ar buffer spring

[pikid89]

i shot my friends new bushmaster carbine today...it shot great and all...but i absolutely could not get over that "sproing" sound under my face with every shot

does anyone else out there find this spring noise insanely annoying

I guess even though im 20/ of the call of duty age/era (lol) i find myself more and more anti AR and more in favor of older style weapons like the mini14 or garand (wishing)

 

[camoman33935]

Yeah it can be annoying...I really noticed it the first time I took mine to the range...thought something had broke lol...but after shooting it awhile you'll get used to it

 

[Z-Michigan]

You get used to it. And eventually find its absence a great way to know that the bolt has locked back and you need to reload or clear a jam.

 

[RainDodger]

Or put a pneumatic cylinder in there. They work just fine.... at least mine has for a couple of years.

 

[IronLance]

Raindodger,

I saw the pistons advertised several years back in SGN. Who makes them nowadays?

 

[Pony Express]

I put just a minute amount of auto grease in the buffer tube and now it makes a shuck-shucking noise, kind of like charging a semiauto pistol

 

[Zerodefect]

Just lube it up some. I never noticed any weird sproing noises from my Ar's. Usually the lube on my carrier makes it into the buffer all by itsself.

 

[Z-Michigan]

I'm telling ya:

And eventually find its absence a great way to know that the bolt has locked back and you need to reload or clear a jam.

Just my personal tick, I guess.

Grease on the spring will reduce the noise, but then you have a greasy spring that attracts dirt.

 

[highorder]

I use a bit of Lubriplate.

 

[SHvar]

I switched not long ago to a sprinco red code spring, big improvement, now my gas piston rifle has the recoil of a DI M16A2, and I dont hear that noise at all, instead its a different sound, much more quiet.
I might next try one of those enidine buffers.

 

[nicholst55]

You get used to it. And eventually find its absence a great way to know that the bolt has locked back and you need to reload or clear a jam.

I've been shooting M16s and AR-15s since 1973; I'm conditioned to anticipate the noise. If I don't hear it, I know that the rifle is either empty or has malfunctioned. Whatever, it needs my attention.

If it really, really bothers you (as in, you lay awake at night stressing over it), here is a $5 fix:

http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=3&f=124&t=481215

 

[MCMXI]

If you want the best AR spring out there which also eliminates the "sproing" sound/feel, you might want to look at the TUBB springs for AR15s and AR10 clones. I bought TUBB springs for all four of my ARs. A friend uses them in his service rifle AR and others and loves 'em. They're made from flat chrome silicon wire.

http://www.davidtubb.com/tcom_images/ar15_images/cs_buffer.html

http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=22336/Product/AR_15_CAR_15_AR_STYLE__308_CHROME_SILICON_SPRINGS

 

[MrCleanOK]

Embrace the sproing. Z-Michigan, you know what's up.

 

[Frankl03]

I don't even notice it. Never! Non issue!