Does any one know what early Colt AR 15 rifle buffers sell for and where to buy them? Im talking the original design used on first and second year production guns. Thanks in advance.
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Early colt ar15 buffer
Does any one know what early Colt AR 15 rifle buffers sell for and where to buy them? Im talking the original design used on first and second year production guns. Thanks in advance.
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edgewater buffer
Numrich had some a few years ago @ $289.00 each
most replaced by 1968 in the militaryAttachment 31953
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GBEAR1,
I have one.
PM me if your interested.
Last edited by bonnie; 08-14-2015 at 05:23.
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google search Edgewater buffer,
they pop up on ebay sometimes and over on AR15.com's EE
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I need an Edgewater buffer, if anyone has one for sale--PM me please !
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Did this buffer contribute to the jamming problem in Vietnam?
Phillip McGregor (OFC)
"I am neither a fire arms nor a ballistics expert, but I was a combat infantry officer in the Great War, and I absolutely know that the bullet from an infantry rifle has to be able to shoot through things." General Douglas MacArthur
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Numrich is out of the complete buffers but have a few internal parts available. There is at least one on Gunbroker now. Opening bid is $100.
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Pm sent.Originally Posted by oldtirediron
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Yes. But it certainly wasn't the only issue (propellant, non-chromed chambers, insufficient/inadequate cleaning equipment/supplies, etc.). You'll find all of that covered in The Black Rifle by Ezell, and Maj. Culver (R.I.P.) has a few things to say about the problems from an infantry company commander's perspective on this very site right here. See "Saga of the M16" at the top of this web page.
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First m16 a1 cleaning rods i ever saw--
AROUND 1968 the first cleaning rods I ever saw issued were a very flimsy aluminum rod set like an outers rod, Handle was very much like the later handle, a straight rod end knurled-- these rods would break when you tried to dry the bore with the early 556 cotton patch; only way you could pull a patch through was to cut about 1/3 of the patch off of each side of the square patch- The aluminum rod would break the tip off and the rod sections would break in their joints--The unit armorers had piles of rifles with stuck cleaning patch tips, broken rods etc., I remember this SNAFU like it was yesterday, but that is almost 50 years ago !
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