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Posted: 4/16/2013 7:16:13 PM EDT
| I've got a 10.5" PSA build with a regular carbine buffer. I'm wanting to tame recoil a little and get proper ejection (which is 4 oclock if I remember right), what weight buffer should I go with? It cycles wolf fine, which I like, so I dont want to go with something too heavy. Just wanted to get some advice before I order a heavier one. |
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I've got a 10.5" PSA build with a regular carbine buffer. I'm wanting to tame recoil a little and get proper ejection (which is 4 oclock if I remember right), what weight buffer should I go with? It cycles wolf fine, which I like, so I dont want to go with something too heavy. Just wanted to get some advice before I order a heavier one. Which angle is it currently ejecting? Also, are you running it suppressed? If not, then you should be okay with an H buffer. A lot depends on the size of the gas port, but there is a possibility that it may no longer cycle reliably using Wolf ammo. Of the 10.5" ones I've owned, half ran fine on a standard carbine buffer and the other half ran fine using an H buffer. If you are using an adjustable gas block, then changing the buffer is not necessary. |
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I've got a 10.5" PSA build with a regular carbine buffer. I'm wanting to tame recoil a little and get proper ejection (which is 4 oclock if I remember right), what weight buffer should I go with? It cycles wolf fine, which I like, so I don't want to go with something too heavy. Just wanted to get some advice before I order a heavier one. The fact that you are running a ammo sensitive short barrel to begin with, and the fact that coated wolf ammo is harder to extract out of the chamber, and on the weaker side to boot, first switch over to say M-193 ammo while watching the ejection path to begin with. With a forward ejection (if the ammo is not being sent forward off the deflector), the rifle may be on the verge of short stroking as is, and with a heaver buffer, going to cause short stroking problems instead. To add, the 223 round really does not have the much felt recoil to be begin with, with felt recoil often coming from the reciprocating mass of the buffer it self. So having said this, by increasing the mass of the buffer, you just increase the felt recoil of the rig instead. So the better question, is it rearward recoil that you are trying to combat, or just to keep the muzzle down instead. Granted that the rifle is not a full auto rig, but such cases where it the muzzle that is what we are trying to hold on target, something like a Tuned Branson brake works very well to hold rigs on target during bursts/full mag dumps very nicely (think in the terms of a FBI muzzle break for a MP-5). |
| I want to say its ejecting at 2 o'clock, haven't watched the brass recently though so I'll check this Sunday. I'll test it with m193 and see where its going. I've already got a rainier brake on it, recoils really not bad, but if I can get it down even more by getting a heavier buffer then I'd like to. I just remember last time I shot it it felt like the buffer was a little bouncier than when I shot my buddy's 16" colt, but maybe I was imagining things. |
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