Recently reconfigured one of my AR lowers to remove the 6 position butt stock
To a Rock River arms A2 operator fixed stock, spring and buffer. When I removed the old spring and buffer from the 6 position stock, I noticed that the plastic tip on the buffer weight had been beat to death. Literally breaking apart.
It is the first AR15 I built with maybe 3K rounds? Maybe more. I never paid much attention to buffer weights, and until this conversion had only built carbine length ARs. Now, I see some have a harder plastic tip, like the battered one I speak of now, others have a slightly more "rubbery" tip. So I guess there is a quality difference between them I need to look into. This battered buffer came from a UTC mil spec 6 position M4 stock, spring and buffer. My others are Spikes Tactical, and I dont recall what sort of tip it had. Maybe they live longer?
How often should these be inspected or replaced?
Russellc
To a Rock River arms A2 operator fixed stock, spring and buffer. When I removed the old spring and buffer from the 6 position stock, I noticed that the plastic tip on the buffer weight had been beat to death. Literally breaking apart.
It is the first AR15 I built with maybe 3K rounds? Maybe more. I never paid much attention to buffer weights, and until this conversion had only built carbine length ARs. Now, I see some have a harder plastic tip, like the battered one I speak of now, others have a slightly more "rubbery" tip. So I guess there is a quality difference between them I need to look into. This battered buffer came from a UTC mil spec 6 position M4 stock, spring and buffer. My others are Spikes Tactical, and I dont recall what sort of tip it had. Maybe they live longer?
How often should these be inspected or replaced?
Russellc