Page 2 of 23 FirstFirst 123412 ... LastLast
Results 11 to 20 of 229

Thread: Switch to A5 System?

  1. #11
    Join Date
    Sep 2007
    Location
    AZ
    Posts
    27,216
    Feedback Score
    14 (100%)
    Quote Originally Posted by Amicus View Post
    Found this description while trolling Sprinco's site:

    [Part 25001] Tactical Springs LLC M16 / AR-15 Chrome Silicon RIFLE Spring in Hand Tube (Color Coded GREEN) (NOTE: Also the choice for use with VLTOR A-5 Stock System with 5.3 Oz. Buffer for 5.6 Platforms)


    Edit... not sure if the OEM Vltor spring is homo CS yet.
    Last edited by markm; 12-27-11 at 13:50.
    "You people have too much time on your hands." - scottryan

  2. #12
    Join Date
    Aug 2011
    Location
    Malmo, Sweden
    Posts
    678
    Feedback Score
    0
    Quote Originally Posted by markm View Post
    **** me! I was worried about that. I noticed the springs DON'T look like stainless. I've been a Springco FAG and didn't even know it.

    That shit is coming out of my gun the minute I GET HOME!!! DAMN IT! ****ING VLTOR!!!!
    Couldn't it just mean that this is the spring to chose if you're looking for a replacement; not necessarily that it is the spring VLTOR use from the factory?

    BTW; the A5 receiver extension is MilSpec diameter then?

  3. #13
    Join Date
    Sep 2007
    Location
    AZ
    Posts
    27,216
    Feedback Score
    14 (100%)
    Quote Originally Posted by skullworks View Post
    Couldn't it just mean that this is the spring to chose if you're looking for a replacement; not necessarily that it is the spring VLTOR use from the factory?
    I hope so. I edited my panic attack reply... It looks like it has a homo redish color to it. I can't imagine the Military messing with CS nonsense.

    BTW; the A5 receiver extension is MilSpec diameter then?
    Yep!
    Last edited by markm; 12-27-11 at 13:50.
    "You people have too much time on your hands." - scottryan

  4. #14
    Join Date
    Aug 2011
    Location
    Malmo, Sweden
    Posts
    678
    Feedback Score
    0

    Thumbs up

    Thank you kindly; been wondering about that - and my Google-Fu was weak.

  5. #15
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Posts
    728
    Feedback Score
    3 (100%)
    Quote Originally Posted by markm View Post
    I hope so. I edited my panic attack reply... It looks like it has a homo redish color to it. I can't imagine the Military messing with CS nonsense.
    I sorta had the same response. A casual/quick reading might lead one to your original conclusion.
    'That whole effort was held together by sweat, shame, and a tiny bit of pride.' -- Son of Commander Paisley

  6. #16
    Join Date
    Jun 2011
    Location
    Back where I belong
    Posts
    1,661
    Feedback Score
    2 (100%)
    Quote Originally Posted by markm View Post
    The a5 would be a monumental leap from what you have now.... in every way.

    And I agree on getting rid of that Springfield trigger parts.

    markm, kartoffel, I've done a LITTLE research on the springfield fcg and I don't understand the freakout. I thought they were good to go. Enlighten the blind, whats wrong. I don't own one, but was thinking about it. If it's as useless as a bag full of assholes I want to know.
    Last edited by fixit69; 12-28-11 at 21:08.

  7. #17
    Join Date
    Sep 2007
    Location
    AZ
    Posts
    27,216
    Feedback Score
    14 (100%)
    Quote Originally Posted by fixit69 View Post
    markm, kartoffel, I've done a LITTLE research on the springfield fcg and I don't understand the freakout. I thought they were good to go. Enlighten the blind, whats wrong. I don't own one, but was thinking about it. If it's as useless as a bag full of assholes I want to know.
    I don't know exactly what that monkey is doing to the FCG parts, but from some of the stuff I've read on the forums, he's messing with the surface hardened areas and basically ruining the life of the parts.

    The classic symptom is getting double fires a few hundred or thousand rounds after the part has been ruined.

    This also happens to guys new to the AR.... they think that the simple surface areas of the FCG can just be honed or something for a home trigger job.... They just end up ruining the parts.
    "You people have too much time on your hands." - scottryan

  8. #18
    Join Date
    Apr 2010
    Location
    McKinney, TX
    Posts
    3,253
    Feedback Score
    22 (100%)
    No firsthand experience but I've read some SCARY things about the work Bill Springfield has done. Everything from double and triple fires to losing customers' guns.
    Steve

  9. #19
    Join Date
    Jun 2011
    Location
    Back where I belong
    Posts
    1,661
    Feedback Score
    2 (100%)
    Jesus, is he retarded? The reason I was thinking about it is because I have totally screwed two trigger groups with stoning(I have more than a little experience in this, so it SHOCKED me when I got a double). I figured it was a bad idea, and I didn't think this was what he did.

    I've seen so many posts on other forums praising his work, I thought he was 5x5. Gonna do a lot more looking into stuff. Thanks for the heads up and money not wasted on more garbage.

  10. #20
    Join Date
    Jun 2011
    Location
    Back where I belong
    Posts
    1,661
    Feedback Score
    2 (100%)
    double post
    Last edited by fixit69; 12-29-11 at 18:50.

Page 2 of 23 FirstFirst 123412 ... LastLast

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •