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    Buffer Spring length Variance

    My buddy on here ASH556 at work tonight had his rifle and and noticed that when locking the bolt back there wasn't the extra give or space you have once the bolt is locked (play in charging handle were you can pull it back further). Since I had my rifle we pulled out the buffer and spring out of each rifle and compared them since mine had the normal extra room/play.

    His spring is two inches longer and came in a LMT SOPMOD stock kit, I have never seen this and have had an LMT SOPMOD stock kit on one of my older rifles I sold. It so far hasn't affected anything but I did a search and the only thing I saw is that a carbine buffer spring should bee between 11 3/4" and 10 3/4".

    I was wondering if this could affect anything down the road or if someone knows why LMT provides a longer buffer spring. My guess is because it was/is for the MK18 as it came with an H2 buffer as well and to help compensate for the short barrel on that variant.

    Here is a picture showing the difference and for the record mine came out of a Daniel Defense M4 V5.


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    i had 3 different springs. a delton.daniel defense and a bcm and all 3 were different lenfths. just because a spring is longer it may be easier to compress. i went with the bcm spring wich was the longest on and it cycles the sofest shooting steel ammo

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    FWIW

    I made a note from somewhere a while back that “a Carbine Action Spring has a minimum length of 10-1/16” and a maximum length of 11-1/4”.

    Also, I have logged the measurements of several new springs I have come across in the past year or so:
    Stag/CMT – 11-1/16”
    Novekse – 10-7/8”
    LMT – 10-13/16”

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    With 44 coils and a 12.5" length, that's a rifle spring.

    That limited travel is caused by coil bind from the overly long spring.

    I'd replace it immediately, without passing go.
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    Your friend has a rifle length spring. The TM says a rifle length spring should be between 11 3/4in. and 13 1/2in.

    Maybe there was an option for rifle/carbine length spring when the kit was bought?
    Last edited by Eric D.; 02-25-11 at 00:30.
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    hmm thanks guys, I didn't even think of it being a rifle length just because it came in a LMT SOPMOD stock kit. I guess it slipped through the cracks when it was packed together.

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    I was just getting ready to post this, but then found this thread, thanks Karmapolice for posting it. Anyone need to trade? Are all rifle springs black? This one is and it has some kind of coating on it that makes it smooth. Guess I should prolly just order one from either G & R or BCM. Any preference on recoil springs?
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    all things considerd i would highly suggest a spring from bcm

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    Is it the lighting or do those appear to be imported buffers to anyone else?

    I can't imagine if they came with factory kits though and weren't purchased separately
    Last edited by Dave_M; 02-25-11 at 18:34.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DavePAL84 View Post
    Is it the lighting or do those appear to be imported buffers to anyone else?

    I can't imagine if they came with factory kits though and weren't purchased separately
    Karmapolice's (the one with the correct spring length) came from his factory DD M4V5, mine (the longer one) is from an LMT Sopmod kit. The lighting does make them look more silver than they are. They are the standard copper/brass color in person.
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