Buffer and ejection pattern question

[1986s4]

Sounds like your setup is working. Are your cases being dinged up? (Dent in the shoulder of the bottle neck.) I'd be happy with 3 O'Clock ejection if no case damage is happening.

No dents or other issues with the cases. I still have not been able to get to the range to exchange lowers. With plumbing issues at the house it may be a while.....

[17K]

Is there a reason that LMT still uses Carbine buffers on their commercial rifles? My understanding is that the Hx buffers are more useful on heavier barrels for reducing bolt bounce and that pretty much every mfg just opens the gasport up to cycle everything and compensates with H2's.

Because they're cheap, they don't overgas the barrel, and the buffer almost doesn't matter on a semi-auto.