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« on: February 01, 2009, 02:55:50 PM »
What do you actually do to "free float a barrel"?
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« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2009, 02:01:33 PM »
To float a barrel you remove material from the barrel channel so that the barrel does not touch anything along it's length. This is usually accompanied with glass bedding the action, although not always.
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