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3/25/2018 11:31:51 AM EDT
Will be putting an A2 stock on my PSA AR10 and was wondering- do I use the buffer and spring included with the stock?
3/25/2018 7:56:48 PM EDT
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in theory, you'll need the 308 specific shorter rifle buffer because the 308 carrier is longer.

although i have run an ar-15 223/556 rifle buffer on my bushy 308 for awhile. it just barely let the bolt cycle far enough to lock back.
3/25/2018 8:58:03 PM EDT
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I use Slashes Heavy Buffers. Expensive but they work.
3/26/2018 3:55:33 PM EDT
[Last Edit: bfoosh06][Edited] [#3]
What stock does your PSA PA10 currently have ?

And if possible could you compare the PSA OEM buffer next to a AR15 Carbine buffer .. and let us know if they are the same length ? I might have other suggestions.

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DO NOT try to use the PSA Carbine buffer and spring in a rifle length buffer tube, damage will happen.

And a A2 stock with a AR15 rifle length buffer and recoil spring will also not work... ( to long )

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A rifle length stock ( A2 or A1 ) will REQUIRE the use of a .308 rifle length buffer ( since as mentioned earlier, the BCG is longer, the .308 rifle buffer is shorter )

As for a recoil spring, I have had great results with a Tubbs Flatwire .308 recoil spring. I also run a KAK 9.3 oz .308 rifle length buffer... and an Adj. gas block.... smoothed the cyclic speed and perceived recoil impulse greatly in all my PSA PA10 GenII's



And just so you know... there is a sub-forum for "AR Variants"... including the .308AR ( Not called the AR10, because that is a Armalite Style .308AR ) ... kind of a Ford Chevy thing... both car manufacturers.. but the parts don't always interchange.

All sorts of helpful info over there as well.

https://www.ar15.com/forums/AR-15/AR-Variants/121/
*Hold on to your AR-15s. Their magic must be very powerful, or they wouldn’t want them.*

JAFOM.... Just another fat old man.

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