New Free Float HandGuard for the AR-10...

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12 years 3 weeks ago #12604 by BUILDING MY SASS
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Well I finally got mine...Still waiting on the Gas Block and Front sight...
So Stay Tuned my AR-10 Brethren...and LAR and LR .308 owners....The Product Vid and Installation Vid soon to come...
Target On
Embrace The Lion....
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12 years 3 weeks ago #12606 by WES213
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Can't wait for it man, you said you would send it to me free of charge when you finished the video right??? :woohoo:

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12 years 3 weeks ago #12609 by BUILDING MY SASS
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WES213 wrote: Can't wait for it man, you said you would send it to me free of charge when you finished the video right??? :woohoo:


What did I tell you about smoking used cleaning Patches :dry: ...It's not good for you...you think of weird things :S ...and hear strange suggestions.... :pinch: :whistle: :dry: :laugh:
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11 years 11 months ago #13368 by BUILDING MY SASS
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I am in the process of doing the videos now...have to get a new dust cover rod..
Quick TECH NOTE...if you are looking at one of these handguards...be sure to measure the DC rod...if you have the shorter one..there will be an issue...
Videos coming soon.... :thumbs:
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11 years 11 months ago #13378 by Sharkey
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If I may, SASS, what are the real advantages of a Free Float as compared to the standard type hand guards. Other than cosmetic, I am missing what genuine value it would add to the weapon?

Is it a cooling issue or what?

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11 years 11 months ago #13386 by LebbenB
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It's more of an accuracy issue than cooling. A normal forend attaches to the barrel at two points -the barrel nut and the hand guard collar. When you grip the hand guards or "sling up," (the upper sling swivel attaches to the FSB on the barrel) you put pressure on the hand guards which in turn puts pressure on the barrel and interferes with the normal flex of the barrel as the bullet travels down it. Since the pressure you exert is inconsistant round to round, shot groups tend to be bigger due to changes in POI.

A free float sleeve eliminates the contact point near the end of the barrel, allowing the barrel to flex more naturally and uniformly shot to shot. This improves the mechanical accuracy of the rifle, sometimes dramatically so. My AR10's groups shrank about .25 MOA when I went to a FF forend.

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11 years 11 months ago #13396 by Sharkey
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Thanks Lebben. I appreciate the input.

All good stuff.

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11 years 11 months ago #13399 by LebbenB
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No worries, bro. I wrote that from my phone at work, so I was glad you were able to make sense of it.

A FF sleeve DOES help with cooling over a normal set of hand guards, but the flipside to it is the sleeve gets warmer quicker since there are no heat shields in the sleeve.

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11 years 11 months ago #13403 by BUILDING MY SASS
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LebbenB wrote: It's more of an accuracy issue than cooling. A normal forend attaches to the barrel at two points -the barrel nut and the hand guard collar. When you grip the hand guards or "sling up," (the upper sling swivel attaches to the FSB on the barrel) you put pressure on the hand guards which in turn puts pressure on the barrel and interferes with the normal flex of the barrel as the bullet travels down it. Since the pressure you exert is inconsistant round to round, shot groups tend to be bigger due to changes in POI.

A free float sleeve eliminates the contact point near the end of the barrel, allowing the barrel to flex more naturally and uniformly shot to shot. This improves the mechanical accuracy of the rifle, sometimes dramatically so. My AR10's groups shrank about .25 MOA when I went to a FF forend.


Thanks for that LEB....I will add that it really doesn't make that much of a Difference at short ranges...but at longer ranges it does help quite abit..
As for the Cooling...well that subject is still on the Table in the Gun Industry... :banghead:
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11 years 11 months ago #13412 by Sharkey
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Thanks for the responses guys. Great info.

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