Maybe not in most cases, but I'd want a freefloat handguard on a precision "recce" style 16" AR. Torquing on your vert. grip influences the barrel, and is even more ****ounced when various parts, in contact w/ the barrel, are exposed to heat during prolonged fire.
If I had a setup like this, http://www.centurionarms.net/index.p...art&Itemid=178, I wouldn't want anything BUT a freefloat handguard.
Since when is p-r-o-n-o-u-n-c-e-d a censored word?!
Nice rifles guys. I get my AR back on Saturday. Will post.