kBob
Member
So all this talk of Mini-14s of late got me thinking about the spousal unit's Ranch Rifle.
Other than its moving from stock to stock (which is a pain as I have but one set of stock iron and screws) her rifle is like it came from the factory and honestly little fired.
Been thinking about buffers. I did some googling and noticed that some folks have reported good results with using a plain jane 1911 pistol buffer (which JMB had nothing to do with) as a rear buffer on a Mini-14, that is to fit between the front of the receiver and the fast approaching op rod, to reduce felt recoil, sound, and most importantly metal on metal pounding and the resultant vibrations that may damage scopes and such.
Folks report that common plastic 1911 buffers work for about 500 to 1000 cycles and are cheap and easy to replace.
What say yea men of THR? Is this a good idea?
Meanwhile some (some doing this fist "mod" and others independently) report that they thin down a 1911 buffer perhaps by half and install that over the gas tube at the gas block so the oprod does not strike there as well on return AND the very slight addition of material there prevents the oprod from fully seating and yet allows the rod ample room for locking the bolt with the effect that the volume of the gas chamber at rest is larger at rest so that the velocity of the oprod upon cycling to the rear is slightly reduced so that brass is not shucked into outer Mongolia or through the cheek of the shooter on your right upon ejecting.
Does this sound like a good idea? Workable? Issues?
-kBob
Other than its moving from stock to stock (which is a pain as I have but one set of stock iron and screws) her rifle is like it came from the factory and honestly little fired.
Been thinking about buffers. I did some googling and noticed that some folks have reported good results with using a plain jane 1911 pistol buffer (which JMB had nothing to do with) as a rear buffer on a Mini-14, that is to fit between the front of the receiver and the fast approaching op rod, to reduce felt recoil, sound, and most importantly metal on metal pounding and the resultant vibrations that may damage scopes and such.
Folks report that common plastic 1911 buffers work for about 500 to 1000 cycles and are cheap and easy to replace.
What say yea men of THR? Is this a good idea?
Meanwhile some (some doing this fist "mod" and others independently) report that they thin down a 1911 buffer perhaps by half and install that over the gas tube at the gas block so the oprod does not strike there as well on return AND the very slight addition of material there prevents the oprod from fully seating and yet allows the rod ample room for locking the bolt with the effect that the volume of the gas chamber at rest is larger at rest so that the velocity of the oprod upon cycling to the rear is slightly reduced so that brass is not shucked into outer Mongolia or through the cheek of the shooter on your right upon ejecting.
Does this sound like a good idea? Workable? Issues?
-kBob
