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5/20/2013 9:26:00 PM EDT
I posted this in the Build it Yourself board, but it is dead at this time of night and I am read to FO on this now so I can assemble the lower this week.  
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So I like both the Enhanced SOPMOD and the SOPMOD Bravo, which one should I get? Is the Enhanced SOPMOD worth the extra $40? I already have a BCM Gunfighter grip with storage and I am not Tier 1 enough to need more battery storage on my AR. That besing said, is there another reason to spend $40 more on the Enhanced SOPMOD vs. the SOPMOD Bravo?

Poll inbound
5/20/2013 9:32:06 PM EDT
[#1]
Do you like raked cheek welds?

I am in the minority that I hate them after extended use. I vote for the Bravo but I have a strong preference for the Magpul CTR.

Between those two it really comes down to how you feel about their ergonomics.
5/20/2013 9:36:38 PM EDT
[#2]
CTR is what I use on all my carbine reciever extension tubes, I thought I'd give the SOPMOD a try.  I have shot with it before and had no problems, but it wasn't with extended use.  

If I use it then hate it I'll throw it in the trash can next to my AK or use it for a SOPMOD or MK18 Clone build later.
5/20/2013 9:39:37 PM EDT
[#3]
i have both. just for the cheek weld. if you don't need batteries...
5/20/2013 9:46:29 PM EDT
[#4]
I voted bravo stock, it works for me with my battery free rifle.
5/20/2013 9:49:23 PM EDT
[#5]
Enhanced, but get LMT
5/20/2013 9:51:56 PM EDT
[#6]
I ended up with one of the Magpul ACS stocks in a trade... I put it on one of my rifles and I'm really starting to dig it... I have CTR's on all the rest of my rifles though!

- Clint
5/20/2013 9:52:55 PM EDT
[#7]
Quoted:
Enhanced, but get LMT


Why LMT over B5?
5/20/2013 9:53:48 PM EDT
[#8]
Quoted:
Quoted:
Enhanced, but get LMT


Why LMT over B5?


Because LMT makes badass shit and IIRC the SOPMOD was their design. I'm not big on buying knockoffs.
5/20/2013 9:56:33 PM EDT
[#9]
Quoted:
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Enhanced, but get LMT


Why LMT over B5?


Because LMT makes badass shit and IIRC the SOPMOD was their design. I'm not big on buying knockoffs.


I'm hard pressed to call B5 a knockoff

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5/20/2013 9:59:31 PM EDT
[#10]
I like the storage tubes to keep Form 4's in.
5/20/2013 10:00:26 PM EDT
[#11]
Quoted:
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Enhanced, but get LMT


Why LMT over B5?


Because LMT makes badass shit and IIRC the SOPMOD was their design. I'm not big on buying knockoffs.


I'm hard pressed to call B5 a knockoff

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Are they virtually identical?
5/20/2013 10:02:53 PM EDT
[#12]
I tried a sopmod, didnt care for it, then tried a bravo, I promptly sold my CTR for the bravo.
5/20/2013 10:04:53 PM EDT
[#13]
good pricing on those B5's.
5/20/2013 11:06:17 PM EDT
[#14]
Quoted:
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Enhanced, but get LMT


Why LMT over B5?


Because LMT makes badass shit and IIRC the SOPMOD was their design. I'm not big on buying knockoffs.


I have a few of each and besides some differences in rounded vs square edges, they are the same.  The B5 is not a cheap knock off.  It's made to the exact same specifications as the LMT.  FN makes M16s for the mil.  Are those knockoffs of worse quality than the colts?
5/20/2013 11:06:44 PM EDT
[#15]
Oh, and the bravo is the best.
5/20/2013 11:08:36 PM EDT
[#16]
Quoted:
Quoted:
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Enhanced, but get LMT


Why LMT over B5?


Because LMT makes badass shit and IIRC the SOPMOD was their design. I'm not big on buying knockoffs.


I have a few of each and besides some differences in rounded vs square edges, they are the same.  The B5 is not a cheap knock off.  It's made to the exact same specifications as the LMT.  FN makes M16s for the mil.  Are those knockoffs of worse quality than the colts?


I never said it was a cheap knockoff, but it is a knockoff
5/20/2013 11:22:23 PM EDT
[#17]
I fent on the Bravo.


I found a LMT SOPMOD for $100 in the EE but someone beat me to it by 2 fucking minutes!
5/21/2013 12:23:33 AM EDT
[#18]
Quoted:
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Enhanced, but get LMT


Why LMT over B5?


Because LMT makes badass shit and IIRC the SOPMOD was their design. I'm not big on buying knockoffs.


I have a few of each and besides some differences in rounded vs square edges, they are the same.  The B5 is not a cheap knock off.  It's made to the exact same specifications as the LMT.  FN makes M16s for the mil.  Are those knockoffs of worse quality than the colts?


I never said it was a cheap knockoff, but it is a knockoff


So just out of curiosity, do you only use original armalite AR15s?  Because everything else is a knockoff.
5/21/2013 1:12:08 AM EDT
[#19]
Quoted:
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Enhanced, but get LMT


Why LMT over B5?


Because LMT makes badass shit and IIRC the SOPMOD was their design. I'm not big on buying knockoffs.


I have a few of each and besides some differences in rounded vs square edges, they are the same.  The B5 is not a cheap knock off.  It's made to the exact same specifications as the LMT.  FN makes M16s for the mil.  Are those knockoffs of worse quality than the colts?


I never said it was a cheap knockoff, but it is a knockoff


So just out of curiosity, do you only use original armalite AR15s?  Because everything else is a knockoff.


NSWC Crane designed the stock. LMT was just the first to be contracted for it.
5/21/2013 2:00:08 AM EDT
[#20]
They are good. I like the fact they come with the QD mount installed vs. having to buy the lmt one separately.
5/21/2013 2:09:06 AM EDT
[#21]
Quoted:
Quoted:
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Enhanced, but get LMT


Why LMT over B5?


Because LMT makes badass shit and IIRC the SOPMOD was their design. I'm not big on buying knockoffs.


No, the SOPMOD design came from Crane, and after that LMT won the initial contract to produce it for the military.. B5 now has the contract to produce it for the military.

It is not a knockoff.