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I don't know off the top of my head, but it sounds like you're referring to A5 length buffers rather than the carbine length buffers ??? It's a question framed as a statement.... I know. LOL UPDATE: Well, I went and looked it up on Spike's website. It IS a carbine length buffer. Aluminum...

Tell us all how you really feel! LOL. I developed the "TDMTLA" acronym as a self-defense mechanism over many years in the information technology field where the meeting presenter would start spewing acronyms as if everyone was up to speed on the subject matter at hand. I would simply raise...

I've watched the entire thing. Coming from a farming rural background, much of what he postulates is very well reasoned.

Tungsten is just tungsten and steel is just steel, especially when it comes to weights. As far as the buffer body itself, there is a mil-spec for that, and also for the plastic tip and intra-buffer pads. So I try to purchase from quality suppliers when I intend to use the buffer body and tip...

Glad to know that I'm not the only one afflicted by TDMTLAs (Too D**n Many Three Letter Acronyms).

Yeah. The "sudden popularity" of Forced Reset Triggers (FRTs) has revealed what many have known for years: the buffer weight in most ARs is too light. Couple that with any number of other build deficiencies, drop in an FRT, and you have yourself a jam-o-matic. Most of the time a heavy buffer...

Thank you also for adding information to this post. I'm aware of these factors, as well as the potential effects of alloy additives. I understand that cap-and-ball revolvers "like" as close to pure, unalloyed lead as possible. It's just that sourcing "pure lead" requires purchase from sources...

Thank you for adding info to this post. I was thinking I'd read .375" to .380", thus the range I put into my posting. I'd not really read about or thought about differing cast diameters for round balls vs conicals. Considering what you mention below, however, makes complete sense. My...

I am in the process of rounding up the molds and other equipment that I'll need to cast my own projectiles in the (hopefully) near future. I'm focusing on casting for 38 Special / 357 Magnum and possibly getting into black powder cap & ball 36 caliber revolvers. To that end, I have purchased...

There was a definite "reorientation for PC purposes" in the plots of 24 episodes as time progressed. And it was NOT subtle, not one little bit. Ditto for The Unit re: PC reorientation and pretty thin plots. It's kind of sad when a good "thriller" series gets "milked into oblivion" instead of...

Yes, I do. I heard about the series via a workplace conversation. I rushed to "catch up" and then faithfully watched through the end of the series... It was mostly a very enjoyable "thriller series", although, like many TV series, in my opinion, they got lax in their script writing efforts...

OK. I'll jump in here. The 1911 is like.... That old faithful, somewhat beat up and weathered working truck that just keeps on running and doing its job, day in and day out

Or bungee strap on a gas powered generator....

That's an interesting piece of carry gear. My problem is that my "tactical donut" tends to backfill that little trailing and leading "slot" created by wearing the holster IWB. I guess I MIGHT be able to squeeze it in if I let out my belt 'nother notch... I might have to order one and try it...

It's true that the design was for unsuppressed firing with a fixed gas system. And I get what you're trying to convey about the convenience of the forward assist when tuning an adjustable gas block. I'm assuming that you squeeze the the adjustment down on the block until the amount of gas is...

If I can't "persuade" the cartridge to ease fully into the chamber and the bolt to lock up by pushing on the bolt carrier thumb cutout, I SURE ain't gonna get physical with the forward assist. The thumb cut was designed by Mr Stoner as part and parcel of the AR. The forward assist was designed...

But we have electric cars now to train us in the matter of uncertainty of how far we can go before we'd better turn back around and start looking for an outlet. So by the time we get our speeders, reckoning with that uncertainty should be no sweat!

That it! Thank you. My old memory has "holes in its pockets" and sometimes little factoids like that fall out and get lost.

"Why in the world would one FORCE a cartridge into the chamber when it obviously doesn't want to enter freely on its own?"

Ol' Saint Stoner didn't think much of the addition of the forward assist. He might be surprised that there is finally a "legitimate use case for it" ... or is there?? LOL.