I don’t have any intention to return the package because I can do my job but I have send them an email just to be more carefully in their packaging next time ....
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Carbon fiber tubes came damaged
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I don’t have any intention to return the package because I can do my job but I have send them an email just to be more carefully in their packaging next time ....
That sucks! Ive had a few show up damaged but like you I ordered much longer and just chopped it off. Post some pics when its done!
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The last few CF Tubes I have received from several suppliers were packed in hard cardboard tubes and well protected. One was even packed in a piece of schedule 40 PVC pipe which was extreme protection and now repurposed as a PCP Valve Removal tool! 
I have also begun moving to thicker tube walls than 1 mm which is actually quite fragile in certain situations.
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Any idea where I can get some thinner tubes to put on my liners. I wanna put my liners inside these and then put it inside the barrel housing. So the carbon fibre removes the need to put orings on the liner.
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these tubes I have purchased are Od 12mm and id 11mm. The liner of 30 cal will fit for sure but I don’t know if the od will fit inside the sleeve . I hope they will have a 0.3 tolerance ( thiner) .I order them from Uk and they came in 4 days in Middle East . Unfortunately I will delay to try if they fit in the sleeve ( in my next holidays December , my gun is in Greece ) .
Is good that they replied within half hour my email and they are trying to find a solution .That shows to me that they are professionals and these things always can happen by mistake . And mistake I mean maybe an employee forgot to rap it with protective material and in general the couriers you’re know how much gently ( haha! ) they are handling the packages in transportation.... Is not easy to brake a cf tube even if it is 1mm thick .Need to force it enough .... I think that happen because it is 1000mm long if it was 500mm probably would be much more difficult to brake .
these tubes I have purchased are Od 12mm and id 11mm. The liner of 30 cal will fit for sure but I don’t know if the od will fit inside the sleeve . I hope they will have a 0.3 tolerance ( thiner) .I order them from Uk and they came in 4 days in Middle East . Unfortunately I will delay to try if they fit in the sleeve ( in my next holidays December , my gun is in Greece ) .
Is good that they replied within half hour my email and they are trying to find a solution .That shows to me that they are professionals and these things always can happen by mistake . And mistake I mean maybe an employee forgot to rap it with protective material and in general the couriers you’re know how much gently ( haha! ) they are handling the packages in transportation.... Is not easy to brake a cf tube even if it is 1mm thick .Need to force it enough .... I think that happen because it is 1000mm long if it was 500mm probably would be much more difficult to brake .
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Considering that carbon fiber is 5 times stronger than steel and 2 times more rigid, it must have taken quite an effort NOT to deliver them in one piece!
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Mechanical-properties-of-carbon-fibers-compared-with-steel-materials_tbl1_283308870
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Mechanical-properties-of-carbon-fibers-compared-with-steel-materials_tbl1_283308870
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On the bright side, depending on what gun you’re putting it on, you should have plenty for multiples guns. I just made a carbon liner for my 700mm Impact and I only needed about 14” from the front of the action to the threads at the muzzle.
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i understand what you mean .This mode you are mentioning is to give tension to the barrel so can not move. I have order as well different dimensions for this mode like od 20 id 14 3mm thick . The tubes that I receive broken I intend to use them to cover the full barrel for my impact 700mm and to fit it inside the sleeve. That means that I need to use at least a 600 mm length for each barrel . So is good that both broke exactly at 700mm length .
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