How to shut your buffer spring up?

WhyTheBans · Nov 27, 2016

So I went to shoot my first build, I was really happy - still am. But I could hear the buffer tube everytime I shot, I hate it lol.

I just wanna hear my baby go bang....I've read everything from coat the spring in lube, coating it in graphite powder, or getting something like a spike tactical heavy buffer....

Any advice?

molonlabe · Nov 27, 2016

The early M16 s I've shot used to go sproing, my AR's do not. Maybe I'm going deaf. Maybe Clandistine can chime in.

mopar92 · Nov 27, 2016

Red wheel bearing grease helps. So does lithium grease but not as well. There's also the JP Silent Captured Spring.

Rack&Roll · Nov 27, 2016

There's that flat spring that Clandestine recommends.

http://www.davidtubb.com/ar15-bufferspring

I think it is said to be quieter.

Klunatic · Nov 27, 2016

Rack&Roll said:
There's that flat spring that Clandestine recommends.

Tubbs. Mine don't go make any noise.

RemoveKebab · Nov 28, 2016

this is supposed to quiet it down, also are you using a a1 or a2 stock ? http://www.jprifles.com/buy.php?item=JPS-OSC

Mdeng · Nov 28, 2016

Read the reviews of the JP springs. They are known to fail and not recommended. The Tubb Flat Springs work great and are fairly quiet.

vinjet700 · Nov 28, 2016

Klunatic said:
Tubbs. Mine don't go make any noise.

Mdeng said:
Read the reviews of the JP springs. They are known to fail and not recommended. The Tubb Flat Springs work great and are fairly quiet.

Tubbs in mine :thumbsup:

BigSteve57 · Nov 28, 2016

Rack&Roll said:
There's that flat spring that Clandestine recommends.

http://www.davidtubb.com/ar15-bufferspring

I think it is said to be quieter.

I heard that the Tubb spring would eliminate the "sprong" noise. So I got the Tubb spring as my original spring was pushing 4 years old and it's a bit quieter than my old OEM round spring. But I can still hear it quite distinctly. I use electronic muffs which tend to amplify sound at certain frequencies so maybe that's the reason it isn't much quieter. Perhaps if I wore earplugs I wouldn't hear it at all.

The rifle shoots great with that new spring BTW.

clandestine · Nov 28, 2016

Flat Spring will give the best results IME. No JP for me.

You can put a little grease on it, but dont pack ot like a wheel bearing.

Hawkeye · Nov 28, 2016

clandestine said:
You can put a little grease on it, but dont pack ot like a wheel bearing.

Now I'm picturing someone who has packed so much grease in there that it squirts out the end of the buffer tube like a grease gun...

clandestine · Nov 28, 2016

Hawkeye said:
Now I'm picturing someone who has packed so much grease in there that it squirts out the end of the buffer tube like a grease gun...

Seen it my friend.

Guy came in the shop and had literally packed about half a cup of grease in the Receier Extension and at least a tablespoon in the FCG pocket in the Lower.

DaemonAssassin · Nov 28, 2016

Hawkeye said:
Now I'm picturing someone who has packed so much grease in there that it squirts out the end of the buffer tube like a grease gun...

clandestine said:
Seen it my friend.

Guy came in the shop and had literally packed about half a cup of grease in the Receier Extension and at least a tablespoon in the FCG pocket in the Lower.

Well we all know it wasn't me, because I know better. :lol2:

jimbobborg · Nov 28, 2016

clandestine said:
at least a tablespoon in the FCG pocket in the Lower.

Wait, I'm not supposed to do that?

Rack&Roll · Nov 28, 2016

I'd be afraid of "boiling off" a round.

highli99 · Nov 28, 2016

Just do all your shooting without hearing protection and soon you won't be bothered by any noises at all!

WhyTheBans · Nov 28, 2016

highli99 said:
Just do all your shooting without hearing protection and soon you won't be bothered by any noises at all!

I can hear the spring clearly with ear plugs in lol

I've always wanted to shoot without ear plugs, but I've had my ears ring with ear plugs so I dont think its a good idea.

clandestine said:
Flat Spring will give the best results IME. No JP for me.

You can put a little grease on it, but dont pack ot like a wheel bearing.

I was just going to put a nitril glove on, put the lube on my finger, and run my fingers in circles down the spring. (that sounds so naughty) :lol2:

outrider58 · Nov 28, 2016

If it don't go sproing, change the mag. Yer empty.

Hawkeye · Nov 28, 2016

WhyTheBans said:
I can hear the spring clearly with ear plugs in lol

Yes. That's because you're hearing it via bone conduction, not via the air moving the tympanic membrane in your ears. Your cheekbone is pressed right against it, and the vibrations of the spring are conducted through your bones right to your inner ear.

I've always wanted to shoot without ear plugs, but I've had my ears ring with ear plugs so I dont think its a good idea.

Yeah, that would cause permanent hearing loss.

stu929 · Nov 28, 2016

But ive always heard theres no such thing as too much lube!!!! Maybe that was on another subject

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