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.
You are correct on this.
A few years ago a friend of mine did extensive research on this with some HI DOLLAR thermal imaging equipment that he uses at work. He found that the Christensen carbon wrapped barrels do indeed hold in the heat. On the other hand he found out that Proof Research barrels actually shed the heat faster than a normal non wrapped barrel.
