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I bought a Bergara BMR Carbon today
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<blockquote data-quote="megalomaniac" data-source="post: 5848299" data-attributes="member: 2805"><p>I don't know this for sure, but I suspect it's the carbon barrel itself.</p><p></p><p>I'll find out Monday when I break in my new 7 PRCs bbl.</p><p></p><p>Think about it... tiny steel sleeve wrapped in carbon. The heat from a fired round goes into the tiny sleeve which heats up MUCH faster than a bull barrel. Plus the carbon wrap retains heat in the thin steel sleeve. This causes to shots to drift up on target. Manufacturers like to brag about how carbon wrap cools the barrel... when in actuality, it does the exact opposite... the outside is cool, but the bore is MUCH hotter than traditional steel.</p><p></p><p>I'm not sure I'd want a carbon barreled rifle if I were planning on shooting it a lot in close succession.</p><p></p><p>So why did I get one? Horrible tennis elbow for past year, and I'm having trouble maneuvering my 11lb bull bbl deer rifle around. I went with the Ridgeline FFT... 5lb 6oz naked.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megalomaniac, post: 5848299, member: 2805"] I don't know this for sure, but I suspect it's the carbon barrel itself. I'll find out Monday when I break in my new 7 PRCs bbl. Think about it... tiny steel sleeve wrapped in carbon. The heat from a fired round goes into the tiny sleeve which heats up MUCH faster than a bull barrel. Plus the carbon wrap retains heat in the thin steel sleeve. This causes to shots to drift up on target. Manufacturers like to brag about how carbon wrap cools the barrel... when in actuality, it does the exact opposite... the outside is cool, but the bore is MUCH hotter than traditional steel. I'm not sure I'd want a carbon barreled rifle if I were planning on shooting it a lot in close succession. So why did I get one? Horrible tennis elbow for past year, and I'm having trouble maneuvering my 11lb bull bbl deer rifle around. I went with the Ridgeline FFT... 5lb 6oz naked. [/QUOTE]
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