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Thread: A-5 buffer: Why is it smoother?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Noodles View Post
    Who's barrel? I have a 12.5", A5H2&H3, flash hider and it's aggressively more recoil than some H2 guns I was shooting this weekend. Disappointingly so.

    Made a thread about it just now.
    Noveske. Have you tried another upper of similar weight and balance on that lower?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Armati View Post
    Has anyone tried this A5 system on 16" mid-length gas system?
    I have one on my Noveske Light Recce and it functions fine. I elected to use the VLTOR iMod stock I had on it previously. You lose the shortest stock position as a result of the rifle-length buffer tube, which isn't a problem for me at least.

    I did email Noveske to make sure that it would work with my rifle. I was told by Todd K. that all Noveske uppers are designed to work with rifle-length receiver extensions.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Col_Crocs View Post
    Noveske. Have you tried another upper of similar weight and balance on that lower?
    Yes and no. Nothing apples to apples. But I shot a two in particular that should have been worse. Was able to remove ammo from it by using the same.

    I think it might be a couple things. Not least of which is that I suck. But sticking strictly to gear because I had other shooters compare their guns to mine, it's got to predominately be that I'm running a flash hider vs a brake.

    That's soon to be fixed! But still, I'm having trouble figuring that this gun with an A5H2 and A5H3 is running softer than if I were to switch out and put the non-A5 parts back in! It's noticeably rough right now, I can't imagine it getting worse!

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    As for stocks on the A5... there are two A5 tubes: The RE-A5 (original A5 system) and the RE-10/A5SR "short rail" tube.

    The original tube (RE-A5) was designed to use the Vltor EMOD stock and works well with similar longerish stocks like the Magpul ACS.

    The A5SR "short rail" tube has the lock pin holes located to work better with a GI M4 style stock and works better with traditionally sized stocks like the Vltor IMOD and Magpul MOE/CTR/STR stocks.
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    Quote Originally Posted by K.L. Davis View Post
    As for stocks on the A5... there are two A5 tubes: The RE-A5 (original A5 system) and the RE-10/A5SR "short rail" tube.

    The original tube (RE-A5) was designed to use the Vltor EMOD stock and works well with similar longerish stocks like the Magpul ACS.

    The A5SR "short rail" tube has the lock pin holes located to work better with a GI M4 style stock and works better with traditionally sized stocks like the Vltor IMOD and Magpul MOE/CTR/STR stocks.
    Good info to know. Thanks
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    Quote Originally Posted by AFshirt View Post
    I think this was asked because there is a nationwide backlog of buffers right now.
    Pretty sure I posted the link to the 'where can I get it' sticky because it was and still is the proper place to ask just like during the nationwide backlog of anything AR related...
    Last edited by ColtSeavers; 07-17-13 at 14:04.

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    Quote Originally Posted by K.L. Davis View Post
    As for stocks on the A5... there are two A5 tubes: The RE-A5 (original A5 system) and the RE-10/A5SR "short rail" tube.

    The original tube (RE-A5) was designed to use the Vltor EMOD stock and works well with similar longerish stocks like the Magpul ACS.

    The A5SR "short rail" tube has the lock pin holes located to work better with a GI M4 style stock and works better with traditionally sized stocks like the Vltor IMOD and Magpul MOE/CTR/STR stocks.
    Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought the STR stock works on a RE-A5?
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    It does...
    The "short" rail RE AKA AR10 RE means the LOP is shorter, so shorter stocks can lock up on the position closest to the lower when the stock is collapsed. In other words, the 6 holes machined as stops are closer together and farther out towards the end of the tube away from the receiver extension when compared with the 7 holes that are more equally spaced on the regular A5 RE that requires a longer stock to be able to accept the additional tube length and close on the hole closest to the lower... confused yet?
    Last edited by E-man930; 07-18-13 at 21:24.

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    Nope. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't crazy. Thanks
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    Quote Originally Posted by ZINCOGNITO View Post
    Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought the STR stock works on a RE-A5?
    Correct. The STR is just long enough to fully collapse on the A5 extension. If you look at the specs youll notice its overall length is just longer than the MOE/CTR, but just shorter than the ACS/ACS-L. Magpul specifically designed it this way.

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