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    Quote Originally Posted by Submariner
    Would have a Colt spring.

    It wouldn't be CS so that pretty much leaves stainless.
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    spring is out -thxs to all the help!

    good normal spring loses 10% of size but oh well a aac-ss buffer/spring sysem is in her now!!

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    Another thought...

    Personally, I would rather buy outrageously-priced ammunition than spend money on replacing a spring which performs satisfactorily. The minimum spec is there for a reason. If the minimum wasn't good enough, it wouldn't be the minimum. (You can, of course, build in a fudge factor and replace before the stated spec, just so YOUR minimum let's you sleep nights.)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Submariner
    Buying a ruler is more cost-effective than arbitrarily picking a round count at which to replace the action spring.
    The problem with that approach is you take a chance on the spring replacement no longer being preventative maintenance and becoming corrective maintenance.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dport
    The problem with that approach is you take a chance on the spring replacement no longer being preventative maintenance and becoming corrective maintenance.
    Sounds like it needs to be an R-check - every X,000 rounds, remove the spring and measure it's length.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Navy87Guy
    Sounds like it needs to be an R-check - every X,000 rounds, remove the spring and measure it's length.

    Jim
    Is that a pre-underway or post-underway check?

    I think Subs does it everytime he cleans. Not a bad way of doing it. I don't clean my guns that often, so I might miss it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dport
    Is that a pre-underway or post-underway check?

    I think Subs does it everytime he cleans. Not a bad way of doing it. I don't clean my guns that often, so I might miss it.
    According to the Manual, the check is quarterly.

    I do it quarterly or as required as in whenever I clean it. It only becomes corrective if I measure and it is out-of-spec low. If it gets within a quarte inch of spec, I'll replace it as a preventive measure.

    ETA: Both quarterly and every XXXX rounds are periodic. Keeping a gun book, it probably makes more sense to check every, say, 2000 rounds since the spring should not degrade over 91 days if it hasn't been fired during that time. The key element here is check and then take the decision to replace from spares.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Submariner
    According to the Manual, the check is quarterly.

    I do it quarterly or as required as in whenever I clean it. It only becomes corrective if I measure and it is out-of-spec low. If it gets within a quarte inch of spec, I'll replace it as a preventive measure.

    ETA: Both quarterly and every XXXX rounds are periodic. Keeping a gun book, it probably makes more sense to check every, say, 2000 rounds since the spring should not degrade over 91 days if it hasn't been fired during that time. The key element here is check and then take the decision to replace from spares.
    Calendar-based maintenance is great, if you shoot about the same every quarter. If you don't then rounds-based is better IMO.

    I know the Surface Navy went to run-time based maintenance on gas turbines, like the aviators had been doing forever, in the late 90s because it didn't make sense to do calendar-based maintenance when underway schedules varied so much.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Submariner
    According to the Manual, the check is quarterly.

    I do it quarterly or as required as in whenever I clean it. It only becomes corrective if I measure and it is out-of-spec low. If it gets within a quarte inch of spec, I'll replace it as a preventive measure.

    ETA: Both quarterly and every XXXX rounds are periodic. Keeping a gun book, it probably makes more sense to check every, say, 2000 rounds since the spring should not degrade over 91 days if it hasn't been fired during that time. The key element here is check and then take the decision to replace from spares.

    There is a flaw in your thinking. The issue with SS springs is that they lose length JUST sitting in your weapon. This is why CS is the clear choice for springs as they don't suffer from this issue like SS springs do.

    You spend extra coin on Colt AR's because they follow the TDP and do things correctly. You then cheap out on springs when there are better options out there. I guess its kind of like buying a Porche and then putting General tires and water downed gas in it. Make sense? Didn't think so.



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    Quote Originally Posted by C4IGrant
    There is a flaw in your thinking. The issue with SS springs is that they lose length JUST sitting in your weapon.
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    What is your source of information for this statement?

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