Talk:Free-floating barrel

Rationale[edit]

The article discusses the use of free-floating barrels as a means of reducing the effects of stock warp. Another explanation I have read (e.g. here) is that the barrel tends to vibrate unpredictably when it is in contact with a stock, which reduces accuracy; I have never heard a good explanation of this, and the article does not mention it. Is it nonsense? -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 12:33, 3 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

in 2000, 75th Ranger Regiment champion the free-floating concept due to bolts being broken from pressure by the shooter’s pull back on the vertical handgrip and three weight of optics, lasers, Sure-fire lights, and other other gear that put a lot torque on the two screws holding the upper. My name is Alex Esparza, back then SSG Esparza. I was project lead for the regiments M4 & M203 enhancement program. Mr. Ray Fuller was our BN armor at the time. He encouraged that we addressed this problem due

to the many five gallon buckets of bolts that accumulated in just over a few months! Our road to the discovery of the right system was interesting. Meeting after meeting for collaboration surrounded by major gun makers taking notes. Just to find what we were looking for from a gun maker who just made 30 M4’s for the Navy SEAL Team. This weapon was conveniently located right there at Fort Benning, GA. For the whole story contact me at alexeranger23@gmail.com. P.s. we didn’t do it for accuracy but rather out of necessity to solve an issue for combat survival! Bravo233 (talk) 03:05, 14 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Terminology[edit]

Seems more like cantilevered than free-floating. Aboctok (talk) 17:46, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]