Carbon fiber has been a viable industrial material since the 1970s. Light, strong and distinctive-looking, it’s been the used in high-performance aircraft and fast cars. More recently, it became the prestigious and coveted component of super-light bicycles and portable-but-rigid camera tripods. In the past few years, it also became a material of choice for the builders of competition rifles. I decided it was time to see what this material offered modern shooters, so I tested three carbon-fiber designs.
The thermal expansion of carbon-fiber parts is half that of steel and a third of aluminum. That’s a great plus for all carbon-fiber …read more

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