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Talking about 2 different things here. Accuracy and consistency are not the same things. MOST rifles shoot more accurately free floated. SOME rifles, especially those with barrels on the thin side are more accurate with some pressure on them. But that doesn't mean they will always shoot those accurate groups to the same point of impact. As environmental conditions change the amount of pressure changes, and that changes point of impact.
You sometimes have to make a choice. You can have a hunting rifle with a pressure point that shoots 1 MOA, but as the seasons change the POI may change by several inches. Or you can free float the barrel and have a 1.5 MOA rifle that consistently puts the bullets into the same spot on the target.
This isn't always the case. But I've seen it happen. I think you just have to experiment with individual rifles, but I prefer to try free floating first. You can always add a pressure point later if not satisfied.
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