Religious Shooter Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Is there such a thing as a lighter strength carbine buffer spring? All I'm finding are extra power ones. Is it possible to cut some coils off the spring? If so how many? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyinTX Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Taccom sells a 10% reduced power spring. I also know that the Tubb flat wire spring can be cut down fairly easily. On the Tubb website there is a video in which he talks about it and even says what cutting off each coil reduces the rate by in lbs. I believe that the TTI Lightspeed spring is reduced power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkCO Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 I would suggest this: http://www.brownells.com/rifle-parts/receiver-parts/recoil-parts/recoil-springs/ar-15-m16-rifle-length-reduced-power-action-spring-prod21163.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonytheTiger Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Are you saying the Wolff reduced power rifle length spring is lighter than a standard carbine spring Mark? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWS_61 Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 I have cut as much as 1" to 1.5" off of a Wolf reduced power spring using a Taacom ULW buffer with a Boomfab Titan carrier in a mid length gased rifle with SLR adj gas blk. The go/no go test I used was would the lighter cut down spring have enough force to strip the top round from a full mag with a new stiff mag spring while monopoding on a table with a reasonable amount of down force. There is some bolt bounce with this setup (which you want to keep to a minimum) but so far it works well. Yes I have a few springs that are now too short to be reliable... So far this system has been reliable even with a really dirty but well oiled rifle. We'll see how it does this summer. Also I run a fairly light load. I don't think this would stand up to XM193 type loads. Your mileage may vary. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkCO Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Are you saying the Wolff reduced power rifle length spring is lighter than a standard carbine spring Mark? It is, but to use in a Carbine, you need to clip 3 or coils. This one has given the best performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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