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Posted: 4/8/2004 3:16:26 PM EDT
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ok guys. went to the range today shot my oly 9mm agian, only this time i noticed it was getting more difficult to pull back the charging handle--when i got home and took it apart to clean it, i noticed about an 1/8" dent on the lower receiver. it looks like the bolt carrier is coming back too far and the top lug is hitting/slamming into the lower. so, i assume the reason the charging handle was becoming more difficult to pull was because the buffer was getting squeezed as the 1/8" dent was being made. i have an ace socom adj stock with their car buffer and spring. why is this happening? and what do i do to stop it? i did not notice it on the first 100 rds i put through it last weekend and i did strip it down to clean it--so i would have seen it then--the only difference this time out was i had the stock all the way in this time so my 10yr old could shoot it. please help thanks |
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aim4myhead, i think i found the problem. can you take another measurment for me please? can you install only the buffer in the socom stock tube(no spring) and stick a ruler inside the tube(w/buffer only) and measure to the outside (end of threads on the tube). what i found is the socom stock w/buffer installed is considerably deeper/longer than the car stock i replaced. the old stock with same 3 1/4" buffer measured 3 13/16" to the end---while the socom stock measured 4 9/16". it is no wonder the top lug on the bolt was hitting the lower because the top lug to the end of the bolt measures 3 15/16". so, there was nothing to stop the bolt from going back too far--because there is 5/8" free space. so i think i have a problem with the socom stock-buffer combo. hope that all made sense. i guess i must have missed the dent from the last time out--can't belevie that i usually look the gun over pretty good while cleaning but--as the saying goes stuff happens. thanks |
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aim--thank you very much for taking the measurment. i think i have the correct buffer because my buffer measures 3 1/4" just like yours. i think my problem is with the stock itself--when i look inside the tube there is a ridge that runs around the bottom 3/4"--it looks like they might have forgot to put the top plate on it to keep it from being too deep. i will be calling ace to see about their spec's. thanks again for the help. |
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