dusty_dragon
Bearcat
- Joined
- Aug 31, 2012
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- 28
dear mini 14 friends,
in the last month i read a lot 'bout putting buffers in the mini 14, so i too gave it a go.
i installed the blue 1911 shok buffers in front and back of the mini 14 ranch rifle.
first of all, the rifle runs like a champ and the brass is no longer flying to the next continent.
so far so good. don't get me wrong, i really love the way the rifle feels and operates with both buffers installed, it's just so much smoother than without the buffers, but:
some thoughts came up my mind, perhaps you can help me with those:
will the 1911 buffer in the front, near the gasblock, restrict the travel of the op rod too much (due too the buffers thickness), so that the locking time of the bolt is too short and so the bolt will open prematurely due to the op rod traveling only a shorter distance alone, before opening the bolt, which is a result of the thickness of the installes blue 1911 front recoil buffer?
will that reduced op rod alone travel and the so resulting earlier opening of the bolt (the way of travel of the op rod with a buffer on the gasblock installed is a little bit shorter before engaging the bolt and unlocking it) result in a significant larger amount of gas floating in the stock and destroying stock and/or rifle and bolt etc.?
in the last month i read a lot 'bout putting buffers in the mini 14, so i too gave it a go.
i installed the blue 1911 shok buffers in front and back of the mini 14 ranch rifle.
first of all, the rifle runs like a champ and the brass is no longer flying to the next continent.
so far so good. don't get me wrong, i really love the way the rifle feels and operates with both buffers installed, it's just so much smoother than without the buffers, but:
some thoughts came up my mind, perhaps you can help me with those:
will the 1911 buffer in the front, near the gasblock, restrict the travel of the op rod too much (due too the buffers thickness), so that the locking time of the bolt is too short and so the bolt will open prematurely due to the op rod traveling only a shorter distance alone, before opening the bolt, which is a result of the thickness of the installes blue 1911 front recoil buffer?
will that reduced op rod alone travel and the so resulting earlier opening of the bolt (the way of travel of the op rod with a buffer on the gasblock installed is a little bit shorter before engaging the bolt and unlocking it) result in a significant larger amount of gas floating in the stock and destroying stock and/or rifle and bolt etc.?