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12/3/2010 6:13:49 PM EDT
I put a new buffer tube on my M4 and somehow in the process the little spring that goes into the tiny hole on the back of the lower, if that makes sense, got bent somehow. Does that little spring hold the buffer retainer in place somehow?

Because what happens is I put the buffer and spring in, put in the retainer and spring, everything looks good, then I charge the rifle and the retainer pops out of place again.

So what holds the buffer retainer in place and why does mine keep popping out?  Is it that litte spring?

If you click here and scroll all the way down to the very bottom, the spring I am talking about taht is bent is the tiny little one underneath the buffer tube on the pic.
12/3/2010 6:23:23 PM EDT
[#1]
Sounds like you need to go one more turn on the buffer tube. The detent spring has nothing to do with the buffer retainer except they work in conjunction to mess with people putting them back together. A bend i it shouldn't mess anything up.
12/3/2010 8:16:18 PM EDT
[#2]
Edit: Nevermind, figured it out.  Thanks
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