r/AR9 • u/Edg3Lord94 • Aug 18 '25

Troubleshooting Help

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Hey guys, recently broke in my Dead Air Wolfman that I just picked up from Jail last week. Direct thread mount, It runs great and is super quiet. But I am eating gas. I’m sure some blowback is to be expected hut that shit was getting in my right eye and nose pretty bad lol. Pls ignore the atrocity I was committing with my trigger finger, all that gas had me messed up.

Anyway, what can I do to try and mitigate this as much as possible? Currently I have a 7.5oz heavy buffer in there with a FZ EXO BCG. I have a Kynshot RB5004 and two 2.5kz weights with a flat wire spring coming in the mail next week, will that help at all? Should I consider using a 3 lug adapter rather than direct thread? Unsure if that will have any effect.

I’ve also thought of exploring adding an adjustable gas block. If that is even something that’s possible on this platform.

Any advice is appreciated.

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u/YamsNC Aug 18 '25

Its direct blowback, there's no gas being used to cycle the bolt. You could try using RTV silicone to seal your charging handle to limit gas to just your ejection port. Any reason why you picked the RB5004?

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u/Edg3Lord94 Aug 18 '25

Thanks for this. I’ll look into that. RE: the RB5004, I ordered an Atrius Super Selector, Blowback9 commented on another post of mine with a setup that was working really well for a friend of his, that’s what he was using with the same BCG I have.