Bolt Buffer pin

rjgray1894 said:

Once you use a moderater the clack is really noticeable. I put a nylon buffer in now just a dull clunk.

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Oh yeah.. . Subsonic ammo and a nylon buffer behind a muffler!!
Makes tree rat hunting so much fun.
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if the little clack from a 10/22 bolt shuffling back and forth bothers you, you guys would hate shooting an AR with the action spring riding in a metal tube right under your ear..it's just sproing, sproing, sproing, 'til it finally runs dry

Michael Hedges said:

Mine is bone stock since 1975.

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I still have the stock one in mine. Bought it in '71. Never really noticed the clack. Mostly cause i can't hear too well and i'm also wearing ear protection.

A nylon 1/4" bolt from Ace cut to size. Around $.50 or so. No way I'm paying $13 for a tuffer buffer.

Bill

zymurgeist said:

Eh. I find the bolt slamming home to be more annoying than the bolt stop pin rebound noise. I used the Kidd pins for a few years but went back to the factory steel ones. Why? It doesn't impart as much energy to the bolt returning. I don't use high velocity ammunition any more either. It's just preference.

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The Viton rubber will actually dampen the bolt energy, not increase it.

crackedcornish said:

if the little clack from a 10/22 bolt shuffling back and forth bothers you, you guys would hate shooting an AR with the action spring riding in a metal tube right under your ear..it's just sproing, sproing, sproing, 'til it finally runs dry

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You got dat rite!?👍

crackedcornish said:

if the little clack from a 10/22 bolt shuffling back and forth bothers you, you guys would hate shooting an AR with the action spring riding in a metal tube right under your ear..it's just sproing, sproing, sproing, 'til it finally runs dry

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I like that sound. It reminds me of when I was young, dumb, and working for my Uncle Sam.

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BCR1 said:

A nylon 1/4" bolt from Ace cut to size. Around $.50 or so. No way I'm paying $13 for a tuffer buffer.

Bill

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I think you get three, shipped for that.

No time, no gas.

I bought a bunch of tuffer buffers years back, I think a dozen for 10bucks from the classified section, I have spares for each 10/22 I own. Doubt I will ever need to buy another one.

reverendg said:

I bought a bunch of tuffer buffers years back, I think a dozen for 10bucks from the classified section, I have spares for each 10/22 I own. Doubt I will ever need to buy another one.

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Same same. I've got a bunch from Pete's Pillars.

Ended up finding a VQ buffer pin that I must have purchased a while back. Thanks for all the comments and opinions.

I use a Volquartsen buffer, but they are a pain to remove for disassembly compared to the factory steel pin. That is a plus for the original.

For what it is worth I have Tuffer Buffer in the 3 Ruger 10/22s in my safe. I can’t say that I have ever noticed a difference between the OEM pin and the Tuffer Buffer replacement part.

crackedcornish said:

if the little clack from a 10/22 bolt shuffling back and forth bothers you, you guys would hate shooting an AR with the action spring riding in a metal tube right under your ear..it's just sproing, sproing, sproing, 'til it finally runs dry

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Hear-hear! I finally got tired of it enough to pack the buffer tube with Tetra grease. Shoots great, no more Boing-Boing.

My bolts never hit the pin. I would think something was wrong if it did.

dwarren said:

My bolts never hit the pin.

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How did you know?

I'm with BCR1 and BigBore on the 1/4" nylon bolts. I've got 'em in several 10/22's. They've worked for years. Bonus points if you find black 3 or 3 1/2" bolts.

years ago I purchased some 1/4" black wear resistant 6/6 nylon rod from McMaster-Carr...I think I paid about $4 for 5 feet of the stuff, and made up 60 buffers...so that means they cost about 6 1/2 cents apiece, plus the time to cut them with the dremel ...think about that, next time you go to buy one commercially

I like the hard plasic ones, just cause they are easier to insert than the gummy ones , andthe rubber ones with the steel pins but still are quieter thant the steel ones. However on my magnums i do use the steel ones.