why don't more (long) guns use progressive springs / recoil assemblies?i see stuff like buffers & the like on pistols, but why have they stopped doing it on carbine / rifle sized guns?they used to be done on a lot of smg's pre-ww2, for their benefits, but were dropped in favor of cheap shit (since it worked); in the modern day though, it seems like it would really fit into the newer PCC & comp-guns market
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>>64964421bro they just use a correctly sized spring.
>>64964421>dropped in favor of cheap shit (since it worked)you answered your own question there
>>64964898ah, so i guess thats why the MP5 and other delayed action carbines are totally null, same with all those gucci comp guns, right?nobody buys guns like that, right?yeah, no
>>64965031Not null, but not wide spread eitherAR15 has plenty of fancy recoil springs and buffers you can buy if you want, they just dont do so much more than a cheap spring that they would ever become standard
>>64964421Cars use progressive springs so you can have a soft ride over small bumps without bottoming out on tall bumps. Guns just have one size of bump to deal with.
>>64965272>they just dont do so much more than a cheap springI can tell you’ve never fired a gucci spring assembly “zero recoil” race AR then, it’s not really worth it unless you compete but it’s definitely a huge improvement.
>>64965413>...that they would ever become standardmy statement had a qualifier for a reasonif its not worth it unless you compete, then it would not become standard
>>64965413>it’s not really worth it unless you competemost people don't, so there you go
>>64964421It's cheaper :^)>>64964846And as for an actual answer, this is it.