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Posted: 7/22/2012 8:50:44 PM EDT
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TAPCO is fine for light use, but after a meager drop test, the stock ended up being a total fail.
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Meh, it seems like a trend these days to beat a firearm to shit to see if it still works. Then again, the Russians conduct a 5 meter drop test to see if the polymers and locking lugs are worth a shit in their magazines.
There are many uneducated firearms consumers out there and good on him to shed some light onto the subject. I remember buying cheap stuff in 2002 when I bought m first rifle, too back youtube and online forums were not around to inform me of my mistakes. 
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People bash Tapco, but there is next to nothing out there in the same price range that is any better. Most people aren't that hard on a weapon anyways. Those of you who actually raise hell with things should probably get higher quality gear  I use Russian 5.5mm folders on anything that I can retrofit them too, but would have no problem picking up a Tapco stocked AK and using it. I would be mindful to not throw it 10 feet in the air like a girl and I might try keeping the rifle in my hands, so I am actually "armed".
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People bash Tapco, but there is next to nothing out there in the same price range that is any better. Most people aren't that hard on a weapon anyways. Those of you who actually raise hell with things should probably get higher quality gear I use Russian 5.5mm folders on anything that I can retrofit them too, but would have no problem picking up a Tapco stocked AK and using it. I would be mindful to not throw it 10 feet in the air like a girl and I might try keeping the rifle in my hands, so I am actually "armed".Actually i typically defend them. They do make some good products. And who can complain about the low price? However, that plastic looks cheap n thin, and the video jockey has a point, the wood stock that came on your rifle is much more durable and was free with your rifle. Or so he assumes you got the wood. Still if shtf, you could easily break that stock... If it broke that easy. Plenty of durable options so why bother? And tapco still has plenty of products you can get.... |
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There is no reason for Tapco to invest in "SHTF" quality materials. Because "SHTF" will NEVER happen, and all people would do is bitch about the price. There is a reason for Tapco to invest in materials that can handle a short drop because shit happens and somethings things get dropped or knocked over. Would be nice if things didn't break during a minor accident. |
| Well everything has a breaking point. Three tours overseas and I couldnt count the amount of surfires I have been through. Those are expensive right? I think I heard about a space ship called Apollo 13 that broke, not sure if my history is off though. It's a stock that got thrown in the air. Big whoop. "Here is my wooden Romy stock that I'm going to Babe Ruth into a concrete wall 97 times... Oh crap it started to crack after 20... It's not dependable." Like I said though three combat deployments and I can't remember anytime I have ever thrown a gun. Dependable is rreally good but functional is better and if your functional is a polymer Tapco stock then have at it and welcome to the world of free choice. BTW I don't own a single Tapco product just saying price isnt always the pivot point to quality. Plus if this guuy throws a gun in the air just because I ate to see what he might have done to the stock prior to breaking it. |
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Personally, I am not a fan of buying firearms or firearm accessories that I can't depend on with my life. You never know what may happen, so imo it's worth the cost to buy the better products and not have to worry about it. Do you have a tank as your daily driver? Your more likely to be struck by a semi driving to the shooting range then having SHTF. |
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Personally, I am not a fan of buying firearms or firearm accessories that I can't depend on with my life. You never know what may happen, so imo it's worth the cost to buy the better products and not have to worry about it. Do you have a tank as your daily driver? Your more likely to be struck by a semi driving to the shooting range then having SHTF. Did you quote the wrong person? |
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There is no reason for Tapco to invest in "SHTF" quality materials. Because "SHTF" will NEVER happen, and all people would do is bitch about the price. There is a reason for Tapco to invest in materials that can handle a short drop because shit happens and somethings things get dropped or knocked over. Would be nice if things didn't break during a minor accident. I've never accidentally thrown my rifle 10 feet in the air. |
| While the results don't surprise me, the test itself isn't particularly useful. If he were to redo it with the rifle suspended and released from a set distance onto a specific substrate, then repeat the test with (for example) a Bulgarian stock, then it would be more useful. The tenon on the Crapco just screams "failure" but it would be nice to show the same impact did not cause failure on a different stock. |
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There is no reason for Tapco to invest in "SHTF" quality materials. Because "SHTF" will NEVER happen, and all people would do is bitch about the price. There is a reason for Tapco to invest in materials that can handle a short drop because shit happens and somethings things get dropped or knocked over. Would be nice if things didn't break during a minor accident. I've never accidentally thrown my rifle 10 feet in the air. It's easy enough for a rifle to fall from a shooting bench onto concrete. If the stock can't take this short fall onto grass, I doubt it would take much of a fall onto concrete (like pretty much all the cheap plastic gun parts out there). If you want to go to the range and baby your rifle all day long, then rock on and get these cheap parts that break easily. Just realize not everyone babies their stuff and some people do value stuff that is durable more than they do stuff that is just inexpensive. Nothing wrong with either way of doing things. |
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You couldn't break it with an actual drop test so you resort to a "let's throw it up in the air repeatedly test?"
Did you actually break it off camera first by hitting it against a tree? I could break any stock by repeatedly throwing a rifle into the air until I get the desired result. Someone remind me never to watch one of his idiotic "reviews" again. |
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You couldn't break it with an actual drop test so you resort to a "let's throw it up in the air repeatedly test?" Did you actually break it off camera first by hitting it against a tree? I could break any stock by repeatedly throwing a rifle into the air until I get the desired result. Someone remind me never to watch one of his idiotic "reviews" again. I love this post |
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TAPCO is fine for light use, but after a meager drop test, the stock ended up being a total fail. TAPCO Stock Fail What a retard. Throw it around until it breaks. Anything will break if you do that enough.
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old news. i shattered mine way back when they were first introduced. dropped it extended on a carpeted floor
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I thought this video was going to be one of Tapco's folding/collapsible stocks. A fixed stock breaking like that (assuming he showed all the drops) is unacceptable. I've seen the stock break on a Ruger #1 when all it did was fall over. There's a reason you shouldn't drop a rifle, and throwing it up in the air repeatedly is even worse. Things break when they're stressed in a way they weren't designed. Those aren't the best stocks, but throwing one up in the air until it breaks isn't much of a test procedure. 
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You couldn't break it with an actual drop test so you resort to a "let's throw it up in the air repeatedly test?" Did you actually break it off camera first by hitting it against a tree? I could break any stock by repeatedly throwing a rifle into the air until I get the desired result. Someone remind me never to watch one of his idiotic "reviews" again. +1 |
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I saw a wooden stock on some hunting rifle break when a guy dropped it butt-first at about waist level. Stocks can break, and the guy here had to really throw that rifle up there to break the stock. I think that the Tapco stock is just fine. I know it's not cool for mall ninjas to use Tapco, but I've had great success with their products and will continue to use them.
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I thought this video was going to be one of Tapco's folding/collapsible stocks. A fixed stock breaking like that (assuming he showed all the drops) is unacceptable. There's a reason you shouldn't drop a rifle, and throwing it up in the air repeatedly is even worse. I'm going to agree with this. Throw a combat-experienced M4 in the air a few times with a mag in place along with a mounted light, infrared emitter, camera, Aimpoint, bipod or whatever mounted on it. You'll probably end up with a broken rifle and broken accessories. Doesn't mean they are junk. |
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The Daniel Defense torture test would disagree with you guys about throwing any rifle around would break it. Go watch it and realize how shitty Tapco is if it can't survive a simple drop test. Last I checked you don't pay Tapco prices for DD gear. Like always, you (often) get what you pay for. No one (I hope) expects a Taurus to run like a Glock, but they expect Tapco to run like the (much) higher priced gear. I don't get it. Redargless, I bet guys like this could break anything then whine about it. |
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Quoted: The Daniel Defense torture test would disagree with you guys about throwing any rifle around would break it. Go watch it and realize how shitty Tapco is if it can't survive a simple drop test. The most impressive part of that test is how much abuse that T1 took and still kept going. |
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The Daniel Defense torture test would disagree with you guys about throwing any rifle around would break it. Go watch it and realize how shitty Tapco is if it can't survive a simple drop test. I might agree if thst was a repeatable test. There was.no jig to control the drop or consistent surface to land on . There was no testing of other gear that I see to determine if something else would fare better. That was an idiot who wanted to break something. They normally succeed. |
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The Daniel Defense torture test would disagree with you guys about throwing any rifle around would break it. Go watch it and realize how shitty Tapco is if it can't survive a simple drop test. The most impressive part of that test is how much abuse that T1 took and still kept going. Funny you say that because that video is what convinced me that they were worth the money and now I have one on my SGL21. Money well spent. |
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