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Posted: 11/26/2004 5:58:55 PM EDT
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Buffer Pad Anyone use one, could it hurt?  
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The overall buffer length dictates the amount that the buffer, carrier, and bolt can travel rearward into the receiver extension. On an AR, this travel is about 1/8" rearward of the bolt catch (any father and the carrier key will strike the back of the lower receiver and crack off the lower receiver extension threaded section). If you add a button on the face of the buffer, then the length of the added device will reduce the entire stroke of the three items. Hence, the bolt will not make a full rearward travel past the bolt catch, and the last shot bolt hold open device will not engage (the bolt catch). To add more insult to injury, due to the shortened stroke, chances are that the mag will not have enough time to recover (get the top round flush back up to the bottom of the feed lips of the mag during buffer stall (dead blow effect), and you may have mag feed problems too). Now do you get it now, or do I have break out the crayons to draw you a picture.  |
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I have never had a problem with it. It has room to travel back far enough. Might be a problem if your rifle is not making it back all the way to start with. But I still do not see a real use for it. It is too hard to absorb the recoil much if any. The pad could not be any thicker or the bolt catch would not function. Buffer technolgies makes a recoil piece for the back of the buffer that is suposed to help absorb the recoil better. . www.buffertech.com/stores/1/AR-15_Recoil_Buffer__P75C2.cfm |
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