Thread: Anyone tried Hardy Barrels

Some claim on the Internet that carbon wrap barrel dissipate heat much better than a standard barrel.
So if that is true, after shooting, say 10 consecutive shots, when you put your hand on the carbon barrel, should you not feel a lot of heat getting out? If not, is the carbon not acting as an insulator then? I have no experience whatsoever with those barrels, but it is a question I had in my mind.
If those who have a carbon wrap barrel can speak?
Thanks

I remember an ar had about a few boxers through it in a very short time and you could hold the barrel with the carbon fiber wrapping.
Steal must have been quite hot on the inside

My AR barrel gets very hot after a couple of mag-fulls fired quickly (3 gun) and you would not dare hold the barrel with your hands but after 4 -5 minutes you can grab the barrel with with hands comfortably.

It sheds heat very quickly. However the proprietary suppressor it was fitted with at the time had been powder coated and fine up until that point when all the powder coating just sort of slid off the end of the suppressor in a blob

Its not a new thing, I brought my AR barrel in 2006 from Advanced Barrel Systems (which was sold to Proof Research ii believe)

Have not tried a Hardy Barrel yet, maybe when i wear out my SAUM barrel I might

carbon will act as an insulator, & not letting heat out of barrel is NOT a good thing ! If the weight savings are minimal then its seems a waste of time & $ to me.

Originally Posted by chainsaw

carbon will act as an insulator, & not letting heat out of barrel is NOT a good thing ! If the weight savings are minimal then its seems a waste of time & $ to me.

Pretty sure its the other way around. Carbon should be an excellent conductor.

I'm having new 7mm hardy barrel fitted this week for my target rifle, I'm keen to see how it goes, I usually use Krieger barrels as I've never had a bad one but after talking with Dan I thought I'd try one.
Happy to report back in a few weeks about how I've found it

Originally Posted by kiwijames

Pretty sure its the other way around. Carbon should be an excellent conductor.

I am pretty sure it is both,depending on the type of carbon weave and the resins used.

Originally Posted by DAF

I'm having new 7mm hardy barrel fitted this week for my target rifle, I'm keen to see how it goes, I usually use Krieger barrels as I've never had a bad one but after talking with Dan I thought I'd try one.
Happy to report back in a few weeks about how I've found it

Be very interesting to hear your results

This article explains a bit, the carbon like Proof Research uses is very good at conducting heat, plain carbon fibre in resin is very poor.

Carbon Fiber Properties-Heat Conductivity

Originally Posted by hillclima

Have you got three of his carbon barrels?

Yea 2 x .260AI and a .223

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I got a load developed for my new barrel and I'm pretty happy with the performance
The barrel took about 30 rounds to run in and cleaning has been easy since

The targets below red dot centre is 10mm
and where shot on 3 different days while confirm the load