[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Colt Plastic Buffers

Posted: 5/26/2005 5:04:50 AM EDT

I have a Colt Match Target Lightweight and I noticed that the buffer is plastic. Anyone had any problems with it and would I be better off switching it to something different...maybe an H Buffer or something else? It does have a small hole on one side that when assembled with it facing down catches the buffer retainer when removing and makes it difficult to take out the rest of the way. And...does anyone have recommendations for a replacement?

Posted: 5/26/2005 5:19:35 AM EDT

[#1]

Change it out. Get a conventional buffer. There have been pics of cracked Polymer buffers posted on this site.

I had one in one of my colts, and I changed it out.

Posted: 5/26/2005 8:09:56 AM EDT

[#2]

it is from colt, it has to right and in spec.

Posted: 5/26/2005 8:56:12 AM EDT

[#3]

www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=3&f=4&t=237016

Posted: 5/26/2005 11:06:20 AM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
it is from colt, it has to right and in spec.

Thanks for the illiterate mumble, but the issue is not specification. Rather, the black polymer buffers are prone to cracking. And when they crack they can deform and jam up in the buffer tube.

Posted: 5/26/2005 11:21:34 AM EDT

[#5]

umm, ok, it should be banned then

Posted: 5/26/2005 11:26:18 AM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
Quoted:
it is from colt, it has to right and in spec.

Thanks for the illiterate mumble, but the issue is not specification. Rather, the black polymer buffers are prone to cracking. And when they crack they can deform and jam up in the buffer tube.

When and in what models did Colts ship with plastic buffers? I hope this was a mistake of the past.

Posted: 5/26/2005 11:34:47 AM EDT

[#7]

Not sure!

They went into civilian guns for the most part. I don't think you'd find them in a LE gun.
I don't know if there was a polymer carbean buffer too or just the A2.

Posted: 5/26/2005 12:54:38 PM EDT

[#8]

My Match Target Competition H-Bar II had one in it's fixed stock. Dumped when I switched to an ACEM4 SOCOM.

Lonny

Posted: 5/27/2005 5:12:30 AM EDT

[#9]

ADCO has a LMT H Buffer. Would that work ok in this rifle???

http://www.adcofirearms.com/acc/ProductLine.cfm?brand=LMT

Posted: 5/27/2005 5:20:51 AM EDT

[#10]

It's a cost cutting measure. Colt has taken a few others in the past on their civilian line of rifles.

Posted: 5/27/2005 5:38:44 AM EDT

[#11]

my colt HbarA3 16" had one also, till it got replaced.

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