Source for Ti weights for making our own H buffer

AR/M4 AR General Discussion
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I’m wondering if anyone has a source of Ti weights for changing the weight of their buffers? I’d like to experiment with a H/H2/H3 buffer but don’t want to spend $30+ if I can save some cash. Obviously I could buy a H3 buffer and then swap the weights into different combos of Ti and steel from my regular CAR buffer but I’d like to be as thrifty as possible if I could find some weights that would work I’m sure there’s some other people out there interested in saving money too.

Please dont bother if your response is going to be “just buy the buffer, its only X dollars”. Yes I know I could just buy it and be done but I’d still want to know the answer to this question regardless.

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First, you want tungsten(W), not titanium(Ti), and there are no commercial sources for the individual weights.

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Thank you for the correction, my bad, I was thinking “isn’t Ti lighter than steel” so I should have caught myself…

So that I don’t have to pull my rifle and then buffer apart just to measure does anyone know the size of the weights? I have found a online metal retailer than carrys tungsten rods in 12" lengths, if they offer the right diameter I’m going to pick a rod up and cut them to length myself.

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There have been threads on this in the past and I believe that the tungsten rods you can buy over the internet are a different alloy and so are a different density.

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Just buy the buffer, it’s only $35.

Alternatively… I’ll sell you the weights from an H3… for $35.

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agreed.

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Surprisingly, tungsten is hard to find and even harder to cut. A simple 5/8x1"x4" tungsten bucking bar for aircraft riveting will run you over $100 before shipping. They are hard as hell and very tough to cut without special tooling. The $35 price for an H3 set of buffer weights is a very fair price. The tungsten is the reason why a carbine buffer is 1/3 the price of a H3.

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double tap

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I use tungtsen-carbide bits for lathe work and one bit just 1/4" by 1/4" cost $20 and we get $50 per pound just for recycling the used bits.

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fyi Tungsten isnt that cheap. Just buy the buffers you want and be done w it. 30 a buffer really isnt that expensive overall, and dicking w weights etc trying to make your own will just be more of a pita than its worth. There are many online wholesalers of metal, but you will also need an accurate scale if you plan on making your own weights, so if you dont already have one, that is an additional cost to be added.

Also, why are you wanting to experiment with 3 different buffer weights? what are you trying to accomplish or achieve by doing such? Is your gun not running well right now…or???