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anyone have a M4 type collapsible stock on a 20in upper ?
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Welcome, Eastwood123.
Please allow me to jump right in and say this was one of my first questions on the Forum.
I was told by the knowledgeable folks here and verified it at Bushmaster that the TeleStock buffer and spring are of a different size than the full-stock version and would be incompatible with the long gas tube found on the 20+" bbls.; including the V-MATCH 24" that I was ordering.
It would've looked cool, but, would not work correctly.
I opted to get the "TeleStyle" stock from Bushmaster and it will work with both the shorter Carbine and Dissipator gas tubes as well as the longer full-size gas tubes.
It does work with both, I've used it with both the Dissipator and V-MATCH 24 uppers with no problem.
I was grateful for the info I got here because it kept me from making a potentially costly mistake, no matter how much I wanted to do it!
It did NOT keep me from assembling the pieces and getting a picture, though, so, if you want to know what the short-stock/long-bbl. looks like:
[url]http://wsphotofews.excite.com/012/sg/cr/B3/RO44007.jpg[/url]
Form follows function. Now it looks like this:
[url]http://wsphotofews.excite.com/010/sS/QJ/4K/e128100.jpg[/url]
The short half looks like this:
[url]http://wsphotofews.excite.com/023/gZ/zz/kf/QM69298.jpg[/url]
Bushmaster:
[url]http://www.bushmaster.com/[/url]
TeleStyle buttstock (originally referred to by me as a "fuxed buttstick"):
[url]http://www.bushmaster.com/shopping/buttstocks/1005-087-8988pek.asp[/url]
Hope you find this useful.
Let us know what config you end up with.
Seeya in Traffic.
...edited to remind myself that what comes around goes around. Thanks, fellas.