From:	Arclight arclight@*********.de
Subject:	Questions of great importance (Steve, Jon, RA:S people especially)
Date:	Tue, 7 Sep 1999 13:57:32 +0200

And finally, Rand Ratinac expressed himself by writing:

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> Now I'm guessing that a free-floating barrel is what's used with rifles
> that break down. But that could be a very bad guess. If it is, though,
> that wouldn't cover military rifles that AREN'T designed to be broken
> down and ARE designed to be banged around a bit (like the Walther in
> SR). AND that would mean the GL wouldn't interfere with it much. Is
> that the case?

Free-floating barrels are used for at least most modern precision
rifles. For exampel, the US sniper weapon systems, the M40 and M24,
and the UK and german one, from Accuracy Arms AFAIK, have one.
As these rifles have to be pretty solid and preserve precision even
under extreme conditions, I doubt that f-f barrels are that susceptible
(sp?) to "be banged around", as you say.

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