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Posted: 5/28/2009 3:29:20 PM EDT
| Can someone please explain to me what is meant by a 'free floating' barrel? Thanks. |
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It doesn't contact the stock barrel... just hung off the receiver. meaning the handguard doesnt attach to the barrel OK, a free floated barrel doesn't contact the barrel.  wrong again. I free floated barrel doesn't contact the handguards. ETA: Now I see your point, this is giving me a headache |
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It doesn't contact the stock barrel... just hung off the receiver. meaning the handguard doesnt attach to the barrel OK, a free floated barrel doesn't contact the barrel. wrong again. I free floated barrel doesn't contact the handguards. Lord, I hate to go back and pick up stragglers. Just to keep the OP straight though: the original question was about a free floated barrel, not about the free float tube used to accomplish that end. Consequently, my first answer was most correct, referring to stock or hand guard interchangeably. The first misguided "correction" provided a description of the free float tube (which is not the only way to float a barrel), and my answer to anjan9 was purely sarcastic. |
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it means a hand guard that does not touch the barrel. The barrel "floats" in air. A typical stock hand guard is attatched to the barrel just behind the front gas block while a free float hand guard is attatched only to the upper receiver not the barrel.
Free float setups are often considered desirable because they increase accuracy, but the gains are also considered small. A "free floating barrel" is one that is housed by a free float hand guard. |
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