I have been in the boat industry for 40 years, Carbon is a big selling point its light & stiff, but its got sod all impact resistance, Mix it with kevlar or other fibres it gets more resilient. Snake oil.

Graham Todd up in the air?

I'm an engineer. Let me tell you something, if a body is cool to touch, it's good at dissipating heat. Carbon is not an insulator. It's one of the best known Electrical conductors on the planet. The thermo synthetic resin that's used to mould carbon fibre is an insulator if it's a perfect insulator it's better at not absorbing heat in the first place! Carbon fibre is the future! It's lightweight, available everywhere in abundance, great thermal and electrical properties, easy to work with and does not corrode to environmental factors! What else is better than carbon fibre? Only a diamond.

@@cypher10297 why would a diamond be better than carbon fiber? You sure you're an engineer? If so which specific type? Anyway, a diamond may be harder but more fragile to impact. Also diamonds are naturally slick with a naturally oily surface which stays fairly clean. So in this application of a rifle stock, if it was even possible, made entirely of diamonds would be the worst material to date ever on a rifle. Also, what happens if you bump an electric fence with a carbon fiber stock? Little bit off subject but I was wandering myself as carbon is a great electrical conductor which is why it's been used for spark plug wires for a long time. Wasn't sure if these stocks are electrically insulated due to some resin which is used to form it or not? Also, heat dissipation matters more in steel because it warps if different areas are different temps. Personally, I think most these companies could likely have no clue what's happening and only know it works. Maybe they should be measuring the temperature of the steel bore after shooting the same rounds to actually tell if it's dissipating heat quicker. The bore is still made of steel so that part will still absorb the heat. Personally, i believe no matter the heat dissipation that carbon fiber likely more accurate over multiple shots because it is ridged and doesn't warp with heat variances and the steel being wrapped with anything could likely more evenly dissipate the heat along the steel prolonging the point at which the steel barrel warps from temperature variances throughout the bore. Barrels have long been free floated to help dissipate heat more evenly by allowing more air flow around the part closer to the stock. Anyway, just a thought.

@@jackle842000 You have to empty your cup to gain real knowledge. All you have is confused knowledge about the top layer details most of the things. When I said diamond is better than carbon fibre is because, it’s a sarcastic phrase that says CFRP is the best available construction material on the planet and only a diamond is better than CFRP in terms of structural strength to weight ratio. We don’t use diamonds to build stuff, because duh! We don’t have that much of a supply to build stuff with diamonds nor is it easy to make or mould or carve things out of diamond. It was a sarcastic message. Don’t confuse yourself. Don’t think too much. You missed the point entirely.

​​​​@@cypher10297naw... Carbon Fibre is used to make the barrels stiffer and lighter (less steel for same or higher stiffness). Heat doesn't matter as much (dissipation) as long as your follow up shots aren't affected (warping) but again, cf is keeping those barrels straight even if they're hotter. The harmonics are also better on stiff barrels, increasing accuracy (in this case with less weight). In terms of accuracy aka longevity the rifling is what matters, heat cycles not so much. The weight matters mostly when you lug that thing around all day. But most long range competition shooters use heavy contour steel barrels for that reason. They really go through barrels and they're a lot cheaper to manufacture and replace. They obv don't have to carry them all day.

Ghastly...

True and it would also be harder than diamond !@thelocustemperor

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