Posted: 3/27/2012 2:38:51 AM EDT
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My RRA Tactical Operator2 just came in a couple of weeks ago. I haven’t shot it yet, but there is XM193 coming in today. Why haven’t I shot it yet…other than picking off rats and opossums at night with an air gun, I haven’t shot a gun in years, and never an AR-15, so I wanted to get to know it from the inside out where I felt comfortable with it for safety reasons!
I have a few questions about the butt stock. First let me say, I really like the clean strong look of the stock…it wasn’t a deciding factor in choosing RRA, but it was one of the pluses for RRA when I was looking at AR’s. 1} There is a hole on the top of it. I see what it’s for, but I didn’t notice it until the following day. Was there a plug, or something there? 2} On the butt plate/pad that goes down to get to the battery compartments it has like 4-5 detent lock places. Are those so you can drop the butt plat down for adjustments for shoulder placement? Am I even saying that right? I saw no documentation on the stock, only the general military booklet. 3} IMO, it seems to have “A LOT” of play/slop in it. Is this normal for this stock? Is there any adjustment that can be done to the detent lock? Today I took a couple of pieces of thick tape layered, put them on top of the buffer tube and it took out the play. One man I was talking with on the forum yesterday said on his RRA it was the same way because of a smaller diameter commercial buffer tube than normal, or something along those lines. He said RRA sent a new buffer tube and it took care of the issue. Too bad I didn’t find this forum months ago! If there’s a link on your site, I’ve never seen it. Maybe consider adding a link? Thanks, LeapingGnome |
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Thanks.
To answer th equestions.... 1. No plug for the access hole in the top. 2. The buttplate detent positions are there primarily for access to the battery compartment, but you can drop it two notches and use it to change your relative height behind the sights... 3. Actually, the commercial receiver extension diameter is the larger of the two (compared to "mil-spec" diameter). Not being able to see what kind of slop/wobble you have, I really can't diagnose it for you. There are no tensioning adjustments on the stock body itself. There has t be "some" moveemnt as it is a sliding stock that is only locked in place by a single pin from the bottom...but it shouldn't be excessive. What constitutes excessive to one person may not to someone else, which is why it's hard to determine what issue you may have without having it in hand. Thanks. Steve/RRA |
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Hi Steve,
"What constitutes excessive to one person may not to someone else,"
That's true and with me being new to that type of stock it's probably just me. It's just that I'm overly cautious because my luck runs that is if there's one STRANGE never before defect out of a 1,000, I'm the one that gets it!!! Either way, the couple of pieces of tape made it pretty solid and still slides just fine. LeapingGnome |