First off, I'm one of those guys that never leaves well enough alone. I haven't even received my upper yet and I'm already thinking about what I'm wanting to change. I'm playing with the idea of converting my 5.56 RRA upper to 300 BLK. I've heard that all you need to convert is to change the barrels. The problem I am running into is my upper has a mid length gas system. My question is, would it be relatively easy to change to a carbine gas system when I change barrels? What all is involved with the whole process? What would be the cost to have someone do this for me if I supply the parts?
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300 BLK question
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buy a new gas tube for 15 bucks and possibably a new buffer spring
Its the spring that is in the stock for the buffer. Im not 100% sure you will have to change the spring out if you go from mid length to carbine length, but if you do I think they run less than 5 bucks
I have no clue, It can be done with a 20 dollar wrench, Im betting you can handle it.
I believe I've seen some 300 BLK barrels that have a gas block and tube on it. I'm not sure if the gas block and tube come with it or if it was just for advertising purposes (I forgot to read over the small print).
As far as changing out the buffer spring...I don't disagree with doing that but I would like to suggest, instead of or in addition to changing the buffer spring, if you have a mil-spec carbine recoil buffer you could just get a heavier buffer. Spike's Tactical and Primary Weapon Systems sell quality heavy buffers. The PWS buffers are Spike's made but have the PWS logo (I guess that's more for asethetics). The ST2 and ST3 are filled with tungsten powder which more evenly distributes the weight in the buffer and also makes the buffer heavier. A heavy buffer will help tame the heavier recoil from a 300 BLK.
Here are the links to:
Spike's Buffers
ST-T2(Lower Parts - Spike's ST-T2 Heavy Buffer T2 Buffer [SLA00T2] - $32.95 : Spikes Tactical)
ST-T3(Lower Parts - Spike's ST-T3 Heavy Buffer [SLA00T3] - $42.95 : Spikes Tactical)
Primary Weapon Systems
ST-T2(PWS (Spikes) ST2 Tungsten Buffer - Weapon Upgrades)
ST-T3(PWS (Spikes) ST3 Tungsten Buffer - Weapon Upgrades)
As far as changing out the buffer spring...I don't disagree with doing that but I would like to suggest, instead of or in addition to changing the buffer spring, if you have a mil-spec carbine recoil buffer you could just get a heavier buffer. Spike's Tactical and Primary Weapon Systems sell quality heavy buffers. The PWS buffers are Spike's made but have the PWS logo (I guess that's more for asethetics). The ST2 and ST3 are filled with tungsten powder which more evenly distributes the weight in the buffer and also makes the buffer heavier. A heavy buffer will help tame the heavier recoil from a 300 BLK.
Here are the links to:
Spike's Buffers
ST-T2(Lower Parts - Spike's ST-T2 Heavy Buffer T2 Buffer [SLA00T2] - $32.95 : Spikes Tactical)
ST-T3(Lower Parts - Spike's ST-T3 Heavy Buffer [SLA00T3] - $42.95 : Spikes Tactical)
Primary Weapon Systems
ST-T2(PWS (Spikes) ST2 Tungsten Buffer - Weapon Upgrades)
ST-T3(PWS (Spikes) ST3 Tungsten Buffer - Weapon Upgrades)
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