Tactical Springs (Sprinco) M4 Carbine Buffer Spring

Sprinco AR-15 carbine buffer springs are made from high quality Chrome Silicon wire stock which is used in a variety of applications from Formula One to motor valve springs which can see up to 15,000,000 compression cycles in a single race. This makes it the perfect choice for a carbine which will see far less cycles than that over it’s lifetime. In order for this carbine buffer spring to retain its strength, Sprinco heat treats, shot peens, and treats each spring with a proprietary formula that retains spring efficiency for as long as you have your rifle. The Sprinco intermediate power carbine buffer spring is a great option to improve the long-term reliability of your AR-15.

Yellow- Reduced Power Buffer Spring. We collaborated with two prominent commercial ammunition manufacturers and two prominent gunsmiths to arrive at the design for the Yellow spring. It’s approximately 20% lighter than the White spring, and was the consensus choice out of 4 different evaluation samples provided to all parties. They all added in their final evaluations that if a particular gun needed a lighter spring, that the gas port should be enlarged for overall reliability. The Yellow spring is also appropriate for with low power SRTA training or SIMS Rounds for training operations.

White- Standard Power Buffer Spring. Equivalent spring load to a brand new Mil-Spec M4 Carbine Spring. This spring will perform reliably in any properly configured and maintained 5.56 Carbine, if you wish to maintain the performance of a "fresh" Mil-Spec load spring without concern for replacement. This is the best choice for shooters and purists that wish to maintain the performance of most factory supplied new Mil-Spec springs, but do not wish to be concerned with frequent replacement of same or do not have the time or inclination to seek enhanced performance options. Just consider it as permanent new Mil-Spec spring.

White/Red- Intermediate Power Buffer Spring. The Hot White spring came to life as an accident that turned out to be a valuable solution for certain platforms. We did a production run of White springs where the loads came in perfectly between the design loads of the White and Blue spring, so we sat them aside and did another run of White springs to the proper load specifications. When we had some calls from customers wishing for a spring that was in between the performance of a White or Blue spring, we had them try out the discarded springs on a trial basis, and they turned out to be perfect for their needs, thus, the evolution of the Hot White spring for tuning purposes. If you are among those who are advocates of using Mil-Spec carbine springs rather than tuning to perfection, this is also a good choice in the vast majority of instances to enhance performance.

Blue- Enhanced Power Buffer Spring. The design loads of the Blue spring are approximately 15% greater than the White spring for one of the considered Load Constants in the spring design. Refer to provided tuning procedure reference documents prior to calling for recommendations. We were encouraged to manufacture the Blue spring by Mike Pannone of CTT Solutions, who modified one of our Red springs and recommended that we offer a spring with the loads of the Blue spring to address the high performance demands of other specimen platforms. While contemporary internet forum lore leans towards the use of the Blue spring with an H2 or ST-T2 buffer for 14.5 - 16” ML carbines, nothing is set in stone due to the vast range of gas port values in the wild that have come into play since we first entered the arena.

Red- Extra Power Buffer Spring. This was our first AR buffer spring solution that we were tasked to design back in 2006 for a Force Modernization Team to specifically address spring-related M4 carbine reliability function issues for operating challenges in the Eastern Asia Theatre. The design loads of the Red spring are approximately 25% greater than the White spring for one of the considered Load Constants in the spring design. Refer to provided tuning procedure reference documents prior to calling for recommendations for use. The Red spring is commonly used in 9mm, 6.8 SPC, 6.5 Grendel, .450 BM, .450 SOCOM, .500 Beowulf, and Colt LE6920’s specimen carbines, but certain specimen guns can deviate from the norm depending upon port values and the power factor of your chosen ammunition loads. 

Features:

• For carbine length buffer tubes 
• Color coded red/white
• Intermediate power
• Made from chrome silicon wire stock
• Heat treated and shot peened
• Increased "lock time" for faster sight recovery and platform stability
• Consistent spring pressure throughout the duty cycle of the spring, resulting in fewer malfunctions related to spring operation (Especially Type III malfunctions)
• Improved & consistent cyclic operation. Spring will not change performance for many hundreds of thousands of rounds
• Greater resistance to heat induced performance degradation
• Reduced cyclic rate with Enhanced or Extra Power springs and reduce / eliminate bolt bounce with optimal spring / buffer weight selection
• Reduced operating cost as replacement springs are not needed during the life of your upper receiver assembly. Less downtime and fewer trips to the armorer for spring replacement, in fact, this will most likely be the only buffer spring you will ever need for the duty cycle of your carbine or rifle!
• Correct spring selection works reliably, consistently, and virtually indefinitely in all properly built and maintained AR platforms