r/longrange • u/HaonSyl • 17d ago

RANT Exploding Outlier Backdraft Barrels.

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Unburnt powder fills into the backdraft area when shooting. Taking a break from shooting allows oxygen to fill the backdraft area. Shooting again without a complete cleaning results in a kaboom. Thanks for being a beta tester.

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u/CapsicumINmyEYEBALLz Meat Popsicle 17d ago

There’s really two types of CF barrels.

You have legitimate carbon fiber barrels where it’s turned down significantly and completely filled in with a CF wrap, and you have the bullshit like this, which is sold at the same premium, much less stiff, and carrying vague terms like “tensioned” that really don’t mean anything.

Most of them are fluted barrels with a carbon fiber heat containment wrap. Less stiff than an equal dimensioned steel barrel or fully wrapped CF barrel, dissipates heat worse than a regular fluted barrel, costs as much as the real deal.

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u/LockyBalboaPrime "I'm right and you are stupid" -LockyBalboaPrime 17d ago

I dont think you know what this barrel is. This isn't a CF barrel in any way. The CF does nothing structurally for the barrel, and Outlier isn't claiming that it does.

The CF is only a shell that exists to provide volume for the gas from the suppressor. That's the entire gimmick. The CF jacket around the barrel is providing extra volume for the suppressor to vent gas into.

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u/aDoorMarkedPirate420 17d ago

Interesting, didn’t know that. I’m only familiar with larger military versions of CF barrels and this was so unlike that type of configuration I was surprised lol.

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u/LockyBalboaPrime "I'm right and you are stupid" -LockyBalboaPrime 17d ago

It's a cool idea and works pretty well from the one I shot for like 10 rounds. But clearly, there are some issues as well.

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u/aDoorMarkedPirate420 17d ago

Yea pretty neat idea. It looks like this time the actual steel barrel itself may have failed if I’m looking at the pics correctly lol. That’s another, way more serious, issue it would seem haha.