Freefloating an AR barrel worth it?

[Guest krater]

other than having lots more rails to hang gadgets off of, does freefloating an AR barrel really help the accuracy? looking for real work experiences, not what you've read please.....

[Guest gcrookston]

other than having lots more rails to hang gadgets off of, does freefloating an AR barrel really help the accuracy? looking for real work experiences, not what you've read please.....

Not speaking specifically to the AR, though the same rules apply... A bad thing happens to barrels when they are bucked by a sudden force, namely the discharge. Harmonics and all that LaLa Engineer crap I never understood. Free floating a barrel allows it to vibrate independently of the rest of the gun.

Now there are gadgets these days that dampen the effect for free floated barrels that look something like a CVC Joint cover.

Does it make a difference? I personally believe it does. I experienced a 1/2" @ 100 yard improvement on a model 70 by free floating. Does the Donut thinging that looks like a CVC joint work? Ya, probably like copper bracelets cure arthritis

Does it matter on an AR? Unless it's a match gun, or doing match work? No.

2 of 3 of my ARs are free floated, one, a Varminter, will be doing some serious Prairie dog work next spring.

Edited November 9, 2008 by gcrookston