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Shock- BUffs, who uses?


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SV used to ship guns with one blue Wilson shock buff.  It never happened to me, but I've seen them shred during a stage and cause the pistol to fail.  Enos Admin SHRED told me to put a Dawson Alumibuff in front the the shock buff, to #1 protect the shock buff and #2 short stroke the pistol just a tad.  It worked flawlessly for a few years with my 6" SV.  Brandon always cussed at me for doing it, but it my mind, the slide slamming into a cushioned piece of aluminum was better than the steel frame.....but what do I know.

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"If not, why?"

 

I have a CK gun with 7# recoil spring, runs 124 gr at 170-172 PF, 25+k rounds, no indications of anything being smashed or peened other than normal wear.  No buffs, no apparent need.  Might be somewhat of an urban myth. ?

 

Don't forget that buffs are .100 thick, and each one "de-strokes" the gun by that much.  If you were to use 3 in a stroked gun it would de-stroke it back to normal.  Whether that matters is probably like everything else - YMMV.  

 

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1 minute ago, teros135 said:

"If not, why?"

 

I have a CK gun with 7# recoil spring, runs 124 gr at 170-172 PF, 25+k rounds, no indications of anything being smashed or peened other than normal wear.  No buffs, no apparent need.  Might be somewhat of an urban myth. ?

Yeah, I haven't added them to any of my CK based pistols and they seem to be running just fine.

 

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I use one in my SS gun. Shooting major (45), I like the short stroke effect. Not sure if it actually does this but I get the sense of a faster slide cycle and faster follow up shot with the buff in place. Haven’t timed wit or witout though.


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 Thank you guys for your valuable feedback..... it seems we have a split field though, of yehs and nays.....

 o put differently, what are the advantages/disadvantages of short stoking? doesn't cut down the reliability factor of the cycling of the pistol?

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I have them in a few of my 19/2011's. I'm a fan. Never had one cause a failure in a match...yet...

 

I've done blue Wilson's on standard guide rods. Some other company very similar.

Also use the Comminoli Custom in a couple guns with cushions on both sides of the head of the guide rod.

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I use the Dawson Precision alumabuffs in my open guns and like the feel of them. Gun works normally with no problems of a self destructing nylon buffer. Used to use the CP buffs as they were the strongest of the nylon types.

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2 hours ago, Silverscooby27 said:

I’m not a fan. Caused feeding and cycling issues for me in Glock primarily. 

 

That's cuz you were trying to mess with perfection...

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I've got a bunch of red ones from "way back when" and have always used them since they first appeared.  Never had any problems with them.  They seem to last a different number of rounds in different guns but have worked in all the 1911s and one 2011 without any trouble from them.

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