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AR15/10 Rifles
Do you bed your barrel extention?
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<blockquote data-quote="RT2506" data-source="post: 1436666" data-attributes="member: 10178"><p>I am sorry for my ignorance of the "new" nomenclature of the parts of the AR platform. I was coming of age when the AR platform was being introduced to the world. That triangle plastic thing was called a forearm back then. When you got down tight in a sling you would actually torque that pencil of a barrel sideways causing all sorts of accuracy problems. As time moved forward someone decided that a heaver barrel was needed and that the heat shield under that plastic forearm and the delta ring at the back needed to go because of it's touching the barrel causing harmonics problems. Thus came about what was called the "free float tube" because it was just a metal tube attached to the barrel nut that touched nothing else. I keep forgetting that we live in a PC correct world these days and that the younger generation likes to change nomenclature of things. I am also sorry for what might be deemed carelessness for causing someone to mistake the gas tube for the "forearm". I keep forgetting that there is not much common sense in the younger generation that does not understand the workings of certain things and never gets the full story before jumping into things or never reads instructions. For example Tide pods instructions state that they are not supposed to be eaten and condoms are for other uses than snorting them up ones nose. Thanks for the information on nomenclature.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RT2506, post: 1436666, member: 10178"] I am sorry for my ignorance of the "new" nomenclature of the parts of the AR platform. I was coming of age when the AR platform was being introduced to the world. That triangle plastic thing was called a forearm back then. When you got down tight in a sling you would actually torque that pencil of a barrel sideways causing all sorts of accuracy problems. As time moved forward someone decided that a heaver barrel was needed and that the heat shield under that plastic forearm and the delta ring at the back needed to go because of it's touching the barrel causing harmonics problems. Thus came about what was called the "free float tube" because it was just a metal tube attached to the barrel nut that touched nothing else. I keep forgetting that we live in a PC correct world these days and that the younger generation likes to change nomenclature of things. I am also sorry for what might be deemed carelessness for causing someone to mistake the gas tube for the "forearm". I keep forgetting that there is not much common sense in the younger generation that does not understand the workings of certain things and never gets the full story before jumping into things or never reads instructions. For example Tide pods instructions state that they are not supposed to be eaten and condoms are for other uses than snorting them up ones nose. Thanks for the information on nomenclature. [/QUOTE]
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