Help!?!?

[Pewpew life matters]

Recently bought saint edge pdw and took it down/apart to look inside internals and notice no buffer detent pin holding spring back. Was wonder if anyone had any clue why this is or did I buy a defected $1600 gun and haven’t shot it yet either. Is it supposed to be like this or is this normal please HELP!?!?

 

[Keystone19250]

When you separated the upper from the lower did the Spring slide out of the buffer tube? If not then it is held by something, when you push the buffer spring into the tube like the BCG would do does it return to the same spot?

 

[OkiePewPew]

Springfield collaborated with Maxim Defense on the PDW. It uses their SCW brace and a buffer/bcg combo so the takedown procedure is a little different than a normal size AR. In order to have the smallest profile possible there is no detent pin and the buffer rides inside the rear of the bcg instead of being locked inside the buffer tube. That means the spring sits free floating inside the tube. Instead of pulling only the rear takedown pin and pivoting the upper away from the lower/brace, you pull both the front and rear pins and slide the upper and lower apart horizontally. Reverse to reassemble. It’s a little odd the first time but the spring collapses into the buffer tube pretty easily with the horizontal movement and gives you one of the smallest AR pistols on the market. I nicknamed mine Mighty Mouse it’s a ton of fun on the range.

 

[Keystone19250]

Thanks Okie I learned something new today.

 

[Pewpew life matters]

Thank you so much very helpful and solve my problem because I wasn’t sure if it was supposed to be like that or a defect.

 

[Mike U.]

Thanks for posting everyone. I just purchased one of these too and took it apart to clean it. The information I got here ws seriously helpful!! Thought I was missing something. You'd think they would put something in the manual...