping carbon fiber around a steel bar and applying heat to the bar....."
Really, this comment should come as no surprise.
But, if you have other criteria for wanting one, such as trading off "good enough" accuracy with overall weight, then that's a personal choice.
Some factors that might enter into your decision:
-do you handload?
-if so, are you fastidious in your techniques and record keeping?
-if so, do you systematically and methodically test your results?
If you answered "Yes" to all of these questions, you're probably better off with an all-steel barrel.
The reason for the carbon fiber rudder posts, was to save weight aft.
Less weight fore and aft can increase the vessel's speed a quarter of a knot or thereabouts, was what the Old Salts at Gibbs & Cox told me.
They also said, getting a good nights sleep, and not getting drunk, the night before the race, would increase the vessel's speed as well.
They also said, the young NAs, will learn the hard way.
Had some fun discussions with those Old Salts and the
Gougeon Brothers, about the Twins in Wooden Boat '76.
Might name that conversation, A Stick Too Tall.
Less weight fore and aft can increase the vessel's speed a quarter of a knot or thereabouts, was what the Old Salts at Gibbs & Cox told me.
They also said, getting a good nights sleep, and not getting drunk, the night before the race, would increase the vessel's speed as well.
They also said, the young NAs, will learn the hard way.
Had some fun discussions with those Old Salts and the
Gougeon Brothers, about the Twins in Wooden Boat '76.
Might name that conversation, A Stick Too Tall.
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The rudder post experiment was just an aluminum pipe, surrounded
with a white dense foam, then wrapped with many layers of carbon fiber.
I'll start a thread about the good and bad of boat yard life.
with a white dense foam, then wrapped with many layers of carbon fiber.
I'll start a thread about the good and bad of boat yard life.
