Recommend An Upper/Barrel Combo

[392heminut]

The one drawback to a lighter build in 308 is the heavier recoil. I haven't weighed either rifle, but my Matrix build is quite a bit lighter than my LR308 and I can sure tell the difference in the recoil! I put an adjustable gas block on the Matrix but haven't had a chance to tune it yet. I'm hoping that getting the gas block set will help tame some of the recoil.

[mineralman55]

I'm thinking of finishing off the lower with an adjustable buttstock. I've avoided them up until now because so many of them are loose. Are there good ones now that don't shake, rattle and roll? If so, what buffer and spring would you finish it off with? I'd like to avoid the cost of a tungsten, or other high priced, buffer and still maintain reliability.

[392heminut]

I used an H3 buffer in my build. The heavy buffer for a 308 carbine at heavybuffers.com is listed at 5.5 oz. and their extra heavy buffer is 6.5 oz. priced at $100 and $125 respectively. The H3 is rated at 5.4 oz. and can be picked up for around $40. I just couldn't see paying the extra bucks for the tungsten buffer! I've got a DPMS carbine buffer spring in mine right now because DSG Arms was out of stock on the Armalite 308 spring (it's listed for use in both rifle and carbine). Now that they are back in stock I'll be changing the DPMS spring for the Armalite one.

Edited March 3, 2016 by 392heminut

[Rsquared]

^^^^ Damn Larry, all you had to do was ask my brother. I could have fronted you a spring.

Edited March 2, 2016 by Rsquared

[392heminut]

It's not a big deal Ron, I was ordering some other stuff from Midway and saw the DPMS spring was in stock so I added it to the order. I've been taking my time on this build so I wasn't in any rush. Heck, the trigger group in it right now is the Mech Armor one from my LR308. Besides, all this extraneous schit I get and change out down the road goes into the bag with Josh's Matrix set. Let him deal with it! Bwaahahaha!!!