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Posted: 8/6/2009 6:44:34 AM EDT
| I know that some buffers are filled with oil or a type of liquid- anyone ever had one leak or fail on you? I'm looking into getting a Spikes buffer and was curios if it is worth dropping the extra dough for the tungsten filled one. |
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Tungsten is not a liquid. I know- I was just curious whether or not it was worth getting one with the tungsten powder versus having one with the regular wieghts or liquid. The ST-T2 buffer is one of the best on the market. I love mine. You will never regret your purchase from Spike's! |
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I dont know about yours, but my ST-T2 works well and is quite effective. I found that it works better for me than my standard carbine buffer. But YMMV. Im not saying this for insults/offense. I am saying I found mine to work well for me Just out of curiosity- what did you find that it improved upon? This looks like the buffer that I am going to get and I would like to know what improvements you noticed- thanks! 
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My riifle has a carbine length gas tube and it had problems extracting wolf ammo.
Got the ST-T2 and fixed that problem. Also since the buffer acts like a deadblow hammer, it lessened the recoil just a tad bit. I changed mine at the range to see if there was a differance and there was. |
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Depends on what your going for witha buffer... lighter recoil. carrier weight (some people use light wt. carriers for recoil reduction), Buffer spring strength, barrel length, gas system length/diameter. Gas pressure issues... its complex... but boils down to 1) Use an H buffer at the bare minimum... it wont hurt anything to use one... and could end up mattering. 2) If you're shorter than 14.5" consider using an H2 for gas-pressure issues... 3) If you still are having FTE's, use an even heavier buffer (if you've already checked your extractor/spring setup) the Tungsteon and 9mm buffers work great on most guns... and it(9mm) is what i run in my 10.5" pARstol... I just can't justify the price on SPike's buffer... it seems to me to be a solution to a problem... that doesn't quite exist. Now, I personally have blown out an Enidine––- but that was after more than 5k (IIRC, it was around 8k) rounds of carbine-class goodness... Would I run another?... if I could snag one off of the EE for like $35 again, absolutely. though some people have issues with the bolt locking back after last round, etc... If they work in your gun, there is a fairly noticable difference in felt recoil... combine the Enidine with a Good compensator (FSC, Mikul, or JPtank) and you have nearly the recoil profile of a damn .22... i shit you not. |
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Quoted: Uh... facts? Reality? Whoops, I screwed up. I copied the wrong post. Quoted: This is the quote I meant to ask the poster what his statement was based on. Right user, wrong post. That's what I get for looking at avatars. Powder doesn't make an effective buffer. |
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Depends on what your going for witha buffer... lighter recoil. carrier weight (some people use light wt. carriers for recoil reduction), Buffer spring strength, barrel length, gas system length/diameter. Gas pressure issues... its complex... but boils down to 1) Use an H buffer at the bare minimum... it wont hurt anything to use one... and could end up mattering. 2) If you're shorter than 14.5" consider using an H2 for gas-pressure issues... 3) If you still are having FTE's, use an even heavier buffer (if you've already checked your extractor/spring setup) the Tungsteon and 9mm buffers work great on most guns... and it(9mm) is what i run in my 10.5" pARstol... I just can't justify the price on SPike's buffer... it seems to me to be a solution to a problem... that doesn't quite exist. Now, I personally have blown out an Enidine––- but that was after more than 5k (IIRC, it was around 8k) rounds of carbine-class goodness... Would I run another?... if I could snag one off of the EE for like $35 again, absolutely. though some people have issues with the bolt locking back after last round, etc... If they work in your gun, there is a fairly noticable difference in felt recoil... combine the Enidine with a Good compensator (FSC, Mikul, or JPtank) and you have nearly the recoil profile of a damn .22... i shit you not. Enidine touts ROF reduction.... Does nothing of the kind. MGI rate reducer for the last two years and have not looked back. |
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