One of my co-worker’s (I’d consider him a friend) told me about a buffer he took out of his Colt (whatever model their newish commercial rifles are). He thought it was a H buffer, but turns out it’s not.
Originally I was going to buy it, but now seeing as to how there’s almost a full oz difference (and it’s not an H buffer), I am getting reluctant about it. It will be going in a general purpose rifle that I am slowly building. I’ve got the feeling that it may lead to reliability issues. I was kind of shocked to see that it didn’t have a H buffer.
Non- H buffers are virtually worthless. I have a handful of them sitting here and wish I could sell them off.
That’s what I was thinking. Thanks IG!
Just to be clear, I was referring to the standard 2.9 oz. carbine buffers. Not H2, H3.
Is there anyplace to just buy the standalone tungsten weights? Seems popping open a buffer, swapping a couple out and stamping them as “H2” would make a hell of a lot of sense. And free up shelf space for IG.
Or just buy a H3 and pop it open removing a tungsten weight. Put a tungsten weight in the standard and remove the steel weight. Take the steel the from the standard buffer and put it in the H3. Now you have a H and a H2. Label them appropriately.
Colt carbines come with H buffers. What model Colt does he have?
Kak sells a configurable buffer kit so you can swap weights around. I wish they sold just the weights because I too have a small stash of carbine buffers that I have no use for.
http://www.kakindustry.com/ar-15-parts/lower-parts/ar15-buffer-system
Do you even gun bro?
This.
Nice, I’ve never knew these existed.