Maxim roller delay AR9 buffer

[alucard0822]

I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts on this when you get it.

That's good to know. Your review was the impetus for my order. I need to test fire and sight in a few recent purchases, so will most likely get out this weekend.

I'm going to let smdub be the guinea pig on the MEAN upper. Looks intriguing.

email got dumped in my seldom checked "promotions" folder, apparently mine shipped and will be here friday. Definitely want to hear about the Mean arms too. As far as racking the Maxim RDB, barely notice it with my Raptor handles, definitely easier than the scheel. Some people on Reddit were claiming it was impossible to rack, pretty much every one was using a mil-spec or other charging handle that lacks the spring loaded lever ears. The theory is that the little bump from the lever bottoming, and the larger size help, it's much harder to rack if you do it really slow, but racking with any effort and speed, and you don't really notice the extra effort of the RDB disengaging.

 

[outrider58]

email got dumped in my seldom checked "promotions" folder, apparently mine shipped and will be here friday. Definitely want to hear about the Mean arms too. As far as racking the Maxim RDB, barely notice it with my Raptor handles, definitely easier than the scheel. Some people on Reddit were claiming it was impossible to rack, pretty much every one was using a mil-spec or other charging handle that lacks the spring loaded lever ears. The theory is that the little bump from the lever bottoming, and the larger size help, it's much harder to rack if you do it really slow, but racking with any effort and speed, and you don't really notice the extra effort of the RDB disengaging.

Mine and I'm sure teratos's are on the same shipment dump.
It's about time...

 

[teratos]

email got dumped in my seldom checked "promotions" folder, apparently mine shipped and will be here friday. Definitely want to hear about the Mean arms too. As far as racking the Maxim RDB, barely notice it with my Raptor handles, definitely easier than the scheel. Some people on Reddit were claiming it was impossible to rack, pretty much every one was using a mil-spec or other charging handle that lacks the spring loaded lever ears. The theory is that the little bump from the lever bottoming, and the larger size help, it's much harder to rack if you do it really slow, but racking with any effort and speed, and you don't really notice the extra effort of the RDB disengaging.

Good to know. I use raptor charging handles. Looking forward to trying it.

 

[teratos]

Damn, this thing is REALLY hard to charge. Did some reading, it seems if you give the buffer tube one extra turn, it can pre-load the spring and it makes it a bit easier. Gonna try it.

EDIT: Tried it. Still silly.

Yet ANOTHER solution is coming….

Buffer | Armanov USA Shop

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[outrider58]

Damn, this thing is REALLY hard to charge. Did some reading, it seems if you give the buffer tube one extra turn, it can pre-load the spring and it makes it a bit easier. Gonna try it.

EDIT: Tried it. Still silly.

Yet ANOTHER solution is coming….

Buffer | Armanov USA Shop

www.armanov.com

Would adding a spacer in the tail of the buffer tube make any difference?

 

[teratos]

Would adding a spacer in the tail of the buffer tube make any difference?

You could do that. I don’t think it made any difference….

Maybe I’m doing something wrong.

 

[outrider58]

You could do that. I don’t think it made any difference….

Maybe I’m doing something wrong.

Try one quarter at a time...

 

[teratos]

I’ll play with it more.

 

[outrider58]

I’ll play with it more.

Careful big fella...

 

[John from MD]

I’ll play with it more.

That's probably what got you into trouble in the first place.

 

[outrider58]

I’ll play with it more.

I put mine in. It is a bit resistant. I think a slick sided upper receiver would be a plus. It would keep you from busting your knuckle on the FA. Having an extended charging handle latch helps.

 

[teratos]

I put mine in. It is a bit resistant. I think a slick sided upper receiver would be a plus. It would keep you from busting your knuckle on the FA. Having an extended charging handle latch helps.

I don’t have a gauge, but I’m looking at 30-40 lbs.

 

[John from MD]

I don’t have a gauge, but I’m looking at 30-40 lbs.

Holly Chit Batman! Did somebody put a Sten spring in there?

 

[outrider58]

I don’t have a gauge, but I’m looking at 30-40 lbs.

I found my old digital fish scale but I had to order batteries for it. I'll check mine later this week. I'm thinking it's no where near 40 lbs though.

 

[erwos]

Yeah, I put mine on right before Rosh Hashanah. I don't have any preload that I can see (it literally just slid in), and it's imply not THAT hard to pull back. Yes, it's way harder than the old setup, but it's not unmanageable by any stretch. Charging handle is an old BCM Gunfighter, so that extended latch presumably helps some. Still waiting on Grabagun to ship my LevAR.

 

[erwos]

My LevAR came today. A few impressions:
1. It does what it says. If you use the leverage latch on the right-hand-side, it will indeed make it much easier to get the charging handle back.
2. The left-hand-side (non-leverage) latch is a little underwhelming compared to the BCM Gunfighter CH I used to have on it, but still usable.
3. The leverage latch is not in a convenient place if you are running a rear-mounted offset optic, but is usable.

On the whole, I would not be bothering with the LevAR if I was not running a system like the Maxim roller delay, but it's somewhat helpful otherwise. Test firing will be Sunday, hopefully.

 

[alucard0822]

That is odd, but not unheard of, some say it is a lot more difficult. This is mine, rack it deliberately, and easy with 1 finger, although probably 200 rounds through it at that time. I shimmed the tube so the buffer just touches the back of the carrier, but no preloaded tension. Not sure if there is a burr or edge on something. Of course being you have to overcome the delay mechanism while racking, so it should add some resistance. Got my new one, went into a competition side charger, a little stiffer than this one, but not by a lot. notice it, finger,

 

[erwos]

I never said I had real trouble making this thing charge back with a standard CH, either. But that seems like less force than mine requires. It may also be that the Radian's design inadvertently provides some extra leverage.

 

[Bountied]

So is the roller delay buffer worth it? Who has shot one and how did you like it? Still waiting for the range report from the Doc.

 

[alucard0822]

So is the roller delay buffer worth it? Who has shot one and how did you like it? Still waiting for the range report from the Doc.

post 30 and a couple after that. It works as advertised, soft recoil, little dot movement. Apparently it can be anywhere from barely noticeable to extremely difficult to rack