Thinking of trying Vltor A5.......what spring

[user]

Hey team, question please. Thinking of trying Vltor A5 on a 14.5 mid. What spring is recommended. The kits I see on websites come with a stock rifle spring. But in researching some suggest sprinco green. Can you suggest a preferred spring or just use the one that comes with buffer tube kit.

[jerrysimons]

Paging BufordTJustice...

[VIP3R 237]

The factory spring is a good spring, but the green springco is preferred.

[BufordTJustice]

Paging BufordTJustice...

I have used every quality rifle spring (Colt, BCM, Brownells SS, Brownells CS, Tubbs flat wire, Springco Green, Wolff reduced power, & Wolff std power.) And the factory copper washed Vltor A5 spring provided the smoothest recoil impulse.

It's literally one of the only situations where the factory spring is best.

Because it is a rifle spring, it will have an inherently longer life than carbine springs.

I've got two Vltor A5 springs that have over 4000 rounds on them and their length is identical to a factory new Vltor spring.

EDIT: My wife uses my old upper, a BCM 14.5" middy, and she uses the std Vltor copper washed spring with an A5H4 buffer. It's the apex setup for that gas system when not using a suppressor.

[Iraqgunz]

I prefer and use the Sprinco green spring. All of my lowers use them.

[t1tan]

I prefer and use the Sprinco green spring. All of my lowers use them.

Same here

[jerrysimons]

I have used every quality rifle spring (Colt, BCM, Brownells SS, Brownells CS, Tubbs flat wire, Springco Green, Wolff reduced power, & Wolff std power.) And the factory copper washed Vltor A5 spring provided the smoothest recoil impulse.

It's literally one of the only situations where the factory spring is best.

Because it is a rifle spring, it will have an inherently longer life than carbine springs.

I've got two Vltor A5 springs that have over 4000 rounds on them and their length is identical to a factory new Vltor spring.

EDIT: My wife uses my old upper, a BCM 14.5" middy, and she uses the std Vltor copper washed spring with an A5H4 buffer. It's the apex setup for that gas system when not using a suppressor.

I thought you were now using the Wolff reduced power?
You sequenced all the springs in another thread.

[BufordTJustice]

I thought you were now using the Wolff reduced power?
You sequenced all the springs in another thread.

Sorry. Need to update. Back to Vltor, though that Wolff RP spring is closest in performance and feel to the Vltor spring.

[Clint]

One of the nice things about the A5 is that many different rifle springs work well.

As a default, just run the stock vltor spring that comes with it.

[CoryCop25]

I have had 100% reliability with the Vltor spring. In my 14.5 I have the -2 buffer and Vltor spring. I have 6 rifles with the A5 RE and 5 have the Vltor spring and one has a Colt spring I think. All are 100% reliable.
I have never used a Sprinco anything.