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Posted: 1/14/2011 2:34:46 PM EDT
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I recently stumbled on a drop-in component that has changed my performance and wanted to share my experience. E mailed site staff about which forum this should go in, so hopefully this is GTG. I have no affiliation with the company, and I don't intend to have one. Also not sure how much these cost as I got mine on T&E and I promised to use mine to the point of destruction. I am still working on that last part...
This thing is a recoil-changing buffer I obtained at the Winston P. Wilson Marksmanship competition. It essentially replaces the stock recoil buffer in the rifle. I wasn't able to compete with it in the rifle since I got it at teh end of the match, but started using it immediately after the match in practice at my home range. It may not be permissible for an Army combat match (or it may, not sure) but for 3 gun or just home range shooting it would be perfect. A little background - One of the vendors at the Wilson match was a company called ITT Enidine. They make a wide variety of shock reducing devices and have also applied their technology and know-how to addressing the recoil of a the M-16/AR-15 series rifle. I met Dave Snowberger with ITT Enadine, who graciously offered to let me try/use/abuse to destruction one of their products. I had to chuckle to myself because I can break ANYTHING. I made sure to tell Dave "don't give me this if you ever want it back in one piece!" He had a chuckle of his own that seemed to say "good luck." Before I talk a little about this buffer, I wanted to say the recoil of a 5.56 is something I considered non -existent. In fact, the lack of recoil is one benefit in training soldiers who have no substantial shooting background. This "lack of recoil" notion suddenly became less true when I started quite a bit of .22 shooting for practice, and realized I could send a very accurate string of semi automatic rapid fire downrange with a .22LR that I could not do with 5.56. So recoil from my M-4 doesn't rise to the level of discomfort, and it is surely not painfulinthe veinof a full power 12 guage load, but the recoil does have an impact on how quickly I can get off an accurate follow up shot. Many things in a bench rest environment can be done to mitigate this, but the majority of my match time is in combat matches, where you cannot use a tripod, or sandbags, or take a luxurious amount of time building the perfect firing position. We typically "tripod" off of the magazine and our elbows try to control breathing, and focus on the fundamentals of trigger squeeze and sight alignment. I also find I cannot lean into the gun or get on it with consistent pressure as with a combat match you often just ran to the position and are under a pretty strict time constraint. Having recently made this realization for myself, I wanted to see if the recoil reducer could help me get back on target quickly. I am a firm believer that in a match where milliseconds count, any reduction in recoil WILL make you faster with that follow up shot or shot string. I got the A-2, Carbine, and shotgun model. The first thing I noticed was the weight of the buffer is on par with a stock buffer. This appeals to me so that I am not adding too much weight. (weight can actually be a great thing in service rifle matches and I add lead to my Camp Perry gun like most other shooters do.) But in a combat match rifle where you are running/shooting/carrying from match to match, weight is not something I want to add. Bottom line, this buffer changes felt recoil. I told Dave that the nature of the impulse is different with their buffer in. I hear less "clang" and as a shooter who uses Nose to Charging Handle (NTCH) I feel like the tip of my nose will take less abuse in long matches. I am keeping the recoil-reducing buffers in all my rifles for further testing and may update this with more data. I like them enough to purchase them if I hadn't gotten mine at no cost. At this point I would swap out the stock buffer in any AR type weapon and install one of the recoil reducing buffers. Since I got mine directly from Enidine, I am not sure where to buy them, but I can provide Dave's contact info. Dave Snowberger Regional Sales Manager - Aerospace ITT Enidine Inc. 716-662-1900 ext 253 So I hope this helps someone who is looking for a way to get faster follow up shots and to attenuate the recoil impulse. |
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You wouldn't happen to be talking about this would you? http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e346/gun_control/AR-15%20Build/DSC01007.jpg I got one too. I love it and it works. Combo it up with a comp/muzzlebreak along with a GA trigger and watch how magically fast you can empty a 30 round mag. I got mine from Brownells. Affirm, he is. He confirmed it in his identical thread in AR Discussions. |
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