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Just because there are AKs that have shot thousands of rounds without a recoil buffer, it does not mean that an AK won't benefit from a recoil buffer. I am sure thousands of men have slept on a floor, but that does not guarantee that a bed would fail to give me a more comfortable night's sleep.
BSW, I never said that a recoil buffer would solve the OP's current problem. However, I did say that a buffer would help once he repaired his rifle.
If the AK needed a recoil buffer, Mr. K would have designed one into in. On most AKs, the bolt carrier doesn't even contact the rear trunion while firing. Adding a buffer to one of those AKs causes the bolt carrier to impact the buffer where it was before impacting nothing but air, and the force is then transferred to the trunion where it'll do more damage than if the buffer had never been there ("damage" used relatively, of course).
I suppose that adding a buffer to a gun that has bolt carrier-trunion contact would absorb some of the energy, but I'm still a fan of the buffer-less Kalashnikov, and I'm still a member of the "it would have been designed in" camp.
you have a problem that can't be fixed by an aftermarket part.
A replacement recoil spring could help.
I was very encouraged to read this post, but still cautious. I have a Lancaster 5.45x39 rifle whose rear trunnion rivets sheared off completely. This happened over a year ago, and I waited after a cursory search about their troubles for the dust to settle. I'm bummed to read horror stories that people send their rifles in for repair and never see them again. I was saddened by this especially because I talked with Chet Durda a few times on the phone before I ordered my rifle and each time, my business questions evolved into long conversations and he seemed like an unusually likeable and insightful man.My Lancaster AK 74 with Bulgarian part s kit was one of those that had the rivets deforming. I was lucky to had mine fixed by them with their lifetime warranty. They paid for the shipping to and back. Took a month to get it bck in my hands. Good thing was, they replaced the rivets with stronger material and changed the US stainless barrel with original Bulgy chromed. After 700 rds after that no signs of backing out.
