I don't like fixed stock because length of pull can change depending on terrain and cover, buffer and spring weight can be adjusted with gas to give you lighter impulses

Hell, I'd sell you my skeletonized BCG

I don't want it because I thought I wanted to make an ultralight build, but decided against it.

I know that the faxon one is g2g but a lot of others out there have issues, so I'm leaning towards that

Wouldn't be too worried about changing terrain and cover anyway since there likely wouldn't be time to adjust the length

Spring length and buffer length don’t matter as much as spring resistance or buffer weight.

I understand it helps a little though, so I'm seeing what all I can tweak within reason money wise

For a light recoiling gun, you’ll want a pretty resistant spring and a heavier than average buffer.

Huh. I read on jp's site that they suggested a lighter buffer when going with a light bcg

Heavier buffers would be slower and slam, rather than snap.

It’s a real balancing act.

Yeah, you'll have to go light and light, because if you have a light BCG, it won't have enough mass to go back and eject the cartridge

I've had experience messing with it, it's a pain in the ass.

Tuning gas systems can be a bitch

@Artemis VLTOR A5 RE is what you want

That sounds like it's between carbine and rifle length

Heavier buffers are a band aid for overgassed AR’s, you shouldn’t be building a rifle based on that

Rifleine

It’s a rifle length RE that takes carbine stocks

Adjusting your gas block is gonna do a lot.

A lot of your tuning will likely be done there.

Does the vltor a5 take regular rifle springs or a proprietary one?

Regular rifle spring

Hmm okay

But a proprietor buffer

They’re made by a few companies so they’re not like rare or anything

Does anyone in here machine their own parts? Asking for legitimate business reasons.

FEDBOI

Kidding 💜

...unless

isnt the law in america you dont have to do any paperwork with parts as long as the ATF doesnt classify that part as the 'reciever' or whatever?

You don’t have to do any paperwork as long as the ATF doesn’t know

true

but you can also legally make your own guns right?

Fuck if I know lol

buy about $20 worth of steel tubing at home depot, make a pipe shotgun and hand it in to a police buyback program for $100

ive heard a lot of people do that

Some kids in my beautiful home state of New Jersey did that and they shut it down

y tho? big sad

They’re big gay

i swear ive seen yt vids of americans showing off their supposedly legal homemade gun collection