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3/11/2009 2:53:22 PM EDT
Is there any reason to put one of the rubber buffers in a 1911 these days?

I'm working on getting a can for mine, so that might be something to consider as well.
3/11/2009 2:57:13 PM EDT
[#1]
I don't have a buffer on my Kimber and it runs just fine
3/11/2009 3:05:12 PM EDT
[#2]
45 acp. NO buffer needed.
3/11/2009 3:10:17 PM EDT
[#3]
Don't run old worn out main springs or light springs for heavy loads and you'll never need one.
3/11/2009 3:21:50 PM EDT
[#4]
One of the problems I find with using buffers in a 1911, is not being able to rack the slide to release the slide stop.  I am of the school that teaches to rack the slide to chamber a round from slide lock.
3/11/2009 3:28:33 PM EDT
[#5]
OK, so the verdict seems to be NO on the rubber baby bangy bumpers.

But that does bring up another question.  One of my 1911's is a compact model, and it's often a pain to rack it back far enough to make the slide stop drop away, so I can let the slide go forward.  I've gotten to the habit of doing rack-and-thumb to make sure it goes, but that seems incorrect.  To make it drop by itself, I have to pull the slide back far enough that the angled surfaces of slide and slide stop touch, pushing the stop down...  Easy to do on the full-length, but a bear on the compact.  (And unnecessary on my HK's, because there's a little spring in there)

What do y'all know about that?
3/11/2009 4:01:58 PM EDT
[#6]
Not
3/11/2009 7:16:25 PM EDT
[#7]
I use a polymer buffer in my Mil-Spec model as I shoot it for 3 Gun. I urge CAUTION on these, as if one doesn't change them out & they grenade, they WILL lock up slide tighter than a 40 year old virgin nun's twat.

My .o2
3/12/2009 2:53:34 AM EDT
[#8]
A buffer in a std 45acp 1911 is like an acu-wedge in a ar-15.  Now I know more than one open shooter that use a buffer, but they also use light recoil springs and the slide has a lot of unnecessary metal removed.