A question for someone more knowledgeable than myself:
I was thinking about the weight of a buffer in a piston system, and unless my deduction is wrong, wouldn’t a heavier buffer induce more carrier tilt?
My reasoning is as follows:
BCG impacts heavier buffer. Heavier buffer causes more resistance. More resistance, more grinding before the BCG straightens out.
I just need to figure out where I can muster the scratch to score one of Seth’s buffers…
In my experience the H3 buffer in my LWRC has tamed the beast. I did have the initial signs of tilt showing in the tube. I replaced the stock buffer with an H3 and a Tubb flat wire spring. I then used the touch up pen to paint the wear area black again and proceeded to just run my gun.
Since moving to the heavier buffer spring combo the signs of tilt have not come back. I think the heavier buffer and spring helps to slow the rearward movement of the carrier, which reduces/prevents the tilt effect.
The BCG never impacts the buffer. The two are in constant contact.
What I was referring to was when the cycling sends the BCG into the receiver extension; when it’s actually being forced against the buffer.
I was theorising that the increased weight would cause more carrier-tilt.
I’m not saying my hypothesis is correct, hence my query.
I’ve got a Ruger SR-556 that’s collecting hellacious dust, until I can determine how to mitigate/eliminate carrier tilt from the get go.
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