I read the post about the "O" ring between the front handguard and the gas cylinder to improve accuracy. Howsome-ever.......

I had a loose front handguard and put a strip of felt between the rear of the front handguard and front of the rear handguard so the front handguard had no slack forward or backward. It worked.

I read somewhere there should be some slack, i.e., the front handguard shouldn't be firmly buttressed. The reasoning is it will cause inaccuracy in the shots fired because it may tend to distort (bend, slightly) the barrel due to heat expansion.

Can anyone corroborate this reasoning?

P.S. How do you do spell check?

Thomas
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