Today we are going to be talking about a silly AR 15 configuration that has become mainstream, free float. Hold up, because it doesn’t mean what you think it means. Most people think this makes the rifle inherently more accurate. A free float barrel can do this for many rifle types however, your AR 15 barrel is Not Free Floated and cant be free floated. What you can do is add a free float rail or
free float handguard; many an expensive AR comes stock this way. However, this does not make the gun more accurate; it just keeps you from screwing it up (within a reasonable set of parameters.
Especially stay away from the budget AR configured this way. To prove this point we are going to the range to show you how badly the AR is not free floated. Do not buy a free float rail for the wrong reason.
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This was a clamping gasblock (the ones that I told you about in the video last week- not to use). Do as I say not as I do.
not true..the barrel is free to harmonically move. the gas tube is not attached just hangs in there and maybe slides through the upper slightly. the gas block once attached to barrel is then part of the barrel. The whole idea of free float is that the barrel is not attached with pressure or attachment to forend. so go sell your coffee cups Gus…
The only war to have a truly free floated semi auto is to have one without a gas system and a different handguard mounting system without touching the barrel, such as an HK PSG-1
Simple remove the gas tube loosen the gas block rotate it 90 degrees if the fore arm has space or just slide it forward a little so it is not aligned with the hole and tighten it back
I am old school semi autos are not as accurate as bolt guns. People talk about My AR shoots moa. Well my bolt gun shoots one third moa or better depending on how much I drank last night. ARs are fun to shoot and and to hang all your toys on kinda like the swiss army knife of guns. They are a pretty good home defense option too. Keep buying them it drives the liberals crazy.
Fact. My groupings improved 50% when I cut the A2 Post Sight and installed Midwest Hand Guard ? I use 68 grn. bthp Frontier Ammo. So That was worth it to me. 1/2 inch difference at 100 yards.
Me and my broken arm give this a solid D grade.
You have replicants there? Better call blade runner 😄
True free float vs semi-free float? wooo screaming inbound.
So we learned that you suck at shooting😂 and that you got tighter groups without a gas block. To me the the results are inconclusive. Means another video YouTube overlords will love!
Totally retarded video. Good job on making a video about jack squat and making money off it.
No gas block equals a jet of gas that would push downward. An AR15 is accurate enough as it is, anything more accurate one would need a precision bolt action free float rifle.
And your point is what captain obvious
When he mention how its not free floating, i though he was gonna reffer to the fact that most free float hamdgaurds are on the barrel nut wich deos tuch a bit of the barrels harmonics but much less then a standered handgaurd.
Hmmmm, I wonder if radially delayed blowback like the CMMG PCCs use could be adapted to rifle calibers and used to make an even more accurate AR
Cut the gas tube and try a flexible section of hose.
Either way it’s best that the barrel be floated but that has tube isn’t exactly rigid either. It may not be as good as free floating but it still may help.
Fair point.
I like breaking the Algorythm , build on my good man.
As a Master Armorer starting with 18 years as an Armorer in the Army (disabled vet), but with a total of 38 professional years with the M16/AR15 series rifles and I'll tell you straight up, you're full of BS. feel free to contact me and I'll even do a video call with you to explain why you're wrong.
You rigidly mount the back of your gas tube?
Huh… all of mine float.
Why snowflake at 3:45?
Ah, pedantry….. the last refuge of scoundrels.
So wt about the flash hider thats on the barrel sa well….So in that case no AR rife can ever be free floated because it will aways have gas block and tube along with a some kind of flash hider on the end of the barrel Wow didnt know that
Barrel harmonics effects point of impact mostly. As long as the whip is static vertically you're just dialing in your elevation. So yeah… this would be a problem at 800+ yards. (Edit: 800+ yds for me. I was speaking for myself… myself using .308WIN)
Wouldn't the wide open port venting directly to atmosphere have a bigger impact on poi than the actual gas tube interference?
Edit: Nevermind, should of watched the entire video before commenting.
Jb weld
This is very interesting. I once used a previously burnt out bbl ( or so I thought) from my service rifle , white oak 20inch 1-7 over 3500 rounds ( groups had opened up to over a minute of angle, from under a half min.) I was using the bbl to test another rifle configuration ( long story) using a hose clamp and shim to block of gas port. Everything worked as planned, however; I noticed the accuracy was back, ( using same lot, every component, of my loaded ammo ) more or less, solid half min. Hmmmm . Installed back on my service rifle with gas system, same ammunition, back to over one min. of angle. I blocked the gas system same as the other rifle and got similar results, back around a little over a half min. of angle . All testing preformed at 100yds bagged, 10 round groups, similar conditions. Repeated tests with both rifles, virtually identical results. Made me consider testing the bbl (plugged) manually operated, to see how much longer accuracy would last. Never did, it would make rapid fire strings interesting. Just an observation made by myself, an average high power rifleman, sharp shooter classification. Richard Frost Indiana.
Nice SRS
at least the barrel and handguard are wireless. And that leaves us with diminished communications speeds