I'll try not to cross any forum lines of self-promotion here, but I'm the importer for Hardy Rifle Engineering carbon wrapped barrels. I have one on my Tikka T3. It's a 24" heavy palma contour (0.934" most of the way down), with a brake on it. It is 12oz lighter than the factory 22" T3 Lite contour, which is about the lightest contour on the market.

I'm building a second Tikka on a stainless action. It'll be just barely over 6lbs all done with the heavy contour carbon barrel.

Carbon barrels are expensive, but an all-steel barrel can't even come close in weight savings in my experience. Plenty of pencil-thin barrels can shoot, but shot-to-shot repeatability won't be there. Obviously an ultralight gun isn't generally built for range blastin', but the carbon barrel actually ends up providing both.

Trackman, I'd be pretty fascinated to see some photos of where it wore.

What happens when a guy wants the muzzle threaded? Order a certain length barrel with a steel shank on each end?

What happens when a guy wants the muzzle threaded? Order a certain length barrel with a steel shank on each end?

Look at the hardy engineering barrels that dallas rifle is importing from new zealand.

Preciate it.

Might need a 7mm @ 16" finish.

7mm-08?

i'll change my mind ten times

If you got the coin, do it.
This thing is 10 lbs flat with all that crap hanging off of it.
Alot of different opinions out there, but for me a little extra barrel diameter makes me feel more confident and losing the weight to hump mountains is a huge upside.

Do you use the end of your barrel to hang your toilet paper roll off?

Get your testosterone level checked.

That's me, for the record.

Well hurry up and get my barrel here then . The guys at alamo are going to put one of them on a big horn for me and and chamber it in 300 win mag the other is going to kampfeld to build a 6.5 creedmore.