j_h_smith
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- Jul 28, 2007
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A friend stopped over this evening for me to look at his AR10. He said he was at the range and it started failing just about every way an AR can fail. So we took it apart and found the buffer spring had broken off the last 3 or so twists in the spring. I found a few pieces of the broken spring in the buffer tube, but there appears to be more missing than we can't account for. Where could it go. I'm thinking there are more than 2 twists of spring still unaccounted for. There was nothing else in the buffer tube, nothing in the lower, the upper looks clean.
Where did it go?
Secondly, has anyone heard of a buffer spring breaking like this? I know it could have just been a bad spring, but anything else? I don't believe the rifle is over pressured because I've watched him shoot it in the past and the rounds dropped within 8 feet, all in about a 2 ft area.
Interesting to say the least!
Where did it go?
Secondly, has anyone heard of a buffer spring breaking like this? I know it could have just been a bad spring, but anything else? I don't believe the rifle is over pressured because I've watched him shoot it in the past and the rounds dropped within 8 feet, all in about a 2 ft area.
Interesting to say the least!