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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
Barrel free-float -> vs. -> barrel block mounting
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<blockquote data-quote="hemiford" data-source="post: 1140449" data-attributes="member: 72104"><p>Free floating the barrel usually makes a rifle more accurate, this is</p><p>commonly accepted wisdom, and it works !</p><p></p><p>When you do this, the weight of the entire barrel is cantilevered</p><p>off of the end of the action.</p><p></p><p>At some point, no, this is a gray area not a point, as the barrel </p><p>gets longer and/or heavier, the cantilever effect surely begins to</p><p>distort the action by bending the end of it downward.</p><p>This cannot be good.</p><p></p><p>So my question is: What are your experiences & suspicions as to </p><p>how heavy a barrel can be reliably free floated ?</p><p></p><p>( I know this will depend on the individual action, some designs</p><p>are indeed inherently more rigid than others. )</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hemiford, post: 1140449, member: 72104"] Free floating the barrel usually makes a rifle more accurate, this is commonly accepted wisdom, and it works ! When you do this, the weight of the entire barrel is cantilevered off of the end of the action. At some point, no, this is a gray area not a point, as the barrel gets longer and/or heavier, the cantilever effect surely begins to distort the action by bending the end of it downward. This cannot be good. So my question is: What are your experiences & suspicions as to how heavy a barrel can be reliably free floated ? ( I know this will depend on the individual action, some designs are indeed inherently more rigid than others. ) [/QUOTE]
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