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Posted: 7/25/2012 12:54:38 AM
I thought this video was going to be one of Tapco's folding/collapsible stocks.
A fixed stock breaking like that (assuming he showed all the drops) is unacceptable. |
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Posted: 7/25/2012 12:28:52 PM
Originally Posted By coalmen:
Throw around a cheap stock until it breaks? That's dumb. Dumb? You haven't seen someone with my level of clumsiness. Its like I'm all left thumbs  |
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ALPHAGHOST
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Posted: 7/25/2012 3:07:19 PM
 old news. i shattered mine way back when they were first introduced. dropped it extended on a carpeted floor |
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Posted: 7/25/2012 6:56:55 PM
Originally Posted By ALPHAGHOST:
old news. i shattered mine way back when they were first introduced. dropped it extended on a carpeted floorThe review is on a fixed stock, if yours was "extended" it would not be a "fixed" stock would it? |
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Posted: 7/25/2012 7:19:48 PM
Originally Posted By rightwing87:
I thought this video was going to be one of Tapco's folding/collapsible stocks. A fixed stock breaking like that (assuming he showed all the drops) is unacceptable. I've seen the stock break on a Ruger #1 when all it did was fall over. There's a reason you shouldn't drop a rifle, and throwing it up in the air repeatedly is even worse. Things break when they're stressed in a way they weren't designed. Those aren't the best stocks, but throwing one up in the air until it breaks isn't much of a test procedure. 
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Posted: 7/25/2012 10:04:34 PM
Originally Posted By Mak:
You couldn't break it with an actual drop test so you resort to a "let's throw it up in the air repeatedly test?" Did you actually break it off camera first by hitting it against a tree? I could break any stock by repeatedly throwing a rifle into the air until I get the desired result. Someone remind me never to watch one of his idiotic "reviews" again. +1 |
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Posted: 7/25/2012 10:10:51 PM
I saw a wooden stock on some hunting rifle break when a guy dropped it butt-first at about waist level. Stocks can break, and the guy here had to really throw that rifle up there to break the stock. I think that the Tapco stock is just fine. I know it's not cool for mall ninjas to use Tapco, but I've had great success with their products and will continue to use them.
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Posted: 7/26/2012 11:22:15 AM
When I jump out of a 2 story building and land on my stomach with my AK, or get hit by a car going 15mph with my AK, I expect the stock not to break. This is unacceptable.
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Posted: 7/28/2012 11:01:07 PM
I'd love to "Drop test" That fucking Idiot, Till his head broke.
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Posted: 7/29/2012 12:21:49 AM
Originally Posted By jhereg:
Originally Posted By rightwing87:
I thought this video was going to be one of Tapco's folding/collapsible stocks. A fixed stock breaking like that (assuming he showed all the drops) is unacceptable. There's a reason you shouldn't drop a rifle, and throwing it up in the air repeatedly is even worse. I'm going to agree with this. Throw a combat-experienced M4 in the air a few times with a mag in place along with a mounted light, infrared emitter, camera, Aimpoint, bipod or whatever mounted on it. You'll probably end up with a broken rifle and broken accessories. Doesn't mean they are junk. |
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Posted: 7/29/2012 12:29:15 AM
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Posted: 7/29/2012 12:33:23 AM
The Daniel Defense torture test would disagree with you guys about throwing any rifle around would break it.
Go watch it and realize how shitty Tapco is if it can't survive a simple drop test. |
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Posted: 7/29/2012 12:51:44 PM
[Last Edit: 7/29/2012 12:52:51 PM by coalmen]
Originally Posted By HWI:
The Daniel Defense torture test would disagree with you guys about throwing any rifle around would break it. Go watch it and realize how shitty Tapco is if it can't survive a simple drop test. Last I checked you don't pay Tapco prices for DD gear. Like always, you (often) get what you pay for. No one (I hope) expects a Taurus to run like a Glock, but they expect Tapco to run like the (much) higher priced gear. I don't get it. Redargless, I bet guys like this could break anything then whine about it. |
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Posted: 7/29/2012 12:56:38 PM
Reminds me of the douchebags who insert a ProMag into their AK and the proceed to smash the back of the magazine until the locking tabs break, and then expect ProMag to send them a new magazine for free.
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Posted: 7/29/2012 1:08:58 PM
Originally Posted By HWI: The Daniel Defense torture test would disagree with you guys about throwing any rifle around would break it. Go watch it and realize how shitty Tapco is if it can't survive a simple drop test. The most impressive part of that test is how much abuse that T1 took and still kept going. |
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Posted: 7/29/2012 2:57:11 PM
Originally Posted By HWI:
The Daniel Defense torture test would disagree with you guys about throwing any rifle around would break it. Go watch it and realize how shitty Tapco is if it can't survive a simple drop test. I might agree if thst was a repeatable test. There was.no jig to control the drop or consistent surface to land on . There was no testing of other gear that I see to determine if something else would fare better. That was an idiot who wanted to break something. They normally succeed. |
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Posted: 7/29/2012 3:01:17 PM
Originally Posted By Liquidmetal:
Originally Posted By HWI:
The Daniel Defense torture test would disagree with you guys about throwing any rifle around would break it. Go watch it and realize how shitty Tapco is if it can't survive a simple drop test. The most impressive part of that test is how much abuse that T1 took and still kept going. Funny you say that because that video is what convinced me that they were worth the money and now I have one on my SGL21. Money well spent. |
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Posted: 7/29/2012 3:49:55 PM
I loved that he had to keep repeating the "test" to get the desired result. I'd also like to see a comparison with similar synthetic fixed stocks from KVar or imported. As it stands, it means nothing.
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Posted: 7/29/2012 4:01:42 PM
Originally Posted By sully3acr:
What did he compare it to. "NOTHING!" My Kvar set feels just like my Tapco set. Throw some wood around!..............Sully i've seen the sling swivel screws come completely out of a kvar stock after a few dozen "shave and haircut" transitions. |
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Posted: 7/29/2012 8:30:48 PM
i saw one break falling off a bench. yes the guy shouldn't have let that happen but it was only about 3 feet onto grass. they earned the nickname crapco and coined the phrase "tapco fucked" for a reason.
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