NCLawman
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First off, thanks to my wife for showing me how to post a picture.
This is the first of a few upgrades that I have in mind for my SPX. When I first brought my SPX home I did a complete inspection and cleaning. A few things stood out to me that I felt I needed to address. I had a sight base screw that was too long and extended into the reciever. I had a burr inside the buffer tube that had to be removed. Lastly I found a thin "film" of oxidation on the inside of the buffer tube. After cleaning it up and smoothing out those two rough spots I was thinking about that factory buffer and dreamt this up.
I have a part time security job and have a friend that works in the machine shop. I gave him the factory part and and a sketch of what I wanted explaining how the part functions. Two days later this is what he brought back to me.
The cut grooves are intended to be packed with Pro-Shot Pro-Gold gun grease (good stuff). The theory is that every time the buffer goes back and forth inside the buffer tube it would lubricate itself. Now you may not be able to see it in the picture, but the front and rear of the buffer has a radius to it. As most shooters know unburnt gun powder, carbon, and various other forms of junk seem get in the tightest spots. I once had a BB from a shell somehow get into the trigger housing while shooting clays! Getting off track. The radius is there so that if any fowling gets into the buffer tube "maybe" it would help the buffer go over any minor obstructions.
Off topic... If youve never tried Pro-Shot before check em out.
This is the first of a few upgrades that I have in mind for my SPX. When I first brought my SPX home I did a complete inspection and cleaning. A few things stood out to me that I felt I needed to address. I had a sight base screw that was too long and extended into the reciever. I had a burr inside the buffer tube that had to be removed. Lastly I found a thin "film" of oxidation on the inside of the buffer tube. After cleaning it up and smoothing out those two rough spots I was thinking about that factory buffer and dreamt this up.
I have a part time security job and have a friend that works in the machine shop. I gave him the factory part and and a sketch of what I wanted explaining how the part functions. Two days later this is what he brought back to me.
The cut grooves are intended to be packed with Pro-Shot Pro-Gold gun grease (good stuff). The theory is that every time the buffer goes back and forth inside the buffer tube it would lubricate itself. Now you may not be able to see it in the picture, but the front and rear of the buffer has a radius to it. As most shooters know unburnt gun powder, carbon, and various other forms of junk seem get in the tightest spots. I once had a BB from a shell somehow get into the trigger housing while shooting clays! Getting off track. The radius is there so that if any fowling gets into the buffer tube "maybe" it would help the buffer go over any minor obstructions.
Off topic... If youve never tried Pro-Shot before check em out.
