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AR-15. Free floating handguard vs 'standard'
AR-15. Free floating handguard vs 'standard'
Looking at the Ruger AR 556. They make 2 versions, one 'normal' version, and one with a long free floating handguard (the MPR). Am I correct in thinking that the unit with the free floating fore stock is intended for use with optics? Would the forestock be sufficiently stiff to mount iron sites? The only other gun I'm interested in is the Sig M400, and I failing to see a reason to spend the extra $300. Sell me a rifle! (no, I am not interesting in building one.) __________________ 2004 Royal Enfield Bullet, dripin' oil like an old flat six. 1992 Ducati Supersport. White frame, Ferracci pipes, open airbox. Mercedes E350 family truckster. 2003 Mustang Mach 1 with Cherry Bomb exhaust Old 03-04-2018, 07:07 AM |
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04-16-2018, 12:13 AM
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canna change law physics
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Free floating is "more accurate", or really more consistent, shot to shot.. But with a non-wood stock, it shouldn't make any difference.
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04-16-2018, 09:20 AM
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Unless you are using the AR competitively, I wouldn't worry about whether the hand guard is free-floating.
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04-16-2018, 09:32 AM
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04-16-2018, 03:49 PM
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Wow, it even copied the dates!
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04-16-2018, 05:23 PM
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Is this the gun lobby trying to keep AR sales and interest up? Someone registered on this site just to pimp this????
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04-16-2018, 06:07 PM
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Cars & Coffee Killer
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It's probably a bot designed to copy a few posts, get the post count up, then hit us with spam.
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04-16-2018, 06:10 PM
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