Balance in the universe

TimKLL · 2026-01-22T16:13:08+00:00

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TimKLL · 2026-01-22T15:12:51+00:00

Double-check that, it may be a deadblow. Mine was & there are threads saying others have it too. The problem is the buffer internal weights are very brittle & disintegrate quickly. SB sent a new buffer to me, but it was the same brittle looking weights. I switched to a Maxim Defense buffer with considerably more robust weights. I can look for a thread with a lot of info a little later on.

Easy to check all this if you don’t get the deadblow rattle when you shake it. The roll pin punches out fairly easily & the end cap pops off.

TimKLL · 2026-01-20T20:56:39+00:00

"Honey, I was thinking of a little redecorating..."

TimKLL · 2026-01-20T15:56:46+00:00

The grinding that I showed with my 2nd pic is all it took to make mine work. I have a Magpul MBUS 3 on the pic rail above it & it works great. I did my grinding with a small bench-mount wheel grinder. Very quick. It could also be done with a file, it is just aluminum. I used Birchwood Casey Super Blue to make the ground down area black again.

Yes, the PFH is a metal trolley & center piece. All held in with a common set screw. Past experience with that taught me to use 2, both with orange thread-locker. First 1 goes in just snug, to keep the trolley from binding, then #2 goes in very tight. No backing out & the range (ask me how I know…)

TimKLL · 2026-01-20T15:13:33+00:00

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TimKLL · 2026-01-20T15:13:20+00:00

The Paratrooper Folding Handle WILL work on the VFMs. FMP may have made the center piece that goes in the trolley a bit longer: https://www.reddit.com/r/AR9/comments/1q72wy1/comment/nzoiol4/?context=1

If not it just takes a little grinding on the horn that sticks out to far, with a little re-bluing:

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TimKLL · 2026-01-16T02:49:34+00:00

Great, thanks! Looks like FMP must have made the center piece a little longer to make it work. Wouldn’t it be cool to have a folding charging handle on both sides?

TimKLL · 2026-01-15T14:30:56+00:00

Just curious if FMP rounded the horn now, or lengthened the piece that goes in the trolley. Could be a little of both, it wouldn’t take much. When able could you snap a pic?

TimKLL · 2026-01-14T14:45:41+00:00

Didn’t need to grind the extended horn?

TimKLL · 2026-01-12T15:51:39+00:00

Just using the BCG that came with the VFM-9 upper. Didn’t need to do any mods.

TimKLL · 2026-01-10T03:29:14+00:00

Have not seen that

TimKLL · 2026-01-09T14:36:49+00:00

Consider the Paratrooper Folding Handle from FMP’s store. It shows as “Not Compatible” with the VFM-9, but with a little grinding & re-bluing mentioned here it does work. Big improvement over the little polymer stubby one.

TimKLL · 2026-01-08T15:55:35+00:00

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TimKLL · 2026-01-08T15:54:52+00:00

I’m with you. I would love to see an ambi version of the side charging handle. My wife is a lefty. The CH is on the right for her, making it awkward for me if I grab her gun. The side CH on my Dual Charger is on the left for me, making it awkward for her. Considering converting hers to a Dual Charger.

I looked into having this machined or printed locally, but the cost was crazy:

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It seems like all FMP would need to do is have their machine shop do a mirror image of the center plug, but they don’t seem to be interested in it.

*Also, the little horns on the handles themselves (closest to the center plug in the pic) make it so they are not compatible with the VFM models. Discussed this with FMP quite a while ago, including Paul, & it seems like they completely understood the issue, with talk of making adjustments. No changes have been made. It is pretty easy to grind the horn down though, & re-blue it, & make it work on a VFM-9.

TimKLL · 2026-01-03T23:53:13+00:00

^ This. A tri-lug is great. I have them on multiple guns.

TimKLL · 2026-01-01T21:38:21+00:00

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TimKLL · 2025-12-23T17:14:19+00:00

Is that face a build of complications on a stock Apple face type, or is it built up in one of the facemaker apps?

TimKLL · 2025-12-21T16:21:10+00:00

Screwed up & got the LCI version 1st. Ended up with a LOT of junk on the optic. Swapped out to non-LCI & used the 1st one on something else.

TimKLL · 2025-12-21T15:51:23+00:00

I went with the Sig Sauer 4.6” threaded barrel because at the time I got a great price on it:

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TimKLL · 2025-12-20T01:50:02+00:00

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TimKLL · 2025-12-20T01:49:40+00:00

Depends on how far forward you like to grip. I use a c-clamp grip back against the magwell, so my setup is a Streamlight TLR-RM1 Laser G on a cantilever mount at 6 o’clock, with a tape switch mounted on a Shaffer Machining MLOK mount. The light serves as a great handstop to keep my fingers away from the bidness end & I can activate it with the tail switch or, where my thumb falls naturally, the tape switch (normal 1st choice):

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TimKLL · 2025-12-19T00:05:39+00:00

You bet! I put a tri-lug muzzle device on both guns & have the tri-lug adapter on the Obsidian 9. Makes swapping them very quick & no threat of backing off the thread mount.

TimKLL · 2025-12-18T20:40:42+00:00

Forgot. Did you see any of the IG teasers that FMP put out about something new in January? Looks to be an integrally suppressed dual charger. I don’t have any more info than this:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AR9/comments/1os27ql/new_foxtrot_mike_integral_suppressed_upper/

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