commercial · MBS-C

MBS-C

LicensedPatented

Hybrid magnetic buffer for AR-15 and AR-9. Staggered fields plus a tuned spring.

Platforms
AR-15, AR-9 / PCC
Calibers
5.56 NATO, .223, 9mm, .300 BLK
Partner
PAMAX Tactical
Patent
US 12,117,257 B1

How it works

MBS-C replaces the mil-spec buffer and spring inside a standard carbine receiver extension. Same tube length. Installs like a mil-spec assembly.

Staggered magnets stage resistance as the bolt carrier comes back — inertia is absorbed in phases, each calibrated for the mass and velocity of the caliber. A precision-tuned spring still returns the carrier. That is the hybrid: magnets do the progressive work, the spring covers return energy.

This is not the eight-magnet springless prototype. The 8-disc like-pole stack is lab hardware. Everything PAMAX sells is hybrid magnets-plus-spring.

PAMAX Tactical manufactures the commercial unit under license. Fry’s Customs does limited signed runs and Cerakote.

Staggered fields give a stepped 1/r² wall instead of a single linear spring rate. The spring is still there — it is just no longer doing all the work. Peak force arrives later in travel than a coil going solid.

Frytech

Hybrid assembly

One axis. Magnets float apart because like poles shove. Spring and copper slugs run the same direction — barrels, not coins on their side.

BUTTCHAMBERFLOATING APARTNNNNNNBCGMAGNETS →SPRING →same axis · same direction

Floating apart

Like poles shove the discs open. Gaps are the spring.

Kit

Magnets

Spring

Copper slugs

0%

Air gap
0.18 in
Magnet wall
0 lbf
Spring
0 lbf
Eddy
No copper

Spec

PlatformAR-15 carbine tube, AR-9 / PCC
InternalsStaggered rare-earth magnets + precision-tuned spring (hybrid)
MaintenanceSealed commercial unit; inspect as any buffer
InstallDrop-in mil-spec / commercial tube
CompatibilityStandard BCG, carbine extension, suppressed-friendly

Versus mil-spec spring

  • Hybrid magnets + spring, not a coil-only buffer
  • Staged resistance instead of one spring rate
  • Drop-in — no receiver work
  • Suppressed-friendly cyclic
  • Licensed OEM through PAMAX Tactical

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