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Posted: 4/7/2012 7:01:20 PM EDT
| Any insight on TAPCO AR T6 Stock assembly if they are good to go or not? I might be able to get one for $50 OTD brand new for my build. I think it is the commercial model though. TIA! |
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They only have OD and Pink in stock now but I would take this over Tapco any day. |
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Any insight on TAPCO AR T6 Stock assembly if they are good to go or not? I might be able to get one for $50 OTD brand new for my build. I think it is the commercial model though. TIA! Look just spend the money once and get the Magpul UBR, you won't regret it. |
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UBR is waaaayyyyyy expensive for someone who, apparently, is attempting a budget build. OP, take a look at some Magpul stocks, all solid options, from cheap to $$$. UBR is also quite heavy if someone is trying to build a lightweight carbine. Maybe so but you can't beat the durability and quality. I think I had three stocks before I finally bought the UBR, guess what it's the last stock I'll ever buy. Quality doesn't cost it pays. |
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UBR is waaaayyyyyy expensive for someone who, apparently, is attempting a budget build. OP, take a look at some Magpul stocks, all solid options, from cheap to $$$. UBR is also quite heavy if someone is trying to build a lightweight carbine. Maybe so but you can't beat the durability and quality. I think I had three stocks before I finally bought the UBR, guess what it's the last stock I'll ever buy. Quality doesn't cost it pays. Don't get me wrong, I'd love a UBR. I can't afford one right now, but it would probably balance out my heavier than I expected fluted HBAR, nicely. The style is awesome, and you can't question the quality in Magpul's stocks, but I wish I could put one on a light-weight HD/SHTF build and still have it be LW. Maybe a UBR Light is in order? Eh, Magpul? 
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Any insight on TAPCO AR T6 Stock assembly if they are good to go or not? I might be able to get one for $50 OTD brand new for my build. I think it is the commercial model though. TIA! Cornice6: Besides price, is there anything else driving your interest in this particular stock assembly? Looks, color, helping out a local business/friend? The peanut gallery is correct that TAPCO doesn't have the best reputation, but unlike them, I won't imply your AR build will automatically be a POS just because it's wearing TAPCO furniture. And since I've been in your situation I won't play the "buy once, cry once card" and suggest you buy top of the line from the start. Why stop at the butt stock? These clowns will just get more yucks at your expense if you're looking at a unlined 1:9 twist barrel because what you really want is a 4150, hammer forged, chrome lined barrel in 1:7 twist. They'll play that game all day long. I haven't used TAPCO furniture but I've seen their newer stuff and for a basic stock its fine. No better or worse than anyone else's basic stocks. It had a bit of wobble, but that's a given with any low end stock, including my Magpul MOE. I actually do have one of the new TAPCO 30 rnd AR mags. Except for fitting a little tighter in my magwell than my Pmags, it performs just as well. But JL_2112 makes an excellent alternate suggestion. If the in-stock colors don't appeal to you and you also need a lower parts kit, you should consider Palmetto's classic lower build kit for $100, which gets you JL_2112's suggested stock assembly in black and the outstanding Palmetto mil-spec LPK, all in one fell swoop. Palmetto State Armory Classic Lower Build Kit My only real concern with the TAPCO you're looking at is if it is commercial spec, it might hurt the future resale value of your gun. Not so much because it's TAPCO, but even if you do decide to upgrade your stock in the future, you'll be wearing another commercial-spec'ed butt stock. The buffer tube is the one area where commercial versus mil-spec really doesn't matter performance-wise, but there's that perception that mil-spec performs better, and that's worth something with the asking price. I think the fairest thing to say here is that for about the same price, you can do better. |
I appreciate everyone's suggestion and comments. I am trying to keep the cost at a minimum for this build which consists mostly DTI (lower, upper and LPK) parts. It will be a target and HD rifle only for the most part and I don't get to the range much. Looks like either the Magpul MOE or the Palmetto kit would be the way to go. But since Palmetto does not have black (my preference) in stock, I can get the MOE locally and easily. Thanks again to all!
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OP, there is no question. A quality stock for a budget build is the Magpul MOE. If you need a buffer tube get a mil spec so that if you do want one of the more expencive stocks down the road you will have the tube for it. Best advice yet. This seems to be exactly what the doctor ordered. |
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How bad can tapco be? Sons of guns has a Tapco sticker on one of the tool boxes in the show.  Exactly  did you really exposed yourself to enough of that show the see a tool box sticker? hoping you just saw it in a commercial
No one suggested the OP troll the Equipment Exchange for a good stock at a budget price?  Okay I will, OP...look on the EE, great deals can be had there. Heck, I got a brand new black LMT Gen. II Sopmod in there for $130, added a $40 brownells Mil-spec stock kit from the LGS and BAM...new Sopmod greatness for under $200. But a whole heaping pile of good quality new and like new take off M4s, MOEs, CRTs, ACSs, Sopmods and anything else "stock" you can think of are in there Hell you could probably get a CRT for the same price or less as that MOE your looking at locally.
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How bad can tapco be? Sons of guns has a Tapco sticker on one of the tool boxes in the show. Red Jacket also uses Adams Arms piston kits, MEGA uppers and lowers, and Magpul hardware. Are these craps brands as well? Tapco has a good reputation regarding their US made AK fcg parts. Makes sense an AK shop would have their advertising material around. |
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OP, I Have a new commercial Tapco T6 stock that you can have for free if you want it. No buffer tube, just the stock.
They do work and would be fine to get your build going untill you find what you really want down the road. It's a decent piece, but yes they do rattle. Tapco's 10/22 pieces and their SKS pieces seem to be of pretty good quality. I don't know why their AR stuff seems so clunky. |
| There's nothing really wrong function-wise from the tapco stock. Your rifle won't explode and your dog won't bite you if you install it as some would have you believe...that being said there are better options out there, depending on what style you want. I like the magpul Moe myself or look for a standard m4 style take-off in the equipment exchange |
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There's nothing really wrong function-wise from the tapco stock. Your rifle won't explode and your dog won't bite you if you install it as some would have you believe. they are shit. a guy in my club bought a Tapco stock and the threads on the tube were undersize; after the FIRST DAY at the range the stock was "rocking" in the lower no matter how much you tightened the castle nut. the tube looked like it had been made from the cheapest pot metal. he threw it away and bought a better tube/stock assy. money lost, lesson learned. ar-jedi |
| I used a T6 on my first and main carbine for 6 years before switching to a vltor. In all that time it worked perfectly fine, in fact it didn't even rattle! I still use the tapco buffer and spring in that rifle as a matter of fact. I didn't swap it for any reason other than I like the mod stock's cheek weld more. The tapco stock and tube moved to another AR and somehow that rifle has also happily survived the ordeal |
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