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3/30/2011 8:25:04 AM EDT
Read a few of the posts about buffer weights with shorter rifles and have a few questions.  Can someone tell me difference going from a carbine to a H2.  I know the weight changes but how does it actually change the function/cycle.  It sounds like I will need a H or H2 and will be running it mostly suppressed, does a can throw a wrench in the works versus the different weights?  Thanks
3/30/2011 9:04:22 AM EDT
[#1]
Fulltime suppressed or part time?
3/30/2011 10:22:52 AM EDT
[#2]
80 to 90% og the time it will be suppressed
3/30/2011 10:44:16 AM EDT
[#3]
Tag for science .  I find that a 9mm buffer is my favorite. I have no idea why it feels better than the H2
3/31/2011 5:39:00 PM EDT
[#4]
Any insight?
3/31/2011 6:01:51 PM EDT
[#5]
Depends on how it's ported. 2 minimum, probably 3 and you may want an X buffer suppressed.
3/31/2011 6:10:12 PM EDT
[#6]
I didn't know that I would need to go to a H3 but will just didn't quite undertand the gas/suppressor/buffer ratio.  I just hate to buy a H,H2,H3 or 9 buffer just to expirament, but might have to.
3/31/2011 6:28:10 PM EDT
[#7]
Which upper are you buying? I recommend asking the manufacturer. I'd probably use a 3 buffer if it was a fifty fifty gun but being mostly suppressed you should have two buffers and swap when you swap the can out.
4/1/2011 4:50:56 AM EDT
[#8]
Some of you guys might also weigh in ( heh ) on the interplay between bolt carrier weight, buffer weight and perceived recoil.
4/1/2011 5:32:53 AM EDT
[#9]
I have a 14.5 midlength that I bought an H3 buffer for. My plan was to remove tungsten weights from it and swap them with regular weights out of a standard buffer to make an H and H2 buffer so I could tune it to my rifle. The H3 worked so well that I just left it alone.



All of this is to say that an H3 will probably work great and you probably won't need to swap to an H2 when you take the suppressor off. If it was too heavy you could always use your carbine buffer and turn one into an H and one into an H2.
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