Carbine buffer spring, 11.5" long?

[bb223]

Guessing it's not an issue but the action springs I ordered just arrived to replace the originals I've neglected to replace for far too long in my Colt and LMT.

I measured and noticed they are both 11.5" long, some picture I saw claimed 11.25" was "max" but that's some picture I found on the Internet.

Just wanted to double check with the experts that an 11.5" action spring is g2g in regular carbines.

Thanks.

[MWL]

Spec for Carbine length Action Springs is 10 1/16" to 11 1/4". Not sure what the extra 1/4" will do. What brand spring did you buy?

Regards.

Mark

[bb223]

BCM carbine action spring

[Iraqgunz]

The acceptable lengths are 10 1/16 (min) and 11 1/4 (max) for a carbine. Yes, it is a little long. Will it work and function normally? Maybe so. So your options are to send them back or use them and see what happens.

[bb223]

Plan on shooting with them for sure. I have faith in BCM and they're prolly going to shrink through usage anyway, right?

I only felt the need to measure it because the OEM spring my 6920 was so short by comparison (way overdue for a swap) but yeah I'll hammer a few through this weekend and see how it works.

Thanks for the info.