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orchidman
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This could be interesting..........New Kiwimade 50 cal..........
orchidman
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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10893086
It appears the rifle may not have been tested at that range yet though..............
I am intrigued by the reference to 'A type of carbon only available in NZ'........I thought all carbon was roughly the same.
It appears the rifle may not have been tested at that range yet though..............
I am intrigued by the reference to 'A type of carbon only available in NZ'........I thought all carbon was roughly the same.
Still enjoying the trip of a lifetime and making the best of what I have.....
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Words of wisdom from Big Chief: Flush twice, it's a long way to the Mess Hall
I'd rather have my sister work in a whorehouse than own another Taurus!
The only choices they have for carbon are 6C12, 6C13, and 6C14 as those are the only three carbon isotopes that are stable. The other 12 isotopes aren't around long enough to say 'Hi!" before they degenerate into something else through B-, B+, or neutron decay.
I'm wondering about that statement that the carbon outer covering makes the barrel last for 1500 extra rounds over a steel barrel. They got some splainin' to do! :tooth:
― Douglas Adams
Maybe it takes an extra 1500 rounds for the shooter to get tired of lugging the darn thing around before they bend the barrel around a tree!:jester:
There ya go using scientific jargon messing everything up with facts again...were you a rock collector in a former life..:tooth:
Words of wisdom from Big Chief: Flush twice, it's a long way to the Mess Hall
I'd rather have my sister work in a whorehouse than own another Taurus!
Facts talk, bullsqueeze walks! :rotflmao: I can't help it; when I see something like that that tweaks my interest I just gotta break it down into what's real.
That claim about the barrel lasting longer is worrisome. If I fire 5 rounds through my rifle rapid fire, the barrel is so hot from breech to muzzle that you could cook strips of bacon on it. The barrel being covered in some sort of carbon fiber bonded to a barrel liner is more worrisome still. With the heat generated from firing that round, the material used to bond the carbon whatever to the barrel had better be really heat resistant. I'm thinking a barrel liner that is covered in a layer of extremely dense charcoal. Carbon is carbon is carbon, and it will oxidize given the right temperature. Even a diamond can be destroyed by heat, and it's nothing but really highly compressed crystallized carbon.
While carbon fiber can have heat transfer characteristics that exceed copper by over 5X, that is still a LOT of heat to dissipate over a small surface area.
― Douglas Adams
Words of wisdom from Big Chief: Flush twice, it's a long way to the Mess Hall
I'd rather have my sister work in a whorehouse than own another Taurus!
Probably a very large one. Manufacturing that carbon fiber stuff uses a lot of energy to produce it. On the bright side, the carbon in the barrel covering will 'sequester' the carbon as long as it stays intact.
― Douglas Adams
Looks like you'd have to lay on it to keep it from tipping forward.
Article says the gun weighs 10 Kg, or around 22 pounds. Mine weighs 28 pounds with a 36" barrel and 5 extra inches of muzzle brake(barrel is a surplus M2HB barrel). And mine has a much longer forearm 3 3/4" wide x 2 1/2" deep of laminate wood. That action must weigh a LOT.
― Douglas Adams