Noisy buffer spring

[R.STOCKFISCH]

I have a PA10 that has a very noisy buffer spring. What does every one use to quite down the spring? If it wasn’t for hear protection i think I would go deaf! Thanks

 

[USK308]

I have a JP Rifles “Silent Capture Spring”…quiets things down quite a bit in my LR-308.

 

[AMG04]

I use SCS also. The spring pack is nice for tuning.

 

[Bigjake83]

I have a PA10 that has a very noisy buffer spring. What does every one use to quite down the spring? If it wasn’t for hear protection i think I would go deaf! Thanks

You can coat the spring with bearing grease.

 

[MontanaMan]

You can coat the spring with bearing grease.

That's always worked for me with Sprinco springs.

MM

 

[Kamerad]

Rand CLP quieted mine.

 

[hlee]

Ear plugs and muffs work for me…

 

[the monk]

Grease or oil the spring

 

[gopherslayer]

Squirt of CLP in the tube. No more BOING!

 

[cas6969]

Louder muzzle device.

(I grease them, can't stand "sproink, sproink" or "thwakathwaka, thwakathwaka")

 

[waveslayer]

JP silent spring, haven't heard it since

 

[bfoosh006]

As mentioned, grease helps quite a bit.

If that isn't up to your desired results, a smoother interior buffer tube and a JP polished recoil spring should help even more.

 

[R.STOCKFISCH]

I found this in my stash. It worked quite well. Not as noisy.

 

[ron_c]

Louder muzzle device.

(I grease them, can't stand "sproink, sproink" or "thwakathwaka, thwakathwaka")

 

[culater]

Go buy a David Tubbs Flat wire spring

 

[AznTactical]

I have a PA10 that has a very noisy buffer spring. What does every one use to quite down the spring? If it wasn’t for hear protection i think I would go deaf! Thanks

I just had a similar issue but in an AR-15 .300 blackout. I replaced the spring and buffer with an Armaspec Stealth buffer, still noisy. I then grabbed my JP captured spring from an existing AR, still noisy. I started rubbing the inside of my buffer and it was noisy. I then rubbed the insides of a few different ARs, quiet. Basically my issue was the inside of my buffer tube was noisy. It didn't feel rough at all either. I contacted the mfr and they exchanged it for me. So now my subsonic rounds with the Armaspec are very quiet! I would of never thought the insides of a buffer tube would be noisy ever.

 

[Constant_Impingement]

White lithium grease!

 

[338dude]

I have a JP Rifles “Silent Capture Spring”…quiets things down quite a bit in my LR-308.

Me too!

 

[DangerRanger]

After a while you’ll get over it

 

[AznTactical]

White lithium grease!

That stuff attracts carbon faster than a banana attracting fruit flies. I shoot suppressed so it gets dirty really fast even in the tube.

 

[mewillis]

Flat wire Tubbs or Geisselle braided wire with H3 buffer, my Armalite AR10's have zero sproing not sure why your PSA is so loud??

 

[xciapup]

In any case, a chrome silicon spring needs to be oil coated for corrosion control. Springco springs are great but they will fail if they are allowed to corrode.

The Tubbs springs are 7-17 stainless which is nice. And you can remove a coil to tune if necessary.

In context, if you lived on the coast, I would think seriously about a Tubbs. If you live somewhere with normal humidity and can do periodic maintenance, chrome silicone is great.

 

[Yakface]

Recently swapped a rifle length spring with a JP polished spring in a AR10. Haven't shot it yet but the spring noise is gone when action gets cycled.

 

[mtrmn]

Never saw this as a problem

 

[Ape_Factory]

Smoke Composites carbon buffer tube, lubed spring. Never noticed uncivilized noises with that combo.