I think you'd notice a difference in feel. But I don't know if that's really worth dropping $100 to you. If you ran a suppressor sometimes, it starts to make more sense. I like to tinker alot. With my ultimate goal being completely reliable with or without a suppressor, while also having a very smooth recoil impulse.I have my trusty ol' Doublestar rifle... Its a 16 inch bbl. M4 clone. Do you think I'd be able to tell a diffrence? I have well over 10k out of that rifle, worn out 4 sets of gas rings... I know that rifle in and out, no special trigger, pretty much bone stock. ( I do like the the BMC gunfighter chargeing handel ) I'm not trying to sound like a ass, honest question, do you think I'd be able to tell the diffrence between buffers?