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Posted: 3/3/2011 9:59:06 PM EDT
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Is there really a difference? Is a $60 stock and buffer tube as good as a $200 setup?
It still goes bang every time. What's your experience? |
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Please explain " Better Lockup " I don't know this term.
Also why is a $200 stock / tube better for heavier barrells or accuracy? I am asking for a reason. I want to purchase a couple of new stocks and am only accustom to $59-$100 6 position milspec stocks. Thanks in advance. |
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I'm assuming by lock up means that the stock doesn't wiggle on the buffer tube.
I never saw the advantage in buying expensive buffer tubes, it really is just a place to retain the spring and buffer. If I am wrong and missing something vital, someone please inform me. |
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If your running DI your gtg with either commercial or milspec buffer tubes. In the past there were more stocks for milspec but manufactures are making stocks compatible with either milspec or commercial. Though there are some stocks only compatible with milspec so you need to watch out for that.
Now if you are running a piston AR you need to pay attention to your buffer tube because some piston rifles have carrier tilt issues which a remedied by various buffer tubes for example the PWS enhanced milspec buffer tube. 
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Is there really a difference? Is a $60 stock and buffer tube as good as a $200 setup? It still goes bang every time. What's your experience? A $60 stock kit is going to have, at best, a 6000 series aluminum for the RE's body. And 99% chance that they didn't Hard annodize the thing to mil spec. So you have a stock with less than half the tensile strength... a substandard finish/annodizing, and likely the out of spec threads that engage the Lower receiver. Will it go bang every time? Yeah... probably. But is is adequate for a fighting gun that could get dropped or fallen on when negotiating an obstacle or piece of cover? No way. I personally won't put cheap parts on guns. Even if I know I'll never use them for defense. 
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