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Posted: 3/4/2010 9:03:31 AM EDT
| When I first got this stock it worked great. I am using the stock on a build which I am not finished with so the stock has not seen any field time. I have just messed with it a little bit in THE INSIDE OF MY HOUSE to get a feel for it. Now the stock wiggle rotationally(from left to right not front to back). It acts like the friction lock is not working. I am using a DSA buffer tube. I called Magpul and they told me to send it in and they will fix it. Great support tech by the way. Thanks Justin! Magpul has a great reputation so I am curious to see if anyone else has has this problem?? |
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Did you happen to notice in what position the stock was in when you experienced the "wiggle"? The issue may not be the stock but with your receiver ext. (buffer tube)?
I have a couple of DSA tubes and a couple of CTR stocks and in the fully closed position (and w/ the CTR's locked), there is some play. In any other position the CTR locks as expected. I have seen this with 2 different DSA tubes and 2 different CTR stocks. My guess is the issue is with the first detent hole of the DSA tubes but it's never bothered me enough to do anything about seeing how I never shoot with the stock fully collapsed anyway. |
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Did you happen to notice in what position the stock was in when you experienced the "wiggle"? The issue may not be the stock but with your receiver ext. (buffer tube)? I have a couple of DSA tubes and a couple of CTR stocks and in the fully closed position (and w/ the CTR's locked), there is some play. In any other position the CTR locks as expected. I have seen this with 2 different DSA tubes and 2 different CTR stocks. My guess is the issue is with the first detent hole of the DSA tubes but it's never bothered me enough to do anything about seeing how I never shoot with the stock fully collapsed anyway. If full collaspe position it is really noticable. Which like you I do not care about this, but it is still pretty noticable in the fully extended position as well. I wish I had people in my area that had AR's. I am alone here  . The thing of it is, its a lot more noticable then when I first installed it. It isn't as bad as my Tapco intrafuse stock on my mini, but that thing is horrible and the whole purpose of me getting the Magpul was the friction lock system. Since Magpul doesn't really care when I send it back I may just buy a different buffer tube and try that out before I go shipping this stock off.
Do you have any good suggestions on a good buffer tube to use with the friction lock system. I thought a buffer tube was a buffer tube, but I might as well bought a nice one since everything else is expensive on this rig. What is the saying? Buy expensive gear once and cry once, buy shitting gear and cry everytime you use it ...or something like that. |
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If you didn't send it back yet... Cut a strip of duct tape (1/4 inch by 1 inch rougly), take a pair of pliers and get it on the inside of the friction lock. It will tighten that stock up just fine on your DSA tube. Thanks for actually posting constructive information, unlike some people. I will try this first and let you know how it goes. 
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Uh dude, I have just messed with it a little bit in my inside to get a feel for it.
 Its called a typo...get over it I know that it was a typo. I was just giving a fellow shooter a little ribbing. Its known as 'comraderie". Maybe a little jealousy, as I await my ACS. |
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If you didn't send it back yet... Cut a strip of duct tape (1/4 inch by 1 inch rougly), take a pair of pliers and get it on the inside of the friction lock. It will tighten that stock up just fine on your DSA tube. Thanks for actually posting constructive information, unlike some people. I will try this first and let you know how it goes. Sounds great. If you're having a hard time visualizing the location, let me know and I will snap up a picture of mine. |
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Uh dude, I have just messed with it a little bit in my inside to get a feel for it.
Its called a typo...get over it I know that it was a typo. I was just giving a fellow shooter a little ribbing. Its known as 'comraderie". Maybe a little jealousy, as I await my ACS. I hear ya man. I know what you mean, you waiting on a backorder and I am waiting on a product that isn't even out yet. I want the DD Omega X 12.0 rail, but it wont be out for another month or maybe more and that is all I have left to do on my build. I was even thinking about buying the Omega X fsp and using it until then since it is so cheap right now at BCM, but I hate to throw money around like that.... Do you think that the problem with the shortage os ACS's are the fact that everyone loves Magpul or that Vltor is taking them to court. I read the documents about it, but I haven't heard anything else about it....curious |
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Before you do anything else, make absolutely sure that your buffer tube is installed correctly, IE: that the castle nut is TIGHT, and stake that bitch.
This sounds to me like your problem, the whole tube rotating just a touch side to side, and this will happen with a loose castle nut. |
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Before you do anything else, make absolutely sure that your buffer tube is installed correctly, IE: that the castle nut is TIGHT, and stake that bitch. This sounds to me like your problem, the whole tube rotating just a touch side to side, and this will happen with a loose castle nut. Thank you for the solid advice. I wish that was the problem, but it isn't. I made sure that is was tight as hell and it still did that. I am a big guy and that baby is on there. I ordered another buffer tube to make sure it is not the buffer tube instead of the ACS. I just don't want to believe it is the MAGPUl stock when I paid 120$ for it. I hope it is the 25$ DS Arms buffer tube. I got an LMT one on the way and if it still does it with the LMT buffer the stock is getting shipped straight to Erie Colorado so Magpul can check it out. |
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Its called a typo...get over it Actually, it isn't. It's called improper grammatical structure. Quoted:
When I first got this stock it worked great. Stop there. If it worked, then you did something to make it stop working, as other posters have suggested above. A mil-spec receiver extension isn't going to be tight one minute and loose the next... and the same goes for the stock. You need to ensure that you didn't loosen the receiver extension and that it's staked. |
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Its called a typo...get over it Actually, it isn't. It's called improper grammatical structure. Quoted:
When I first got this stock it worked great. Stop there. If it worked, then you did something to make it stop working, as other posters have suggested above. A mil-spec receiver extension isn't going to be tight one minute and loose the next... and the same goes for the stock. You need to ensure that you didn't loosen the receiver extension and that it's staked. Ok seriously, is there something in the fucking water these days? 
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Its called a typo...get over it Actually, it isn't. It's called improper grammatical structure. Quoted:
When I first got this stock it worked great. Stop there. If it worked, then you did something to make it stop working, as other posters have suggested above. A mil-spec receiver extension isn't going to be tight one minute and loose the next... and the same goes for the stock. You need to ensure that you didn't loosen the receiver extension and that it's staked. Ok seriously, is there something in the fucking water these days?
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