MachIVshooter
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OK, so I just wans't getting any thoughts in my other thread (http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=678406), so I decided to start a new one.
Finally got the wife's AR together, but the only stock/buffer combo my LGS had was a cheapie, and the tube was bored short. So I shortened the buffer by 1/2" and clipped 4 coils off the spring so that the bolt could travel far enough, then used steel fender washers (exact OD for the buffer tube, #12 screw hole) at the rear of the tube to shim up until I had 3/16" clearance between gas key and extension housing with the buffer contacting the shims (with spring removed). All three weights in the buffer were retained, though I had to remove 2 of the 3 rubber pads (weights are now tight in the buffer).
So, the question is, do any of the AR experts see a problem with running it this way for a little while?
Finally got the wife's AR together, but the only stock/buffer combo my LGS had was a cheapie, and the tube was bored short. So I shortened the buffer by 1/2" and clipped 4 coils off the spring so that the bolt could travel far enough, then used steel fender washers (exact OD for the buffer tube, #12 screw hole) at the rear of the tube to shim up until I had 3/16" clearance between gas key and extension housing with the buffer contacting the shims (with spring removed). All three weights in the buffer were retained, though I had to remove 2 of the 3 rubber pads (weights are now tight in the buffer).
So, the question is, do any of the AR experts see a problem with running it this way for a little while?