I sifted all over the interweb. Right now I can only list the experiences of certain brands below. What I will describe is when anyone who owns an AR and pulls the charging handle, you will get a smooth non ratchety bed spring noise. When you shoot the AR, you will not feel/hear the "twang" or buffer spring because it is pretty well made/well used?. My experiences as follows:
Bushmaster: It came with an A2 rifle spring, I believe it was not bad
LMT: New and second hand ones ALL had smooth action, no buffer spring noise even when shooting them or pulling the charging handle.
DPMS: Rifle spring and it's not that great but very reliable nonetheless
Knights Armament: Better than DPMS, not as good as the LMT or RRA spring I have. Reliable as well.
For the record I changed one of the springs on my Bushmaster with a Rock River Arms (RRA) carbine spring and it is a VERY smooth shooter. Smooth when you pull the charging handle, smooth when the BCG recoils back into the tube and forward back to battery.
I hope people can add to the list of findings. Maybe it will be more smooth with use, I don't know but please be informative.
Thanks for reading!
Bushmaster: It came with an A2 rifle spring, I believe it was not bad
LMT: New and second hand ones ALL had smooth action, no buffer spring noise even when shooting them or pulling the charging handle.
DPMS: Rifle spring and it's not that great but very reliable nonetheless
Knights Armament: Better than DPMS, not as good as the LMT or RRA spring I have. Reliable as well.
For the record I changed one of the springs on my Bushmaster with a Rock River Arms (RRA) carbine spring and it is a VERY smooth shooter. Smooth when you pull the charging handle, smooth when the BCG recoils back into the tube and forward back to battery.
I hope people can add to the list of findings. Maybe it will be more smooth with use, I don't know but please be informative.
Thanks for reading!


















































