DMK
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I noticed that many battle rifles such as the K31, M39 and Springfield '03 seem to have their barrels floating the entire length of the handguard, but have the handguards fit tight right at the end. Do you think this was done to provide support for bayonette use? Some say that pressure at the end of the long barrel helps to make it more accurate, but civilian sporting rifles and modern sniper rifles don't do that. They fully free float. I noticed that even some sniper rifles built from battle rifles, such as the Swiss ZfK55 and the Enfield L42 have fully free floated barrels.
So which is better? Fully free float or support at the end?
So which is better? Fully free float or support at the end?