My experience is that Magpul and BCM have shipped fast on anything I've ordered from them. Since VLTOR is habitually out-of-stock I'd source from those vendors.
As for VLTOR, I'd guess good for them, apparently they are selling all they make.
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My experience is that Magpul and BCM have shipped fast on anything I've ordered from them. Since VLTOR is habitually out-of-stock I'd source from those vendors.
As for VLTOR, I'd guess good for them, apparently they are selling all they make.
We love the A5 buffer system. But I'd honestly just run a carbine system with H2 if there were any difficulty sourcing the A5 components. If a gun is gassed right, the H2 carbine is just fine.
Heavy buffers is a good source for A5 buffers. It's their item version but they are good to go. As mentioned earlier forward control designs usually had most parts in stock from my experience
I should have added that I'm talking about 223/5.56. I don't have experience with the other calibers. VLTOR makes buffers in a variety of weights because that's what the market will bear. But guess which A5 buffer sells out the quickest? A5H2.
I've had a chance to test a variety of buffers with an adjustable gas block upper, suppressed and unsuppressed. The sweet spot runs from H2 (carbine RE) to A5H2 (A5 RE) & Rifle.
I don't disagree. I only have the A5 system in one rifle. I got it from Vltor and it shipped with the A5H2. Just for kicks I removed the tungsten weights and replaced them with aluminum weights I made. I couldn't tell the difference shooting 193. 16" BCM ULW upper with a pretty efficient brake on it. Maybe I am not smart enough to feel the difference. The only time I would buy the A5 system is if I was doing a new build. If I had an existing standard receiver extension on a rifle I'd throw a H2 in it and call it a day.