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X-caliber carbon fiber barrel
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<blockquote data-quote="just browsing" data-source="post: 2518476" data-attributes="member: 87559"><p>Well the .25 Creed lives.</p><p></p><p>I was not super ecstatic when I got the blank from XCal as it had a number of "imperfections" in the carbon wrap… there were some pretty noticeable wrinkles where you could see they attempted to overlay the wrap. Didn't look the best, but I wasn't super concerned about aesthetics since it was going underneath the handguard anyway.</p><p></p><p>I also spoke with their CS and they assured that there would be no performance deterioration, delamination, etc. because of inconsistencies in the wrap, so we said screw it and went ahead with the build.</p><p></p><p>Chambering went very smoothly. I ordered a 24" blank and the finish length is 24". We generally face the breech end 50 thou, but otherwise we didn't cut anything off. She was pretty straight in the lathe, bore looked solid if unspectacular, but we went ahead and hand lapped it anyway.</p><p></p><p>Weighs in right at 13lbs as pictured, though that will creep up closer to 16lbs once Arca rail, bipod, and TBAC suppressor are added.</p><p></p><p>All in all, extremely happy with how it's turning out so far. Will update with some groups once I get some rounds through it.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]362069[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="just browsing, post: 2518476, member: 87559"] Well the .25 Creed lives. I was not super ecstatic when I got the blank from XCal as it had a number of “imperfections” in the carbon wrap… there were some pretty noticeable wrinkles where you could see they attempted to overlay the wrap. Didn’t look the best, but I wasn’t super concerned about aesthetics since it was going underneath the handguard anyway. I also spoke with their CS and they assured that there would be no performance deterioration, delamination, etc. because of inconsistencies in the wrap, so we said screw it and went ahead with the build. Chambering went very smoothly. I ordered a 24” blank and the finish length is 24”. We generally face the breech end 50 thou, but otherwise we didn’t cut anything off. She was pretty straight in the lathe, bore looked solid if unspectacular, but we went ahead and hand lapped it anyway. Weighs in right at 13lbs as pictured, though that will creep up closer to 16lbs once Arca rail, bipod, and TBAC suppressor are added. All in all, extremely happy with how it’s turning out so far. Will update with some groups once I get some rounds through it. [ATTACH type="full"]362069[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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