UPDATE:
I purchased the Magpul PRS but not the kit needed for when I remove my collapsible stock. Brownells has it for $38. I thought it was more expensive and a friend told me he has lots of parts and has changed stocks, but for this price I'll get them new.
QUESTION: Is the Brownell part #
080-000-554 (click for link) perfectly fine to use?
Product SPECS: Receiver Extension & A2 Stock Spacer – Aluminum, anodized, matte black. Recoil Buffer – Aluminum and steel. Spring, Lock Ring, Receiver Plate – Steel. Kits fit standard, mil-spec AR-15/M16/M4 lower receiver and clones. Installation instructions included.
Or, given the PRS stock, is there a buffer kit that is upgraded with tighter tolerances and less recoil for use with my AR15?
Also, I have the Magpul ASAP sling attachment installed now. Although I will rarely, if at all, shoot this in a carbine class, can that remain in the new stock configuration as a single-point sling mount?
Specs on my carbine
Bushmaster Gas Piston Carbine
Daniel Defense Handguard
Yankee Hill Suppressor
4K-5K rds a year
In all likelihood this stock will end up on a rifle build in a year or two, so if a better buffer is available I'd rather spend a few extra dollars.
Thanks again,
Walsh
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I was shooting on Sunday at the range and a guy near me was putting .308 rounds from a new DPMS with a bull barrel essentially into nickels and dimes groupings at 100 yds. He fired my Bushmaster AR15 with a Geisselle trigger and the groups were not quite as good. He said that another thing I had to do was get rid to the collapsible stock and get a non-collapsible one, or go with a high end stock that was rigid.
Does that sound like a good idea and would one consideration be the Magpul Stock PRS Gen II for the AR15/M16 that would drop-in? I like the fact that as opposed to a solid stock, it has cheek adjustments as well as a bit of length adjustment to it.
Also, at Magpul it reads, "Note: The PRS requires a Rifle Receiver Extension tube, Rifle Buffer and Spring".
Do I already have all those components on my Bushmaster Gas Piston model AR by way of the standard collapsible stock? It's the standard cheapo ones they have on most ARs sold as basic.
Thanks in advance,
Walsh