Is free floating an AR actually worth it?

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>>34074895

>>34074972
at what range is this though, and out of what barrel?

>>34074895

If you're trying to get more accuracy, or built the rest of the gun with accuracy as a goal, of course.

If you bought a prebuilt M4/M16 clone and are having a good time, probably not.

It isn't necessarily hard to do though.

>>34074994
don't ask questions, just buy our expensive proprietary handguard

>>34074895
Do what you want with your money, and you barley need any specialty tools. YouTube has tons of free float barrel vids with minimal tools.

>>34074972
Unless OP is precision shooting both of those groups will put down a person.

>>34074994
.2 MOA is .2 MOA

>>34074895
good ammo will effect groups more than free floating
if all your shooting is steelcased or military ammo i wouldn't bother

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>>34074997
Thing is I bought an upper with a stainless barrel just because that was what was on sale. Now I have a barrel that I don't really want to fuck up with shitty ammo and magdumps, but it's also not exactly a laser beam either.

So I'm pretty conflicted about it desu. It's mostly a home defense gun anyway, although I guess I would uss it to bug out and hunt if SHTF.

>>34075087
how much was this stainless barrel? if its a psa freedom its cheap enough not to give a shit. just go shoot the thing.

>>34074895
Did mine with no vise. Worth it.

If you have a non freefloated barrel your point of impact changes slightly based on how much of the guns weight is supported by the handguard.

Say you are prone and use the magazine as a monopod you are gonna get a different point of impact than if you support the gun by the handguard.

>>34075033
Bullets will loose their stabilization and accuracy under a certain velocity therefore your MOA may wary based on the range.

>>34075405
>loose
R E T A R D

Not OP but another noob question.

Is it really that bad to mount optics on a free floating handguard? Mine seems super sturdy. Not ideal yes but I have a cute lil scope with krazy eye relief I'd like to try out

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>>34075433
That depends. Are you using a fixed FSB gas block with absolute cowitness? If not, your rail may flex a bit, which will affect your optic's accuracy at range.

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>>34075116
yeah just a PSA.

I've thought about just blasting it out anyway and preemptively buying a really nice chrome lined or nitrided barrel for when I end up shooting it out.

14.5 in barrel not so much, 20 inch barrel totally worth it.