Trampstamp
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So. After tons of searching I can't really find a definitive answer online (probably because of how Google works).
Latest build is:
.223 18 inch bull barrel with rifle length gas tube
Carbine buffer tube/spring/weight.
No adjustable gas block
Gas block is properly centered verified via carbon ring and the barrel is dimpled so no way to scree that up
Problem:
Initially the gun would fail to eject, wouldn't cycle at all. Empty case still in chamber.
Removed 2/3 buffer weight and it would open enough to stovepipe the spent round. Still not resetting the trigger.
Didn't have a different spring so I (don't flame me lol) cut an inch and a half off the spring. Now it will eject, reset the trigger, pick up a fresh round, and then fail to return to battery.
I'm only on my second ar and the 1st one was easy peasy but also a carbine gas system. I BELIEVE that I need a softer, longer spring such as a rifle length buffer/tube/spring setup. Is that correct?
And... is there a rifle length setup out there that would allow me to keep my adjustable stock? I see the vltor but I don't really know for sure if that will work as it seems to be a "intermediate" not quite rifle length and uses some proprietary buffer weight .
Latest build is:
.223 18 inch bull barrel with rifle length gas tube
Carbine buffer tube/spring/weight.
No adjustable gas block
Gas block is properly centered verified via carbon ring and the barrel is dimpled so no way to scree that up
Problem:
Initially the gun would fail to eject, wouldn't cycle at all. Empty case still in chamber.
Removed 2/3 buffer weight and it would open enough to stovepipe the spent round. Still not resetting the trigger.
Didn't have a different spring so I (don't flame me lol) cut an inch and a half off the spring. Now it will eject, reset the trigger, pick up a fresh round, and then fail to return to battery.
I'm only on my second ar and the 1st one was easy peasy but also a carbine gas system. I BELIEVE that I need a softer, longer spring such as a rifle length buffer/tube/spring setup. Is that correct?
And... is there a rifle length setup out there that would allow me to keep my adjustable stock? I see the vltor but I don't really know for sure if that will work as it seems to be a "intermediate" not quite rifle length and uses some proprietary buffer weight .