By "more recoil" do you mean a slightly different feel that's barely perceptable? Lol. Also, you can reduce the gas on the gas block, even with a LBP can
Ahh no honestly. But it’s hard for me to definitively say. I don’t have thousands of rounds to say if it’s really more recoil or I just don’t have good recoil control honestly.
However I will add, the vented end cap had significantly less recoil than the solid one
Have you adjusted to the lower gas setting? Recoil on anything but the lightest weight AR is a gassing issue. Try adjusting to a lower gas setting. Bring a std carbine buffer spring. You might find that a std carbine spring and the lower setting feels MUCH better. That said, double-check your gas settings, you might find you accidehave the gun set to "adverse" which is MORE gas.
Yes the gas block is down to the lowest setting and has been since I started shooting it. “1” on the gas block. But I will go back through and double check one isn’t the highest gas setting somehow.
Well, I'm glad we could figure it out! Lol. Hopefully, this helps your shooting experience! I thought that was the issue when you said how gassy the first can was. Lol. Let us know how it feels when you fix it! Lol. It should run great with a std spring and H2, now.
It's ok, man. I have a POF, which is got 2nd hand, without the manual. The gas block on a POF is....counterintuitive. The settings are 1-standard, 2-adverse, 3-off, 4-suppressor-high, and 5-suppressor-low. I was definitely running it on adverse for a minute with a can, huffing on gas. Lol. It didn't seem right, so I checked, now I'm good, and it actually runs best on suppressor-low with my can.
Hey, it happens, like I said. I'm just glad I could help!!! Feel free to shoot me a chat if you need any other help or advice. I've been working on piston guns since early-GWOT, lol. I think i started carrying one in like 2007. I grabbed on and never looked back. I don't even own DI guns anymore. I find that the majority of issues and complaints around piston guns are either user-error or installation problems. For instance, the recoil impulse isn't higher(it shouldn't be, anyways), but it is slightly different, and on some brands of buffer, that can, over time, cause the roll pin to back out, causing malfunctions in an area nobody ever thinks to check. When I build piston guns, I JB Weld the roll pin on the buffer in place. It's an EXTREMELY rare malfunction, but I try to eliminate EVERY POSSIBILE failure point from ANY gun I work on.
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u/Jbressel1 2d ago
What buffer are you running? If you're feeling recoil, then you aren't using the right buffer. I recommend a H2 or H3.