Quoted: I was actually going to use a 1" PAST Super Mag Plus recoil pad.
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Recoil Pad on a .223 - especially one as heavy as a 24" HBAR? (we're talking almost 9lbs of weapon w/o optics or loaded magazine).? If you wanted to dampen what little recoil that is left you can put one of those 3lb lead stock weights in the stock...
Recoil is not an issue.
Adding 1" to an A1 stock would make it longer than the A2.
if it hits me in the shoulder in the right spot, it gets sore.
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Pull the stock into your shoulder. If you hold the stock just off the shoulder (or on it lightly) then the rifle can bang it. With the rifle in your shoulder you won't have a problem with the soft recoiling .223.
With just a T-shirt, I felt the M16A2 stock was too long.
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Then it sounds like you need an A1.
the Sully stock sounds like the best way to go.
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I love the Sully for what it is - a great TACTICAL stock meant to be used on a square range. When used in most prone positions - or from a bench it puts my face way too close (I can eat the charging handle if I wanted to), and I'm a good 7" shorter and a lot beefier than you are...
Which is why my 'precision' rifle wears an C1 from Cav Arms (their version of the A1).