“This all being said, I have heard of rifles that actually benefit from contact between the stock and barrel”
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“Free floating provides the barrel enough extra space that the stock will not make contact with the barrel and cause a change in the harmonics of the barrel, it will resonate at its natural frequency”
“I only have a basic understanding of barrel harmonics so someone else may be able to better explain this. When you fire a round there is going to be some degree of vibration through the whole system, there is no way to avoid this vibration, the ideal case is to simply have a uniform vibration every time you shoot”
F. Giffey