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The design objective for the Griffin AR furniture products was to bring quality, functional options to the market that offered unique benefits at affordable prices. The ECS (Extreme Condition Stock), RailShield M-LOK compatible rail covers, and A3 grip are available in Black, FDE, OD Green, and Grey.

“The Extreme condition stock definitely took the most effort.”, Austin stated, Primary owner and Lead engineer for Griffin. He went on to say, “I wanted to make something unique and better. There is a lot of stuff that has come out on the market the last few years that is unique but doesn’t necessarily add any new function or improvement over what already existed.”



The Extreme Condition Stock features a proprietary low drag latching system designed around a beefy stainless tool steel locking pin. This mechanism in conjunction with optimal geometry, and impact modified injected materials, allow the ECS to pass a 10 foot drop test when used with the Griffin MRE-HD (Maritime Receiver Extension Heavy Duty). In Griffin’s testing, the ECS stock, when used in conjunction with their MRE, allowed direct impingement Ar15s to pass an “Over The Beach Test”. Holes in the rear butt plate and along the sides of the stock communicate with holes in the MRE allowing for reduced pressure in the operating system when fired immediately after the firearm is removed from the water. The stock has a canted rear butt angle for improved ergonomics to the body. This also ensures recoil is kept high and in-line with the barrel to minimize muzzle rise. Also the top of the stock is “beard friendly” meaning there is no hole present as found in mil-spec style stocks. A low profile anti-rotation QD sling swivel socket is the provided means of sling attachment.



The A3 grip is simple in that it doesn’t have a plug on the bottom. “We asked a lot of our friends from military and contracting and a very small percentage ever used storage in plug grips even when they had them.” Said a representative from Griffin. The goal of this product was to make a very affordable improved grip over the A2 grip. “It features a more vertical grip angle and deletes the annoying finger shelf that very few people prefer.”, He went on to state



The RailShield panel kit sections are 4.6” long ensuring that you can get a full hand grip on the panels protecting your hand from thermal transfer of a hot rail if you are going through a lot of ammo fast. The styling of the kit matches the A3 grip. Four pieces are included. The user has the option of running the bottom flat panel or palm stop panel. The palm stop geometry is placed as rearward as possible, again allowing a full hand grip while giving the shooter an anchor point to pull the gun hard into the shoulder pocket to control recoil and grab fast follow up shots.



ECS™ (Extreme Condition Stock):  $ 59.95 msrp
Features:
–  Fits mil-spec buffer tubes
–  Water / debris evacuation ports function when used with Griffin MRE (available separately)
–  Proprietary low drag, heavy duty latching system
–  Stainless tool steel locking pin
–  17-7 locking spring is all weather durable
–  Stainless spring tempered ambidextrous anti-rotation QD sling swivel socket
–  Ergonomic angled non slip rubber butt pad
–  Available in Black, OD Green, FDE, and Grey
–  Weight:  8.9oz
–  Length:  6.8”

A3 GRIP:  $15.95 msrp
Features:
–  More vertical angle for reduced wrist fatigue and anatomically correct pointing characteristics
–  Ambidextrous thumb shelves
–  No finger grooves allow universal fitment
–  Signature square texturing provides comfortable gripping surface

RailShield™ M-LOK™ Compatible 4 piece panel kit:  $ 29.95 msrp
Features:
–  Grade 5 hardware
–  Includes side panels, palm stop and flat bottom panels.
–  Square texture matches Griffin A3 grip
–  4.6” length allows full hand grip to be protected from thermal transfer
Griffin is shipping furniture at the time of this press release.

The check weld surface is more functional than the old std CAR, I would rate it more positive for cheek weld than a CTR, but not as beefy and positive as a SOPMOD style stock. You pay for that SOPMOD cheek weld in terms of having a fairly bulky stock.

The pannels should work fine because our rail is more square in profile, and those rails would have to put those surfaces at 45 degree angles.

We appreciated their picking it up.

Thanks we really appreciate it.  We spent a lot of time developing it, and working with the process to develop the highest quality parts possible.

Thanks for the feedback.

In looking at the ALG rail I realized that it is pretty wide (almost like one of the suppressor covering as designed rails), and also has no M-Lok interface at 3 and 9 oclock (right and left sides).  The furniture was designed for conventional rails with right bottom and left side interfaces.  The panels are pretty slim, built to accommodate most M-Lok rails, but probably best accommodating 4 surface rails.  The octagonal rails get a little more bulky.  

If you look at the picture, Sam almost can grip all the way around the rail with the panels installed and he has fairly average sized hands.

It will depend on what kind of rail you have and what its dimensions are like.  Our rails are pictured and they afford a very slim profile and are quasi octagonal in that the right left panels have curves on the lower side.

The advertised 1.5" OD makes it a pretty likely candidate for ideal interfacing.  Our rails are ~1.53" wide across M-lok flats.  The panels were designed to interface rails up to about 1.8" wide without being anatomically awkward.  There are customers with Geissle MK4's which are approximately that wide and the panels have been reported to work great.  

We understood there were 2 major categories of M-lok rails, 90 degree and 45 degree (octagonal) interfaces, and the octagonal interface.  The .6" flat width blows up the octagonal interface width to approximately 1.75 [if radii are intended to be used at the corners], so we went as slim as possible to be compatible with the broadest range of handguard widths.

We have just seen the Link system.  Very interesting.  We did attempt to fit the panels on a Keymod rail.  We found that the provided fasteners work, but that the M-lok recoil lug needs to be shaved about .015" per side.  They can be easily modified to fit, but that isn't the same thing as direct fitment.  

We have std M-Lok fasteners in production for the furniture kits.  A couple customers didn't like the OEM furniture backing nut we were providing.  That should be 2-3 weeks and we'll have those included.

The rail in our pictures is the soon to be released Griffin Armament Low Pro Rigid™  M-LOK Rail which will be available in 8.6", 10.5", 13.5", and 15" length.

-Sam

The rail release is ~2 weeks out.

Thanks- We tried to make the stock aesthetically appealing.

One of the things we wanted to avoid was over-texturizing the furniture.  We have worked with firearms in environments where we hold firearms up to 20 hours a day.  There is a fine line between enough texture and so much texture that it is annoying to hold an item for that length of time.  The material can be stippled, but we felt the texture designed in was ideal in that it presented texture without presenting so much that we tipped into that other category where the item was abrasive to clothing or skin.  If you look at an item like the M16A2 for example, the plastic is pretty smooth, but that makes sense because infantry soldiers literally put their rifles in their sleeping bags at night- so they are in contact with their rifles up to 24 hours a day.

I'm not sure on the color match.  I do think it is a nice OD color.   I don't have a QDM sling swivel.  We based the design on std Grovetec QD swivels that are common on the market.  There have been a couple recent non-std QD swivels to reach the market- I'm not sure what the objective of those products was.