r/canadaguns • u/No_Suggestion6615 • Apr 24 '26

Fix my gun MRA Renegade question

while cleaning I discovered that operating the action of the rifle is much smoother without the buffer and buffer spring. Would there be any negative side effects if I were to remove those parts?

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u/Murray3-Dvideos Apr 24 '26

The spring keeps your bolt safely in battery. Its crucial for safety in one form or another.

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u/Q-Ball7 In the end, it's taxes all the way down Apr 24 '26

No, it isn't.

All the spring does is provide a bit of extra resistance against the bolt carrier coming rearward if the gun is handled particularly roughly (and the resultant assist at the end of travel). This is true for the spring on every self-loading firearm, too.

It doesn't actually keep the bolt in battery; not only is the bolt carrier responsible for that job, but that carrier locks the bolt a good distance before it reaches its full forward travel. If the bolt carrier were to be bumped so far backwards as to unlock the bolt, it would be impossible to fire the gun (the firing pin is too short to extend through the bolt unless it is in its fully locked position- even if the hammer could hit the firing pin in that state, nothing would happen).

Now sure, the bolt carrier on the MRA designs may be easier to move/be moved out of position due to how heavy it is (and how small the amount of rotation the bolt requires to unlock)- so if you dropped it on the ground butt-first the bolt carrier might retract far enough to unlock the bolt due to inertia.

But that doesn't actually result in an unsafe condition.

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u/Murray3-Dvideos Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 24 '26

Thats what I meant. Regarding the bolt carrier.... your wrong about the safety aspect of it. Any gun that falls out of battery simply by pointing it up is pretty sketchy.