My patent attorney finally told me it was okay to post publically. Good thing cuz I was getting anxious. So here are some pics of the part and the cocept of the design.
I was getting tired of seeing this inside my buffer tube, signs of tilt that is. Granted its not real bad yet but I wasnt about to let it go like this.
I have this problem, I have to mess with everything. If its not right I have to fix it, I dont know what its called but it keeps me awake almost every night. This was one of those ideas. Two sleepless night later, this was the product.
Comparison of stock buffer and ACT buffer assembly.
I have a ton of pics from me making this but Im not going to get into all of that again, I'll just show you the pics of the part after I machined them. I am using buffer tech gray buffers to hold in the tungsten and steel weights. I was also thinking of having them hard coat anodized, no dye just straight anodized. The thread I had planned was huge, maybe this time I can make this a KISS thread and still get the point across.
Heres a pic of the weight tube.
The way it works is the indexing nipple on the face of the buffer assembly fits into the hole in the back of the carrier, when the tilt tries to occur the carrier bares its downward pressure to the indexing nipple on the buffer assembly. The shoulder just behind the face of the buffer is enlarged to fit in the buffer tube with just enough clearance to fit with little wobble. So the downward pressure is applied to the floor of the buffer tube. With a dab of oil in the buffer tube it works great for me, though oil is not necessary for function, it will cut down on any adverse wear if there is any. I have about 80 rounds on one and the problem of carrier tilt is fixed.
So there it is, thats my idea for fixing carrier tilt as a drop in design. The only spec. needed is the hole in the back of the carrier. The one draw back to the design is, to pivot the the upper on the front pin you have to remove the upper completely, lift the upper high enough that the indexing nipple dosnt interfere with the back of the carrier then reinsert your front pin. To drop the upper back down you dont have take them apart again, you just bring the upper down on top of the ACT buffer, reach in with your finger and give it a little push back and the upper will drop into place. To make my upper pivot from my lower it takes an extra 4 seconds. To close them back together it takes me an extra 2 seconds. Not a big deal to me, definitely a fare trade for the problem it fixes as far as Im concern.
Thanks,
Seth H.
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