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I am a complete AR novice, and I like toys.
My first AR is nearly complete, and I purchased two items off of AR15.com's equipment exchange.
1st toy is a gently used (30 rounds) Tubbs flat wire spring. It was almost as cheap as a stock buffer spring, so why not?
2ed toy is a well used (100's of rounds, but supposedly not even close to its expected life) hydraulic buffer for less than a spikes buffer.
To complicate things further, I plan of using an adjustable gas block.
I know that introducing variables will likely cause the system to fail. For me, troubleshooting will give me more excuses to go shooting!
The flat wire spring will likely need to be shortened. It is rifle length, and I have a carbine buffer tube. The tubbs website advises one to do remove a few coils in this situation. And the person I purchased this from said the hassle of removing coils prompted him to sell it, and his rifle would not run with it in without trimming some excess.
What would be the best way to approach this issue. Do I trim a few coils off, and then begin testing? How do I isolate which variable is causing a failure? I believe that the standard procedure for dialing in an adjustable gas block is to turn the gas off and slowly increase the gas until it just cycles.
Will my other toys interfere with this method?
I know this is inadvisable, but I am having fun with this project. Any help would be appreciated. And any insults will be accepted as they are likely accurate
I hope that by fine tuning this rifle, I will become intimately familiar with it's operation. It will likely allow me to learn a great deal by the end of this project.
I am a complete AR novice, and I like toys.
My first AR is nearly complete, and I purchased two items off of AR15.com's equipment exchange.
1st toy is a gently used (30 rounds) Tubbs flat wire spring. It was almost as cheap as a stock buffer spring, so why not?
2ed toy is a well used (100's of rounds, but supposedly not even close to its expected life) hydraulic buffer for less than a spikes buffer.
To complicate things further, I plan of using an adjustable gas block.
I know that introducing variables will likely cause the system to fail. For me, troubleshooting will give me more excuses to go shooting!
The flat wire spring will likely need to be shortened. It is rifle length, and I have a carbine buffer tube. The tubbs website advises one to do remove a few coils in this situation. And the person I purchased this from said the hassle of removing coils prompted him to sell it, and his rifle would not run with it in without trimming some excess.
What would be the best way to approach this issue. Do I trim a few coils off, and then begin testing? How do I isolate which variable is causing a failure? I believe that the standard procedure for dialing in an adjustable gas block is to turn the gas off and slowly increase the gas until it just cycles.
Will my other toys interfere with this method?
I know this is inadvisable, but I am having fun with this project. Any help would be appreciated. And any insults will be accepted as they are likely accurate
I hope that by fine tuning this rifle, I will become intimately familiar with it's operation. It will likely allow me to learn a great deal by the end of this project.
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