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Posted: 11/23/2013 6:26:46 PM EDT
Trying to see if I can procure or fabricate a tube that will fit the horizontal length of the SB15 brace without too much excess length, or one without too little length.
All of the pictures I see of buffer tubes wearing this brace have a sizable gap between the forward-most part of the brace and the end plate. If you could, please measure the total horizontal length of your brace. Here's a pic below explaining what I'm looking for:   |
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Posted: 11/23/2013 6:43:05 PM EDT
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Trying to see if I can procure or fabricate a tube that will fit the horizontal length of the SB15 brace without too much excess length, or one without too little length. All of the pictures I see of buffer tubes wearing this brace have a sizable gap between the forward-most part of the brace and the end plate. If you could, please measure the total horizontal length of your brace. Here's a pic below explaining what I'm looking for: http://i.imgur.com/FWVvS4b.jpg http://i.imgur.com/I2cQ19x.jpg Assume you're wanting to shoulder fire it like most everybody else. If so, it's already stupid short length of pull, why would you want it any shorter? - OS |
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Posted: 11/23/2013 6:45:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Assume you're wanting to shoulder fire it like most everybody else. If so, it's already stupid short length of pull, why would you want it any shorter? - OS Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Trying to see if I can procure or fabricate a tube that will fit the horizontal length of the SB15 brace without too much excess length, or one without too little length. All of the pictures I see of buffer tubes wearing this brace have a sizable gap between the forward-most part of the brace and the end plate. If you could, please measure the total horizontal length of your brace. Here's a pic below explaining what I'm looking for: http://i.imgur.com/FWVvS4b.jpg http://i.imgur.com/I2cQ19x.jpg Assume you're wanting to shoulder fire it like most everybody else. If so, it's already stupid short length of pull, why would you want it any shorter? - OS |
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Posted: 11/23/2013 7:22:09 PM EDT
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More for aesthetics than wanting to shoulder-fire it, actually, so I don't care about LOP Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Trying to see if I can procure or fabricate a tube that will fit the horizontal length of the SB15 brace without too much excess length, or one without too little length. All of the pictures I see of buffer tubes wearing this brace have a sizable gap between the forward-most part of the brace and the end plate. If you could, please measure the total horizontal length of your brace. Here's a pic below explaining what I'm looking for: http://i.imgur.com/FWVvS4b.jpg http://i.imgur.com/I2cQ19x.jpg Assume you're wanting to shoulder fire it like most everybody else. If so, it's already stupid short length of pull, why would you want it any shorter? - OS Don't understand "aesthetics" unless you just want to put it in the corner and look at it. :) If you're not gonna shoulder fire it, then you're gonna put it on forearm. In which case if shorter it's gonna be more toward the skinny part of your wrist rather than stay back around meaty part of forearm. At any rate there ain't nothing shorter than a standard pistol tube out there (which is 'bout same as carbine length) except for the super short ones that not many folks have had much luck with, and wouldn't hold the thing worth a hoot either. - OS |
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Posted: 11/23/2013 7:26:32 PM EDT
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Answer: 6.5 inches exactly.
edit: And most of the standard buffer tubes will be .25 inches short of that length. 2nd edit: The length your asking for above is actually 6 and 7/8. |
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Posted: 11/23/2013 8:27:11 PM EDT
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it will fit over most pistol buffer tubes, most of the ones I've held in person are set back an inch or two for comfort
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Posted: 11/23/2013 9:54:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Answer: 6.5 inches exactly. edit: And most of the standard buffer tubes will be .25 inches short of that length. 2nd edit: The length your asking for above is actually 6 and 7/8. Also I had no idea that one our own invented this thing; that's freaking awesome!  |
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Posted: 11/24/2013 4:40:43 AM EDT
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Thanks Alex. Also I had no idea that one our own invented this thing; that's freaking awesome!
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Answer: 6.5 inches exactly. edit: And most of the standard buffer tubes will be .25 inches short of that length. 2nd edit: The length your asking for above is actually 6 and 7/8. Also I had no idea that one our own invented this thing; that's freaking awesome!
I'm glad you like it! |
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Posted: 11/24/2013 7:52:14 AM EDT
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Trying to see if I can procure or fabricate a tube that will fit the horizontal length of the SB15 brace without too much excess length, or one without too little length. All of the pictures I see of buffer tubes wearing this brace have a sizable gap between the forward-most part of the brace and the end plate. If you could, please measure the total horizontal length of your brace. Here's a pic below explaining what I'm looking for: http://i.imgur.com/FWVvS4b.jpg http://i.imgur.com/I2cQ19x.jpg Mine doesn't have this gap. Mine is a PWS Enhanced (Primary Weapons Systems) pistol tube. 
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Posted: 11/28/2013 6:51:27 AM EDT
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Got and extra milspec tube and a lathe?
Made my own. 
no gap 
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Posted: 11/28/2013 9:20:06 AM EDT
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Got and extra milspec tube and a lathe? Made my own. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7453/11102405675_eb72a5ca97_b.jpg no gap http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7393/11079989813_17d7ec2830_c.jpg Awesome! I was thinking about that the other day...Im sure its much easier with a lathe than with a dremel lol 
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Posted: 11/29/2013 6:59:56 AM EDT
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Awesome! I was thinking about that the other day...Im sure its much easier with a lathe than with a dremel lol Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Got and extra milspec tube and a lathe? Made my own. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7453/11102405675_eb72a5ca97_b.jpg no gap http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7393/11079989813_17d7ec2830_c.jpg Awesome! I was thinking about that the other day...Im sure its much easier with a lathe than with a dremel lol Belt sander or DA with 40 grit will hog off a lot. I cut aluminum picture frames with a carbide sawblade, you can rip aluminum on a table saw. If you're not a shop guy I'd stick with the sander though. Be ready for the heat though. |
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Posted: 12/1/2013 4:47:53 PM EDT
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Got and extra milspec tube and a lathe? Made my own. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7453/11102405675_eb72a5ca97_b.jpg no gap http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7393/11079989813_17d7ec2830_c.jpg I do have an extra milspec tube but no lathe.  I just asked a local machine shop how much they'd charge to turn it down, they said $85 
Maybe I'll try my hand with a bench grinder and a file. |
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Posted: 12/4/2013 5:19:00 PM EDT
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I do have an extra milspec tube but no lathe. I just asked a local machine shop how much they'd charge to turn it down, they said $85
Maybe I'll try my hand with a bench grinder and a file. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Got and extra milspec tube and a lathe? Made my own. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7453/11102405675_eb72a5ca97_b.jpg no gap http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7393/11079989813_17d7ec2830_c.jpg I do have an extra milspec tube but no lathe. I just asked a local machine shop how much they'd charge to turn it down, they said $85
Maybe I'll try my hand with a bench grinder and a file. Holy crap... $85? that could be done in 5-10 minutes in a three jaw chuck. Thinking angle grinder and a belt sander finisher will do just fine. |
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Posted: 12/4/2013 10:21:31 PM EDT
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Got it done. Used a chop saw
Wrapped it in electrical tape and put the SB15 over it. It was a bitch getting it on, it's solid. Looks just like the one in telemarker's pic above. 10.5" upper coming in tomorrow 
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Posted: 12/5/2013 3:02:53 AM EDT
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Got it done. Used a chop saw
Wrapped it in electrical tape and put the SB15 over it. It was a bitch getting it on, it's solid. Looks just like the one in telemarker's pic above. 10.5" upper coming in tomorrow Mine was a bear getting it on, too, until I took a hair dryer and heated it up a little. |
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Posted: 12/5/2013 1:01:00 PM EDT
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I have never seen one in person.......they are rubber, not plastic...correct?
How firm/or not firm(floppy) is the rubber? |
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Posted: 12/5/2013 1:35:18 PM EDT
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Correct, they are rubber.
The whole assembly is beefy, very firm. |
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Posted: 12/5/2013 2:55:11 PM EDT
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Correct, they are rubber. The whole assembly is beefy, very firm. For you guys that shoot them from the shoulder.......... If you feel comfortable shooting it from the shoulder off of the buffer tube, would you still buy one of these? |
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Posted: 12/5/2013 3:06:14 PM EDT
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For you guys that shoot them from the shoulder.......... If you feel comfortable shooting it from the shoulder off of the buffer tube, would you still buy one of these? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Correct, they are rubber. The whole assembly is beefy, very firm. For you guys that shoot them from the shoulder.......... If you feel comfortable shooting it from the shoulder off of the buffer tube, would you still buy one of these? I would...It makes me feel like the terminator! |
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Posted: 12/5/2013 3:07:47 PM EDT
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I would...It makes me feel like the terminator! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Correct, they are rubber. The whole assembly is beefy, very firm. For you guys that shoot them from the shoulder.......... If you feel comfortable shooting it from the shoulder off of the buffer tube, would you still buy one of these? I would...It makes me feel like the terminator! Well in that case 
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Posted: 12/5/2013 3:18:40 PM EDT
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I have never seen one in person.......they are rubber, not plastic...correct? How firm/or not firm(floppy) is the rubber? I just had one delivered today and it is "tire" sidewall firm. Only the extreme thin end of the lower flaps are flexible when not belted. When belted they are as firm as the rest of the brace. |
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Posted: 12/5/2013 3:27:56 PM EDT
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I just had one delivered today and it is "tire" sidewall firm. Only the extreme thin end of the lower flaps are flexible when not belted. When belted they are as firm as the rest of the brace. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I have never seen one in person.......they are rubber, not plastic...correct? How firm/or not firm(floppy) is the rubber? I just had one delivered today and it is "tire" sidewall firm. Only the extreme thin end of the lower flaps are flexible when not belted. When belted they are as firm as the rest of the brace. Very good description, thank you. |
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Posted: 12/14/2013 8:15:35 PM EDT
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Finally got all the parts in, it is done.
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Posted: 12/15/2013 9:51:16 AM EDT
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something wrong with your safety?
I took a milspec tube to a table grinder and it worked fine. Forget that paying more for a pistol tube when you have spare extension tubes laying around. |
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Posted: 12/15/2013 10:03:36 AM EDT
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something wrong with your safety? I took a milspec tube to a table grinder and it worked fine. Forget that paying more for a pistol tube when you have spare extension tubes laying around. It does look odd in that pic doesn't it? I checked it just now, it seems the Blackhawk selector detent recesses have a good amount of clearance, but it doesn't appear to impair function or safety. And I agree on your second point, though I would have gotten an RRA pistol tube for $30 if anyone had them in stock. In any case, the Sb15 appears to be designed to snug up against the end plate judging from the way the mold "locks" into the oval-shaped recess of the end plate. An RRA pistol tube (or standard-length buffer tube) enables this. The gap just looks sloppy to me, and though the LOP is wicked short, it's actually not unnatural to shoulder as long as you're squared up to the target, much like any pistol ar with the same length buffer tube I surmise. |
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