I shot 10/22's in the 60's before buffers even existed. Gun worked fine. Forward to 2010, re-discovered 10/22's, found out about buffers, tried the Volquartson, had trouble getting it in/out, finally settled on the Kidd, for me, easy in/out, rationally, it quieted the action and lessened the battering. I just like the concept as a refinement to a classic and successful design. But I prefer thunk to clank! JMHO
No way I am going to pay $10 or so to get one when I can just get a foot-long stick of Delrin 150 and make my own - you can find the stick on the 'zon for less than $7 at the time of this writing, which is enough to make at least nine 1.25-inch by 1/4 buffers. I cut them with a Dremel, then slightly chamfer the edges. They seem to work, with little to no wear after several hundred rounds.
willie
on the Gulf of Mexico
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I've found most of the commercial plastic buffers are made a bit oversize and have to be driven into and out of the receiver for bolt removal.
I have one from TandemKkoss that miked 0.254" (the OEM steel pin and matching hole are 0.250") and it wouldn't go in without excessive force. I chucked it in a drill chuck and sanded it down to 0.251". Now it's a firm press fit by hand but it should have been the right diameter to start.
want it stiff enough to be easily inserted and removed from receiver, also wanted it solvent resistant
You also want it stiff enough to stay in the receiver after impact with the bolt. A flexible rubber buffer would bend enough to pop out. Kidd's buffers are soft rubber but have a steel insert pin to keep them in place.
NEVER had a problem out of any of the OEM Bolt Stop Pins. The same can not be said for every Buffer I've tried. And that's been with OEM Triggers and the Kidd Single Stage Triggers. Haven't had a problem yet with the Kidd Two Stages units.
it makes the action more QUIET, I could hear the difference when I changed to a poly buffer. just my observation.
Imo, your observation is spot on. I have a couple of 1022s that are shot with suppersors installed; with the steel stop installed, the loudest sounds perceived by the shooter, in my experience, are those made by the action cycling, which overshadow the pop of the cartridge going off. After installation of the synthetic buffer, the pop of the cartridge going off is perceived by the shooter as louder than the action cycling. Unfortunately, I didn't think to have someone else shoot them in both conditions so that I could listen and get the non-shooter's perspective. Oh well....
No way I am going to pay $10 or so to get one when I can just get a foot-long stick of Delrin 150 and make my own - you can find the stick on the 'zon for less than $7 at the time of this writing, which is enough to make at least nine 1.25-inch by 1/4 buffers. I cut them with a Dremel, then slightly chamfer the edges. They seem to work, with little to no wear after several hundred rounds.
willie
on the Gulf of Mexico
p.s. for however long this URL works (currently $6.60 w/free shipping):
i like a soft buffer because
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