On Target

We occasionally hear from customers who are a little confused as to which Enidine Buffer they need for their rifle.  The confusion is often about the difference between the Enidine Shot Shock and the Enidine Buffers for AR-15 and AR-10 rifles.  To help clearify this, the Shot Shock is only for non-AR guns.  It is a solid stock tube and is not hollow like an AR-15 stock tube.  The front of the Shot Shock actually compresses up to 3/4" as it absorbs recoil.  It is most commonly used for Remington and Mossberg pump shotguns, Military style rifles or bolt action rifles or any other heavy recoiling gun that has an AR style stock adapter to screw it into.  So it works with "AR Style" butt stocks on "Non-AR" rifles and shotguns.  The Shot Shock is not for AR-15s or AR-10s since it will not work with their operating system.  If you have an AR-10 or AR-15, the correct part to use is the Enidine "AR-Restor" buffer that replaces the factory buffer.  It is used with the standard factory spring and is inserted inside the hollow stock tube just like a factory buffer.  It works by buffering the movement of the bolt carrier and it only works with "AR-Style" rifles.  There are currently buffer models for fixed stock and collapsable stock AR-15s, M-4 Carbines or M-16s and models for collapsable stock AR-10 type rifles.  There are two models of collapsable stock AR-10 buffers, one for AR-10s and a carbine SHORT model for .308s with AR-15 length stock tubes like the DPMS LR-308.  The new fixed stock AR-10 model looks like it will be available by mid spring of 2009.