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    Quote Originally Posted by Wolverine6G View Post
    SHOOT!!!You guys rock thank you for your help everyone, and I thought I was DONE spending money on this thing. Luckily I have a STD carbine buffer. I ordered the A5 because of all the rave reviews about it. Ill go put that in and report my progress
    Make sure you use a carbine spring and not the rifle spring the A5 buffer comes with as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JBecker 72 View Post
    Make sure you use a carbine spring and not the rifle spring the A5 buffer comes with as well.
    THIS. Glad we could help.

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    Locked completely back with no resistance. I thought everything was just a bit "tight" Will the Vltor carbine buffer and spring work with my setup? Is the A5 that much better?

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    The a5 is the cats ass, but unless you have issues with reliability that are buffer related and cannot be fixed with heavier buffers in your current setup dont waste the money.
    Last edited by uncle money bags; 03-11-13 at 23:42.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Col_Crocs View Post
    Holy crap! Ya, good thing you function checked and asked before firing that thing.
    Nothing against you, Wolverine, just a general statement... This is another reason why one shouldn't build a first AR or build one for that matter without more experience and a better grasp on parts and how things work.
    Trust me non taken. In the military we were issued weapons that worked. Im glad I came on here for advice. Trust me no rounds would've even gotten chambered if i couldn't figure this out. I know the basics just didnt know the extent of the customizability that one could get into.

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    Look at the link to the other thread I gave you earlier. Looking at your pics, it looks like your A5 isn't seating on the spring properly. This slight difference caused me to have issues locking back. Check with Vltor to confirm that your spring is seated properly on your buffer.
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    I think you guys were right and the lower is out of spec... since it's no good i'll give you 150$ and take it off your hands


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    Quote Originally Posted by HwyKnight View Post
    Look at the link to the other thread I gave you earlier. Looking at your pics, it looks like your A5 isn't seating on the spring properly. This slight difference caused me to have issues locking back. Check with Vltor to confirm that your spring is seated properly on your buffer.
    I reseated the spring however the space it came it I still had alot more to go. I wasnt aware that I needed a A5 buffer tube. everything seems to be A OK now. Ill just wait until I can get my hands on a A5 tube. then re-install. Thank you for your help.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wolverine6G View Post
    I reseated the spring however the space it came it I still had alot more to go. I wasnt aware that I needed a A5 buffer tube. everything seems to be A OK now. Ill just wait until I can get my hands on a A5 tube. then re-install. Thank you for your help.
    where did you get the A5? EVERY place on the net I have seen it for sale gives a warning about needing the A5 RE...

    the A5 system uses a longer buffer, with a rifle length spring and longer RE (tube) to replicate the recoil and cyclic rate of a rifle lower. the buffer by itself will not do it. it is a system...
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    Quote Originally Posted by ra2bach View Post
    where did you get the A5? EVERY place on the net I have seen it for sale gives a warning about needing the A5 RE...

    the A5 system uses a longer buffer, with a rifle length spring and longer RE (tube) to replicate the recoil and cyclic rate of a rifle lower. the buffer by itself will not do it. it is a system...
    RE-reading the note it makes sense to me now. at the time I wasnt aware of the longer buffer tube. I got it from Vltors webstore. I basically added it to cart in a rush because stuff sells out so fast!!!!

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