Comment on New York's 3D printer law is NOT gun control; it's just.... control.
in_my_honest_opinion@piefed.social 19 hours agoThe bufferless part is a bit of a sticky widget as the back of the reciever usually stops the rearward travel of the BCG. So actually buffer tubes being made from steel and allowing for slower deceleration of the BCG make for a better candidate for “softer” lowers.
If there is buffer less upper that doesn’t use the lower receiver as the backstop for the BCG please let me know. I stopped following shotshow a decade ago.
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
I’m not 100% certain. Possibly the Brownell’s BRN-180, although I haven’t handled one personally to see if the endstop block it comes with relies on the rigidity of the buffer tube ring to stop the bolt carrier or if it attaches to the rest of the upper itself in some way. The recoil springs are entirely captive and attached to it, at least.
I suppose you could also just reinforce the shit out of that area in your design if you knew you didn’t need to have a big hole through it.
in_my_honest_opinion@piefed.social 19 hours ago
BRN-10, Jackyl, CMMG Dissent all rely on a buffer tube ring and will crack the back of a printed AR lower.
https://hoffmantactical.com/designs/sl-15/
This will happily cycle an AR 10 upper with a buffer tube.
You have a good idea about reinforcement. Screw the endstop block into a blind hole in the back and have a monolithic lower with stock. Like a short stroke WWSD rifle.