Buffer springs. Flat vs. Braided. What say you?

**Celt** · 03-07-20, 15:48

Thoughts?

Thanks in advance.

**1168** · 03-07-20, 16:11

Round wire, stainless, Colt.

**turnburglar** · 03-07-20, 17:20

IDK my mil-spec buffer springs, never didn't spring properly. So I see no reason to mess with something that works very well and is very cheap.

**17K** · 03-07-20, 17:36

Originally Posted by 1168

Round wire, stainless, Colt.

This is the correct answer.

I have used LMT springs and had the same service as from Colt springs.

**masakari** · 03-07-20, 18:02

I had one flat spring and hated how murderous it was to get out.
Never had a problem with regular, quality springs.

**opngrnd** · 03-07-20, 18:17

Maybe I'm a bit weird in this, but I've used Sprinco all these years. It started from needing to tame my first, very overgassed AR, and continued simply on basis of their service life. In exactly one build I have a flat wire, and I do notice less dot movement than other springs in that specific rifle. I tend to default to A5 w/Green Sprinco.

**just a scout** · 03-07-20, 18:52

I love my H3 and Springco blues. Never a problem or issue.

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**lysander** · 03-07-20, 19:26

Braided springs are very useful in certain applications.

The AR, however, is not one of them.

**Straight Shooter** · 03-07-20, 20:13

Ive run the same Sprinco RED spring in my LMT now for 10 years or so. Not a single problem.

**artoter** · 03-07-20, 20:49

Originally Posted by masakari

I had one flat spring and hated how murderous it was to get out.
Never had a problem with regular, quality springs.

Yeah, I'm with you. Buffer springs are something that I never really thought about getting too "in depth" with.

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