making a H buffer > Maintenance & Cleaning

Posted: 8/13/2009 12:25:58 PM EDT

I have a couple of carbine buffers laying around and I was wondering if it's possible to take them both apart and take some of the weights from the one and put it in the other to create an H buffer.

Posted: 8/13/2009 4:46:34 PM EDT

[#1]

I've never done it, but I've read where some have. My understanding is that the balls are just switched to some other material, tungston?
My H buffer has tungston powder in it, so they say. Let use know how it works.
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Posted: 8/13/2009 5:10:12 PM EDT

[#2]

Quoted:
I have a couple of carbine buffers laying around and I was wondering if it's possible to take them both apart and take some of the weights from the one and put it in the other to create an H buffer.

you need to replace one steel weight in the carbine buffer with a tungsten weight, so no, you can't do it if all you have is carbine buffers.

This should help:

Posted: 8/13/2009 6:09:51 PM EDT

[#3]

thanks guys, I just went ahead and ordered one from Bravo. Usually when I come up with one of these ideas it doesn't end as planned, can't get things to work out as planned and I usually end up wreaking a perfectly good part.

Posted: 8/13/2009 6:34:13 PM EDT

[#4]

There's a guy on here, I think his username is SLASH, who sells heavy buffers and Tungsten weights.

Good guy, knowledgeable, and easy to do business with

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Posted: 8/13/2009 6:44:12 PM EDT

[#5]

Yes.

I bought the tungsten weights from Slash and converted my carbine buffers to H or H2 as needed.

Posted: 8/15/2009 1:56:48 AM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
I've never done it, but I've read where some have. My understanding is that the balls are just switched to some other material, tungston?
My H buffer has tungston powder in it, so they say. Let use know how it works.
458

Reading about using tungsten powder gave me an idea. Has anyone tried filling a buffer with lead shot?

Posted: 8/15/2009 5:22:21 AM EDT

[#7]

i tried lead in one a few years ago, didn't work any better then as was before. ended up getting a 9mm buffer . works great it the carbine

Posted: 8/15/2009 8:07:49 AM EDT

[#8]

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Quoted:
I've never done it, but I've read where some have. My understanding is that the balls are just switched to some other material, tungston?
My H buffer has tungston powder in it, so they say. Let use know how it works.
458

Reading about using tungsten powder gave me an idea. Has anyone tried filling a buffer with lead shot?

That's how the cheesy knockoffs with plastic bodies were made in the 80s.

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