Free Floating barrel?

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Henry JP

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Maybe its a dumb question, but is it or can it be done to a handgun (1911 style) in 9mm or 45 cal. have a free floating barrel? Or is done like this anyway?
Rifles have it to increase accuracy and ward off the effects of barrel whip, so what about hand guns?
 
Can't be done to any handgun where the barrel moves. So no to a 1911. There are bolt-action handguns, and it could be done there. But... the accuracy elements are completely different, and no worth doing on anything used for typical handgun duties.
 
acrashb said:
Can't be done to any handgun where the barrel moves. So no to a 1911. There are bolt-action handguns, and it could be done there. But... the accuracy elements are completely different, and no worth doing on anything used for typical handgun duties.
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Thanks for the quick reply. I thought the 1911 style had a stationary barrel and the slide with the sights moved around it. Thanks for educating me. I don't own a 1911/anything yet.
 
Henry JP said:
Thanks for the quick reply. I thought the 1911 style had a stationary barrel and the slide with the sights moved around it. Thanks for educating me. I don't own a 1911/anything yet.
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The barrel has a pivoting link underneath it that is pinned to the frame. The link allows the barrel to move with the slide as it moves back under recoil, then the barrel is pulled down by the link and pulls away from the slide to allow the slide to travel to the rear to eject the empty case and load a new round.

The slide and barrel stay locked together for a short distance to allow the bullet to clear the barrel and pressures to drop to safe levels before the breech opens and the brass is ejected.

A short youtube video animation of the 1911 operating cycle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKRMcTlbWTs

You can clearly see the barrel move back, then down on recoil and up and forward into battery when chambering the next round. Note the lugs on the barrel above the chamber that lock into grooves in the slide, these are what keep the barrel and slide together during the cycle.

Mark
 
mmattockx said:
The barrel has a pivoting link underneath it that is pinned to the frame. The link allows the barrel to move with the slide as it moves back under recoil, then the barrel is pulled down by the link and pulls away from the slide to allow the slide to travel to the rear to eject the empty case and load a new round.

The slide and barrel stay locked together for a short distance to allow the bullet to clear the barrel and pressures to drop to safe levels before the breech opens and the brass is ejected.

A short youtube video animation of the 1911 operating cycle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKRMcTlbWTs

You can clearly see the barrel move back, then down on recoil and up and forward into battery when chambering the next round. Note the lugs on the barrel above the chamber that lock into grooves in the slide, these are what keep the barrel and slide together during the cycle.

Mark
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Excellent....Thank you:D
 
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