H3 Buffers
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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 alone will fix the issue. THUS, the H3 (heaviest carbine buffer available for an AR/M16/M4) have been flying off of the shelves.Have ya'll noticed the price of these things now since the FRT's are popular?I was buying them for 30 bucks a while back. they are like 70 to 100 bucks now. friggin robbery.
Fortunately, one can combine the tungsten weight from an H1 buffer into an H2 buffer to make an H3, or combine the tungsten weights from three H1s to make an H3. So all is not lost. So the price for an H3 (having three tungsten weights) has actually soared to about the combined price of three H1s (having one tungsten weight each). Sounds about right. I'm betting that a BUNCH of H1 and H2 buffer sales are now going into the cobbling together of H3s. It's all simply the marketplace adjusting itself to the cost of those little tungsten weights.
Glad to know that I'm not the only one afflicted by TDMTLAs (Too D**n Many Three Letter Acronyms).
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 to "build my own" heavy buffer. For donor H1 and H2 buffers, any supplier who can be trusted to deliver a true tungsten weight will do just fine.
Old_Me
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the whole GOD DAMNED world had gone Acronym.....
people are too GOD DAMNED lazy to print out the WHOLE GOD DAMNED words.....
i think it started with the GOD DAMNED MILLENIALS.....the LAZY, FAT-AS S S ED UNEMPLYED, PRINKS, still living at home in thier mammy's basements...!!!!!
gimme good OLD FASHION F-ING WORDS, SPELLED OUT, GOD DAMMIT....!!!!!!!!!
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 my hand and call out, "TDMTLAs!!", followed by a request for the decoded version. I had (and still have) no shame in admitting to what I don't know. It's the only way to advance my learning. Acronyms can be useful, but only if accompanied by the requisite secret decoder ring. I don't remember if it was here or elsewhere, but I've stated that, as a matter of courtesy, I try to include the acronym definition upon first usage in a given post or response. Acronym usage is definitely common with younger people (I'm a boomer, so almost everyone is younger than me).
Old_Me
Emissary
many times i will be reading a news article in the papers..yes, i still buy and read the newspaper, as my wife does..
too many of those times, an acronym is thrown in, and NO de-coder ring to be found...takes the full meaning of the story to the trash can, rather than the knowledge part of the brain. or for that matter...validate the whole god dammned reason why it was in print, in the first place.
TEXASforLIFE
SAINT
Just a tungsten weight alone is $30 or more from what I've seen. I've run buffers with and w/o the oafs between the weights. As most buffer bodies are aluminum i do have some in steel. I have 1 buffer w/o weights i use.
Don’t hold back now, tell us how you Really feel….
KillerFord1977
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You’re just old and forgetful. The trucking industry and mechanics had 3 letter acronyms galore.. how about all those letters you used on the CB
Old_Me
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3 letters on the cb...??You’re just old and forgetful. The trucking industry and mechanics had 3 letter acronyms galore.. how about all those letters you used on the CB
i don't recall using only 3 letters on the cb......
tell me more of what i have forgotten, ole wisenheimer.....
Old_Me
Emissary
mine was .....KPP2447
never used it, but i certainly DO remember it
thanks for the reminder.
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 body. Sounds like it's filled with tungsten POWDER to get the desired weight rather than a solid tungsten weight. It's certainly not mil-spec, but if it works, it works.
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Talyn
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No I'm not. All the Spikes buffers are made to work fine in standard-length carbine tubes.
They've worked for me for decades.
TEXASforLIFE
SAINT
Whether it's a t2 or t3 you can get the same weight in the a5 buffer (3.995-3.998" long) compared to an ar15 carbine buffer that's 3.25" and the ar10 carbine buffer at 2.5". Reason for the 3/4" difference is bcg lengths. Going off the top of my head using the a5 in the ar10 you can use the ar15 carbine buffer w/ and ar10 rifle length spring. This gives a greater flexibility in buffer weight by having 2 extra weights than the ar10 carbine buffer (2 only). Somewhere i have all the possible combos written down.