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    Quote Originally Posted by RWH24 View Post
    With the A5 RE, do you use the RE-10 6 or A5 7 position? Been looking myself.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnrVJT4UU10

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM1RBnVuOjw

    Use the 6 hole RE->
    http://www.vltorstore.com/re-10-a5sr...ver-extension/

    The 6 hole allows a Magpul STR to almost bump the castle nut. About 2 threads shy.
    The 7 hole is about 1/2" away from the castle nut. But the Magpul fixed carbine stock fits perfectly on both.
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    Quote Originally Posted by EzGoingKev View Post
    My 6920 was purchased early/mid 90's and came with a half moon bolt carrier.
    Ah, that's probably what I had--I just knew it wasn't an FA because my friend thought it was odd that it wasn't (and thought the heavier FA might slightly help with what he and others saw as a very overgassed gun). I didn't really notice, but I was shooting mostly AKs back then--even my Jim Fuller SGL-21 came back with holes drilled in it because it was over-gassed according to Mr. Fuller. So apparently, I'm just a gassy person. ;o)

    My new BCM 14.5" middy doesn't feel quite as nice and smooth as Vickers' 16" BCM mid did--and now I'm wondering if he had an A5 in there or if he had a different carrier or what...or maybe his was just more broken in and soaked in FireClean (mine only had 300rds so far--but will get another 500 this week, and 550 next weekend in a class--all xm193).

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    Quote Originally Posted by jerhelo View Post
    I don't know much about the springco stuff, which spring to order???
    Sprinco recommends a red spring for a 16" carbine barrel.


    http://www.sprinco.com/tactical.html

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    On my carbine gassed 16 a H2 buffer helped smooth things out as did a Rainier XTC comp, later I tried an A5 buffer system and that helped even more, enough that I took the comp off and put the A2 back on.

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    I have owned every single Springco spring and have tried each spring with every carbine format buffer.

    The killer app for the carbine setup is a white spring with an h3 or an h2 if your gun won't lock back with an h3. Closest you can get to A5 performance without going A5.

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    That sounds sweet. My midlength runs an H2 with a springco blue on Tula.

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    Quote Originally Posted by black22rifle View Post
    That sounds sweet. My midlength runs an H2 with a springco blue on Tula.
    With the exception of my 16 inch carbine length guns, which have red springco springs with H2s, the others, which are middy's and a SBR, have blue springs with H2 buffers...shooting wolf ammo.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ROK View Post
    Use the 6 hole RE->
    http://www.vltorstore.com/re-10-a5sr...ver-extension/

    The 6 hole allows a Magpul STR to almost bump the castle nut. About 2 threads shy.
    The 7 hole is about 1/2" away from the castle nut. But the Magpul fixed carbine stock fits perfectly on both.
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    Quote Originally Posted by evi1joe View Post
    It was bought in like 1998 or so (an LE marked one with a semi-auto BCG, which was weird--but original). Even the guy I bought it from at a still-extant gun store online said it seemed over gassed. The deflector was beaten to hell, which everyone seemed to notice, and it sent cases about 12-15ft away at 2:30-3; the gun also got much dirtier than other guns with the same amount of rounds.
    I had a shade-tree gunsmith shooting with me who thought it was overgassed, but maybe it just had weak springs or something. I did a lot to it (listed above) and it really softened up.
    Again, maybe there was another explanation(s) like weak springs.
    (Just remembered I got it from a guy at Talon Arms--I think they're still around, but this was a used gun they sold me right when they were starting out.)
    Was the barrel actually a Colt?? Did any of the folks that looked at the gun measure the gas port size???



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    I guess I am going to try a Sprinco set up with an H2 and see how that helps. I really want an A5 to try but afraid if I like it that much I will want to modify all of my rifles then.

    How about mid length systems. I have a few Daniels rifles and may work on one of them as well?

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