Carbon Composite/Carbon Fiber Wrapped Barrels?

[ORD]

I am working on a couple new projects and I was wondering if anyone has used a carbon composite or carbon fiber wrapped or similar barrel to build a lighter weight AR-10 or other AR variant? In other words, something similar to the products offered by ABS Barrels / ABS AR-10 Barrels or Chistensen Arms, or a similar company.

If so, I am interested in hearing your opinions on the barrels, experiences with accuracy, resistance to POI shifts/accuracy suffering under sustained fire, barrel longevity, etc. Also, if you have any pics of your builds using these types of barrels, let's have 'em.

Thanks for your help!

 

[RWSGunsmithing]

Re: Carbon Composite/Carbon Fiber Wrapped Barrels?

Yes I have used his barrels on some ar's and a few bolt guns but have not used one on a ar10.

I will say that if you order from ABS be willing to wait awhile for it as it takes <span style="text-decoration: underline">months</span> to get it.

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[ORD]

Re: Carbon Composite/Carbon Fiber Wrapped Barrels?

Hey Robert,

Thanks for the input. I forgot that you have done rifles with these barrels, including a gorgeous 6.5 Grendel AR-15 a while back in addition to the AR-15 you posted above. They really do look great. I am most interested in the weight reduction offered by the CF barrels, in addition to the management of barrel-burning heat of sustained fire with the AR-10/308.

I have heard horror stories about wait-times from ABS (including 1yr+ waits which I am unwilling to do). It seems like you have to order a specially contoured barrel from Rock, Broughton, etc. and then have it sent to ABS for them to do the carbon composite wrap. I sent an e-mail to ABS the other day requesting some info on their products and availability of a barrel to my specs...I haven't heard anything back from them yet.

Thanks again for your input, Robert!

Anyone else?

 

[RWSGunsmithing]

Re: Carbon Composite/Carbon Fiber Wrapped Barrels?

I'm not going to sugar coat this but it is a real pain to get a barrel directly from ABS in any kind of decent time frame.

If you are going to order a ABS barrel go through Paul at rock creek, as Rock partially owns ABS and has a little more pull there than anybody else. Also I think Paul might be able to answer your questions as well.