Carbon Fiber?

[MaDuce]

I recently discovered that I am good with this material and I get it at pretty good prices.

 

 I am thinking about making something gun related out of it. Any suggestions?

[Microgunner]

Bullets.

[pokey]

I'm not sure if anybody else makes them but here goes. A free float tube for a armalite ar 10.  Any thing to lighten a AR10.

[Robocop1051]

I have a .308 Ruger GSR that needs a lighter weight stock. Want to tackle that?

[FaRKle!]

Grip or stock!

[blue109]

a CF A1 stock would be sweet! maybe even an A1 stock with a cheek rest molded in on the left side! I'm excited just thinking about it!

[Robocop1051]

a CF A1 stock would be sweet! maybe even an A1 stock with a cheek rest molded in on the left side! I'm excited just thinking about it!

Like a monte carlo A1 stock?

[shibiwan]

Make some bikes. :D

 

Or... sandwich a small strip of stainless in the edge of the layup, then when it cures, sharpen the edge for a nice carbon blade. 

[.308LiteHunter]

Scope mount!

[MaDuce]

I'm not sure if anybody else makes them but here goes. A free float tube for a armalite ar 10.  Any thing to lighten a AR10.

 

I'd love to do that but I have nothing to fit it to. I have an LR308 pattern rifle with a free floating tube if that counts, and I HAVE been itching to replace the forend.

 

 

I have a .308 Ruger GSR that needs a lighter weight stock. Want to tackle that?

 

I get carbon fiber for cheap in a relative sense. That is, $35 per yardx50in plus $20 shipping regardless of quantity

 

http://www.fiberglassflorida.com/index.php/carbon/2x2-twill-carbon.html

 

and epoxy resin for $55 per gallon AFTER S&H if I buy 7.5 gallons at a time.

 

http://www.fiberglassflorida.com/epoxy-resin.html

 

 That's about half as much as the next best deal I know of but that's still going to leave an entire rifle stock like that (which needs internal reinforcement to handle .308 recoil) as much as $70-$100 in sheer cost. I MAY try it at some point though, after I first learn the ropes by duplicating M14 stocks. But that's not an immediate future project as I am spending my larger amounts of time, carbon fiber and $ on my car project. I was thinking more along the line of handguard, grip,  Misc. accessories etc.

 

 I DO like the idea of lightening the .308 AR with it. I've been thinking for a while about trying my hands at a CF lower receiver.

 

btw. CF has to be stacked or curved in order to be strong. You could probably stand on a single layered half dome (bowl shape) but you can snap a flat sheet of it like a cookie.

 

 Since stacking it can cause the weight to go up very fast, you're mostly going to be stuck with curved surfaces for weight savings and durability.

Edited August 5, 2014 by MaDuce