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Thread: What buffer are you running in your middie?

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    Quote Originally Posted by samuse View Post
    Well back to the A5...

    How is spring life compared to a carbine spring? Do ya'll like the spring that comes with the kit?

    I'm still liking the idea of the A5 even though I didn't like it the time I tried it. I am however sitting on two complete A5 kits and I love the Emod stock so I'm thinking about giving it another try since I'm due for a spring on usin' lower...
    Spring life has been much better for me with the stock Vltor rifle spring than with any non CS carbine spring. No difference in spring pressure between a 5k spring and a brand new one according to my scale.

    One of the benefits of using a rifle spring, I'd guess.

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    I have a friend who bought FL about a year (two?) ago or whenever it was getting a lot of attention. He put it on his 1911s, glocks and ARs. I know some guns only get shot once a year, but for whatever reason he really hates the FL now--I have also read the bad press, but it mostly seemed related to cold weather or leaving it sitting on guns for a long time and getting tacky. I was going to ask him for his to try out, BUT I still haven't decided what I like better between SLIP EWL and FireClean.
    So far I really like both a lot--it may take a year or more to see if I prefer one over the other.
    The smoothest cycling AR I've ever handled was Vicker's new-ish BCM KMR. I really wish I'd checked his buffer and spring when I was on the range with it (and no one was around). He was selling FireClean, so I assume that's what was in it--but maybe not. Whatever it was, it felt like the BCG was gliding on ice.

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    16" middy
    H buffer on semiauto lowers
    H2 buffer on fullauto lowers

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    I use a Spike's Tactical T2 buffer in my 16" midlength rifle.

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    Mark me down as using an H2, so far so good.
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    16" midlength, rifle buffer/spring (which I think I recall reading is the same weight as an H3) A1 fixed stock.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Circle_10 View Post
    16" midlength, rifle buffer/spring (which I think I recall reading is the same weight as an H3) A1 fixed stock.
    Weight is not apples to apples when you switch from a Rifle/A5 to a carbine system or vice versa.
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    Quote Originally Posted by markm View Post
    Weight is not apples to apples when you switch from a Rifle/A5 to a carbine system or vice versa.
    Exactly. That's why the H2 buffer with a CARBINE SPRING has been deemed to be the functional equivalent of the rifle system because there are substantial differences in the spring rate between the carbine and rifle recoil systems.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ABNAK View Post
    ????????????

    I've got an H buffer in my BCM midlength and it runs well so far. I'm using only NATO-pressure 5.56 loads (M855) and am thinking of bumping up to an H2.
    I ran a spikes tungsten h2 buffer in my 14.5" mid for a while but it choked on 223 in the cold sometimes(ftfeed). I run the carbine buffer now - I actually prefer the quicker cycle anyways since I'm not running auto. Its been 100% since.

    FWIW, its a centurion barrel, 14.5" straight from them.

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