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Posted: 9/1/2006 5:55:36 PM EDT
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installed Enidine toward the end of a range session--- works great! Smoother, softer recoil resulting in less muzzle lift. Was able to shoot faster and got tighter groups. HIGHLY RECCOMMENDED. Had a problem with charging the rifle though. It would cycle fine when firing, but I could not pull the charge handle back enough when it was time to relaod. Not sure, but I think perhaps the buffer spring got twisted. I reinstalled the Enidine and it seem to charge fine. I only had a few rounds left at at that point, so more testing tommorow. Is there a trick to installing one? |
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I hope I can get it fixed because it works great! shot for a while and then switched to the Enidine and had no problems shooting. (when starting from a already locked back bolt.) I noticed a problem when charging the rifle and thought it was my mags. Tried a few more mags and all had the same problem. Guessed it was the Enidine. Replaced it with the original buffer and everything worked fine again. Went back to the Enidine and charging problems occured again. Reinstalled the Enidine trying to be careful not to twist the spring and it seemed to work. However, at that point I didnt have much ammo left to test with. Im hoping that it was just that I twisted slightly it to get it in and that it will work if it does not get twisted during install. Im hitting the range again tommorow and I will see if I can figure out anything. |
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The way they sit in the spring is a little different than other buffers. There's that little bit of the hydraulic part. You may not have had it in completely the first time. Mine works fine. The next time you go to the range you should see a difference and everything should work fine. I hope this helps. TS |
The first production run on the Enidine buffer had a much stronger spring making some of the problems mentioned an issue. This was corrected some 9 months ago by Enidine, they went to a lighter spring which pretty well took care of these problems. You still have to give the charging handle a good tug toward the end of its travel but should not have any problems holding the bolt open on the last round if using good ammo. Wolf ammo will sometimes not hold the bolt open. |
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davidkxx, There is nothing wrong with your Enidine, it is working as advertised. People think there is a problem charging or locking the CH back by hand because they stop pulling when they feel resistance thinking the handle is all the way back. It isn't. When you feel resistance (more than the normal buffer spring produces) you have to pull the handle ALL the way back. That EXTRA resistance you feel is the Enidine compressing. MadDog 
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| Charging the weapon does seem to be in two stages-at a certain point, you have to pull back a little harder (I guess where the hydraulic piston begins to move). But other than that, I have nothing but good things to say about the Enidine. It locks back on an empty mag every time. |
The spring change was internal. The original spring made the plunger in the Enidine pretty stout. With the new spring has loosened the resistance. |
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I recently tried an Enidine buffer in my middy and it too, worked great. Yes, at first it seemed to not allow you to lock back the bolt using the charging handle but I found that it was operator error not failure of the buffer. When I learned the knack it worked fine. What is unique about my install is that I have a mid-length gas system rather than a carbine lenght system and it works great in mine too. My gas pressure operating the action is much lower in the middy than in the carbine but the Enidine still dampens the cycling without interfering with the function. The bolt locked back on every empty magazine. I didn't get it for the 'softening' of the recoil or slowing of the action, but rather for the smoothing out of the barrel jump. I use a 12x scope and the difference 'through the lens' is dramatic. I'm very happy with it and recommend it highly also, even in a middy gas system. |
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