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Originally Posted by MichiganScott
The easiest way to increase your rifle's accuracy is to free float the barrel. Only you can say if it is worth the cost. Virtually all competition stocks are free floated, regardless of competitive discipline.
When I shot high power competitively, I could sling up tight enough to move point of impact eight inches with a Garand. The stock on those guns has a lot less flex that the stock on an AR. Even if you never use a sling you will get better accuracy free floated.
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I disagree with this statement to an extent. Mechanically a free floating barrel will improve accuracy off a solid rest with mechanical stabilizing but a better trigger will decrease most shooters groups more than a free floating rail. A lot has to do with how you shoot. What ranges, rate of fire and desired accuracy.
For the vast majority of AR15 shooters a free floating rail is not going to make the biggest difference in the size of their groups. I would bet if you took 100 S&W Forum members and gave them a Sport II stock and then a Sport II with Free Floating rail but everything else is stock for 90% of them the groups will be the same from both rifles.
It will be the Indian not the arrow.
Hanging unnecessary stuff off the rail of your AR15 and the cosemtics of a free floating rail are the is the #1 & #2 reasons that most people go with a free floating rail from the start or swap to one.
If you are a good enough shooter who can ring the difference out of a FF rail vs a standard M4 handguard you are a better shot than most, including me.
