Testing chamber temperatures in 6.5 Creedmoor rifles.
Tikka CTR with a steel barrel and a Christensen Arms Ridgeline with a carbon fiber barrel.
Ammo used was Hornady Match 147gr. Each rifle had 10 shots fired in under 3 minutes. Temperatures monitored over the next 10 minutes post firing.
=== Timestamps ===
00:00 Introduction
00:33 Why even test this?
02:07 Test setup
04:33 Data
08:35 CF gets hotter
11:29 Steel cools quicker
14:15 Time savings
15:40 Conclusions
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