I too have some gun safe princess rifles.. This is not intended for that fate. This will be a hunting rifle which is why I am going with the synthetic stock.

i too wondered whether the carbon fiber was a just gimmick or worse a insulator thst would do more harm than good. Seems it would hold the heat in and keep the barrel hot longer. I could better understand it if it was entirely carbon fiber instead of a metal barrel wrapped in carbon. Now I have no engineering background but it almost seems like wrapping a blanket around something you want to cool off.