1911 buffers - clogging the gun?

wayupnorth said:
interesting.

i picked up a 6 pack on a impulse when ordering some other stuff, the ones i put in my Ruger 10/22 did a sweet job of helping the 22, i was kinda thinking that they would do the same to the 1911.

i havnt tried them yet, i think tomorrow ill try to get to the range to give them a try.
but ya, i think ill end up taking them out if they arnt really doing anything.
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What exactly did they do on your 22?
 
mrclean said:
And if you have a FL guiderod,assemble the gun, take the complete top end off and see what the clearance is when you fully compress the spring with and without the buffer.
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What point would that make? The back of the spring plug housing will stop on the buffer or on the flgr base if the buffer isn't there....that is what the buffer does, stops that metal on metal contact. The length of the recoil spring doesn't matter....which was the point I was making and you were trying to counter.
 
Right and if the spring is too long to allow that to happen it can lead to more problems than just the slidestop not engaging, it can also lead to the lower part of the barrel bushing failing and launching your plug and spring down range.
 
I'm not a fan of buffers BUT - if you shoot the gun, the buffer will compress enough that you will regain all of the attributes you're used to on the gun. They will compress enough after a few rounds and stop taking up space needed by other parts of the gun. The problem with buffers is that they have to be replaced regularly, otherwise they fall apart and screw up your gun. If you shoot a lot, you might be putting in a new buffer twice a month, depending on your load. Considering that they aren't a necessity, it gets old fast.
 
Buffers are a waste of time, there is a large contact area between the slide and frame designed to impact against each other. Changing recoil spring weights has a marginal effect on the amount of energy transmitted to the slide, once the slide starts moving a lighter recoil spring is going to allow the slide to hammer into the frame harder. Unless of course there are accompanying modifications to the slide weight to match the bolt thrust produced by the cartridge load being fired. Putting in too heavy of springs is probably worse, in the hopes of reducing recoil or to compensate for loads with high bolt thrust such as .40 Super.

Running standard .45 ACP ammunition you will be hard pressed to get better function out of the original John Moses Browning configuration.
 
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