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In an A5-tube, yes it could. I would hazard to think that the A5 buffer was designed to fit the A5-tube, and not the other way around. So, if you want a longer tube then you need a longer buffer to be on the safe side of the equation.
Also, another (hypothetical?) factor that hasn't been addressed is the fact that with a longer buffer you also have more surface area for the buffer spring to friction against during compression - which also slows down the speed of the buffer. Granted, I'm not smart enough to weigh in on how much that would be a factor - but it is a factor.
The springs are different, the rates, original length, coil count, start force, and compressed force. That amounts to a decent difference. Compare it to an H2 with a carbine spring and there is less of a difference, but it is still there. The relevance of that difference is in the eyes of the buyer.
In the grand scheme of things most people are best served selling their A5 and buying ammo to train with, but they are not buying snake oil.
"You people have too much time on your hands." - scottryan
He listed the rifle specs, not the A5. The rifle forces are different, the A5 might be a little more different. Without someone who has the means to measure the right springs in each gun with each RE we wont know exactly but it is safe to say the A5 is still different.
I am not on an infinite budget and would rather shoot than buy gadgets so I do not know, but people I trust have been able to blindly distinguish the differences between guns with A5's and ones without.
i shot a quick email to VLTOR and they said the stock system went through testing with the USMC, USSOCOM both of which found that it increased reliability over the carbine stock, the USMC found it was more reliable than the rifle stock.
they also pointed out that it gives a consistent carrier velocity, as well as increased controllability and reduced recoil.
personally having come from a 14.5" BCM using a carbine stock to now having a lower with the A5 i can tell a reduction in recoil as well as an increase in controllability using all my uppers
Last edited by sinlessorrow; 01-04-12 at 10:52.
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