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Alloy AR stocks
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2018 11:41 pm
by Gazza
Are the military still using alloy stocks on the M4/16's or have they moved over to polymer exclusively?
I could be years behind with this as I've just seen a picture of a civvy AR15 with a battered up alloy stock fitted but not sure how old it was.
Are the alloy ones available anywhere?
Re: Alloy AR stocks
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 7:45 am
by safetyfirst
Never seen an alloy stock on one... the old M16 had a Bakelite looking stock in prototype and then a polymer stock in production I thought but the M4 had a polymer stock from day one as far as I can tell? Might it be a battered paint job?
Re: Alloy AR stocks
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 8:15 am
by Blackstuff
I used to have an alloy stock on an SGC .22 AR and it was awful! Unnecessarily heavy, rattley as hell and freezing cold on the face during the winter, terrible!
Why on gods green do you want one?
Re: Alloy AR stocks
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:21 am
by Gazza
Blackstuff wrote:I used to have an alloy stock on an SGC .22 AR and it was awful! Unnecessarily heavy, rattley as hell and freezing cold on the face during the winter, terrible!
Why on gods green do you want one?
Just for a change really. I'm always buying bits for this AR and swapping and changing things around.
Its like having a different gun after a furniture swap
If they are rare then they will be collectors money no doubt.
Re: Alloy AR stocks
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:32 am
by Blackstuff
I'd have paid you to take it off my hands if I still had it!
Re: Alloy AR stocks
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 1:23 pm
by Gazza
I've been trying to find the article with the picture again but to no avail. It was one of those stumble across moments while looking for other stuff!
They switched to polymer due
to the welds breaking on the alloy stocks but strangely the Israelis kept the alloy ones for a while after.
Maybe a temperature issue??
Anyway, probably a bad move going that way.
Re: Alloy AR stocks
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 6:00 pm
by safetyfirst
Is this a full size rifle stock?
Re: Alloy AR stocks
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 6:57 pm
by Gazza
safetyfirst wrote:Is this a full size rifle stock?
No, its very similar to the collapsible one that is current fitment.
Re: Alloy AR stocks
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 7:06 pm
by Gazza
Not the original picture I saw but you'll get the idea.
https://guide.alibaba.com/shop/israel-a ... 10428.html
Re: Alloy AR stocks
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 8:41 pm
by Mattnall
That's what's on my M4gery, or one very like it.