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Posted: 1/6/2012 11:47:08 AM EDT
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I am working out an issue wth a rifle. it is a piston system, midlength, 6.8, rifle buffer. I dont know the weight of the buffer. it is a standard one i took out of a gun years ago. stock is a ACE. Barrel is a rainier arms ultra match
when shooting, the gun would fire, eject the brass, reset trigger, but not pick up the new round. I built this rifle myself, i sent the rifle to the piston company. they opened the gas port a little and got it running good on a carbine lower. Got the upper back and i stiil had the same problem with my lower. I cut a couple rounds off my buffer spring. It started being hit and miss. I pulled on of the weights out of the buffer. Now it runs good. Now the question, would you go with a lighter buffer system and reduce the amount of gas needed, or would you open the gas port and use a heavier buffer system? I am leaning towards less gas and lighter buffer PS. no i am not telling what piston company. they have been great with working on a rifle that i built |
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I would leave the gas alone and just adjust the buffer weights as needed. Less permanent and leaves more room for adjustment later on. Thats what i was thinkin too. jut needed some reinforcement for my thought process. I am in no way an armorer Neither am I... 
I'm just not a big fan of permantly modifying a rifle if there is another way to fix an issue. |
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