Mike, there are a LOT of those CF barrels that have had to be replaced.
If you saw my sporter barrels shooting, you would wonder why you ever need a CF anything. The right gunsmith uses old school method indicating in the throat of the new barrel, a little bit of barrel analysis prior to chambering, an inspection of the chamber prior to him taking that barrel out of the lathe, and good quality barrels. Now throw on highly tuned reloads, you are shooting dot-size groups.
So, the CF barrel is an effort to solve a problem that does not exist. The real problem is Basically two categories :
A. Crooked chamber and/or poor-quality barrel, bedding, scope
B. Shooter does not know how to tune loads/clean a barrel
The video's on the harmonics do not mean anything unless A and B above are done correctly.
Lots of stuff is sold to shooters and how it looks, I prefer 2"-3" groups at 600 yards on sporter weight barrel hunting rifles. I can get almost 4 Brux barrels for the price of two carbon wrap barrels. I am tuning these sporter weight barrels to shoot 1/4"-3/8" groups at 100 yds.
So, where is the economics in the CF for me and guys that are advanced reloaders and shooters? I do believe that the CF is great for a pride of ownership issue and it sure is a sales Marketing point.
If you saw my sporter barrels shooting, you would wonder why you ever need a CF anything. The right gunsmith uses old school method indicating in the throat of the new barrel, a little bit of barrel analysis prior to chambering, an inspection of the chamber prior to him taking that barrel out of the lathe, and good quality barrels. Now throw on highly tuned reloads, you are shooting dot-size groups.
So, the CF barrel is an effort to solve a problem that does not exist. The real problem is Basically two categories :
A. Crooked chamber and/or poor-quality barrel, bedding, scope
B. Shooter does not know how to tune loads/clean a barrel
The video's on the harmonics do not mean anything unless A and B above are done correctly.
Lots of stuff is sold to shooters and how it looks, I prefer 2"-3" groups at 600 yards on sporter weight barrel hunting rifles. I can get almost 4 Brux barrels for the price of two carbon wrap barrels. I am tuning these sporter weight barrels to shoot 1/4"-3/8" groups at 100 yds.
So, where is the economics in the CF for me and guys that are advanced reloaders and shooters? I do believe that the CF is great for a pride of ownership issue and it sure is a sales Marketing point.