Polymer bolt buffer for 10/22

[johnww]

I am going to do my first "trigger job" on a 10-22. Any thoughts on the polymer bolt buffer? Thank's

 

[9x19]

For a bolt buffer, in my regular 10/22s I've always used 1/4" orange belting "left over" from work. It works really well. If you want to order some of your own:

http://www.amazon.com/High-Performance-Urethane-Belting-Diameter-Length/dp/B006IZXI4G

IIRC, 1 foot will make about 8 buffers (if each is 1.5"). I expect that most of those on the market are just cut from variations (different colors, etc.) of urethane cord like above....

 

[98_1LE]

The only advantage IMO is to quiet down the action, which really only matters on a suppressed gun. It was designed to work with the steel part. It was patented in fact.

 

[Snake45]

I have one 10/22 with a buffer in it, and one without you. You can tell and feel the difference, small as it is. The buffered gun is just a tiny bit more pleasant to shoot. Functionally, I don't think it makes any difference one way or the other.

 

[Precision32]

A couple of my 10-22s have nylon buffers and I have not seen any advantage to them. As stated, the guns design uses the steel pin by design and it is part of the action to slow the bolts return to battery.

 

[Mobuck]

I put synthetic buffers in all my 10-22 rifles. Doesn't cost much and doesn't hurt anything. Makes a slight difference in noise(bump vs clunk).

 

[johnww]

Thank's for the info. I'll try one to see if I can tell any difference. Really didn't make sense to me that if it was a great improvement, Ruger would have done it years ago. I wondered about the return time to battery due to the "give" in the synthetic buffers.

 

[9x19]

Personal preference... the notion of it noticeably affecting cycling time made me :mrgreen:

 

[Snake45]

Personal preference... the notion of it noticeably affecting cycling time made me :mrgreen:

I don't think there's any appreciable or usable difference in cycling time one way or the other.

You prolly won't notice any difference in the gun after you install one. But if you shoot a buffered gun for a while, and then shoot a stock one, you will sure hear and feel the difference.

 

[Precision32]

If you look at the cut out in the back of the bolt you should be able to note that it is really two different radius', one above the other. When the bolt recoils it hits the lower cut out with the steel buffer. This kicks the rear of the bolt down and the downward movement is stopped by the upper cut out hitting the steel stop pin.

Note the top of the trigger group. See the small step in the top plain? The bolt has a bump on the bottom that hits this step on the top of the trigger group and is slowed by having to jump the step on the trigger group as it returns to battery. Does a plastic buffer have to be steel to do the same thing? I have no idea. Ruger must think it does.

 

[Ol'Freak]

Don’t care enuf to wanna try confirming it but I’ve read where the bolt bouncing off a steel stop pin and so on for the bit of affect doing so has on its timing is a Ruger patented thing.