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11/28/2007 8:25:01 AM EDT
This is not a reto question, I can hear the defenders of retro mind control knocking at the door telling me to move at this very minute telling me I must obey the rules.

But what can I say, this is the AR neigborhood I know and love.

Okay, I'll get to the point....

My very first buffer came in the mail yesterday. Like a baby with a rattle I can't quit shaking it.  What the heck is going on in there anyway?  It is unlike any other firearm component that I own and it is not designed to be taken apart by mere mortals like me, the flats don't line up.

Someone help me before I resort to vise grips or worse

Lost in wunder,
Bug762
11/28/2007 8:38:50 AM EDT
[#1]
Closest thread I can find that covers your question:

www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=3&f=118&t=342174

mike
11/28/2007 8:47:59 AM EDT
[#2]

Quoted:
This is not a reto question, I can hear the defenders of retro mind control knocking at the door telling me to move at this very minute telling me I must obey the rules.

But what can I say, this is the AR neigborhood I know and love.

Okay, I'll get to the point....

My very first buffer came in the mail yesterday. Like a baby with a rattle I can't quit shaking it.  What the heck is going on in there anyway?  It is unlike any other firearm component that I own and it is not designed to be taken apart by mere mortals like me, the flats don't line up.

Someone help me before I resort to vise grips or worse

Lost in wunder,
Bug762


Here's a pic courtesy of AR15barrels.com:



and here's another link with info:

www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=3&f=118&t=343301&page=2



11/28/2007 10:25:10 AM EDT
[#3]
Thanks guys,

That is really interesting.  Other than ARs, do any other rifles use recipricating buffers?

Bugs
11/29/2007 8:12:23 AM EDT
[#4]
Resist the urge to drift out the roll pin.  Buffers have a habit of developing a crack between the pin hole and the end of the buffer.
It ain't broke; don't screw with it!
Moon
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