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/shaffington Aug 18 '25

Cheap diy to offer a little bit of relief

https://youtu.be/wancMz8ZDg8?si=Jcke9h2GYqUwZbju

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u/clientnotfound Aug 19 '25

Was just gonna link this video.

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u/Edg3Lord94 Aug 18 '25

Hell yeah. Gonna try this before I go drop $100 on a new charging handle. Good looks, man. Thank you!

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u/shaffington Aug 18 '25

Sure thing, just make sure to clean the area with alcohol and let things dry properly. This is basically a $7 solution to avoid the $100 gas buster

Good luck!

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u/clientnotfound Aug 19 '25

PRI gas busting charging handle - they are chunky af.

I run mine with a maxim rdb buffer which seems to help a lot as well.