What AR stock are you running and why?

[Bo R.]

I have noticed a reoccurring trend that pretty much everyone I run into is running some form of a magpul stock. I was wondering what stock your running and your reasons why?

I have two rifles in the following configurations.
1. 16in barrel. Troy 13in alpha rail. EOTech XPS. Magpul CTR with extended pad.
my reasoning behind using the CTR stock is that this gun is my attempt at making an AR that is as light as humanly possible and because this gun has the longest barrel I put the shortest buttstock on it. I installed the extended pad because I felt like the CTR fully extended was still a little to short. if I am shooting without body armor the CTR is pretty easy to lock into the shoulder. And I think it looks cool. (yeah that plays a part)
2. 14.5 in barrel. Troy 12in front sight cut battlerail. Aimpoint T-1. LMT sopmod
This is my go-to rifle at the moment and the one I will most likely shoot with body armor on. In my opinion, the sopmod stock provides the most control with or without body armor. in an effort to save weight and because I have no need to retain extra batteries on my gun I removed the battery compartments on the sopmod stock. The cheek to stock weld for me is negligible in this case as I do not have a preference either way.

thanks in advance

[Paul J]

I'm running what's free

[Prof. C.J.]

I like the Magpul MOE Rifle (fixed) stock. I prefer fixed stocks provided they fit me well, and the MOE fits me very well.

It's a very nice, sturdy (like everything Magpul) stock that I find to be a major improvement over an A1 or A2. In terms of LOP, I think it splits the difference between the A1 & A2, but it's got a better trapdoor & compartment than either. Better cheekweld for me, too.

Anyone who likes fixed stocks ought to give this one a look.

[northernxposure]

An original Colt A1 pull off from Numrich with all the bangs, scars, and numbering of someone's armory rack. Cheap, functional, works.

NXP

[Gothboy]

I run the ACE m4 socom (meat tenderizer) stock on mine for three reasons 1) came with my mega arms zombie lower in the trade 2) matches the meat tenderizer portion of my aforementioned lower 3) most comfortable stock I've ever run. Don't think ill be changing it, ever.

Maybe ill try the ace hammer stock on the next build because its sexy.

[Ten Eight]

CTRs at home. Fixed A1 on the agency's select fire at work. I kind of like the fixed stock to be honest. CTRs because they were cheap and light. Fixed A1 because I'm not allowed to modify it.

I really need to build a retro AR. Everything old is new again.

[Bo R.]

Interesting responses.
has anyone given any thought into why a certain buttstock may be better or worse than another in terms of performance?

[Doctorr Fabulous]

Magpul CTR, Magpul MOE Carbine (fixed), Blackcawk Tactical improved carbine, and Vltor E-mod. The magpuls are lighter, the Vltor gives a better cheek weld, and the Blackcawk just feels better. I don't think there's a best. Ergonomics may be a science, but there are enough different shaped people out there and different shaped goals that the variety of stocks makes sense. I like the cheek weld on the Vltor, but the Blackhawk makes a better all-around, whereas the CTR and MOE have a slimmer profile. Want to try the MOE fixed rifle next, but I have to find a rifle kit first.

[thesupremeking]

Magpul ACS.

I was a VLTOR stock whore, and have always loved the VLTOR Emod. I like the cheek weld and also the fact that it has water proof compartments. The ONLY problem with the Emod is that the stock would pinch my beard hairs in the seams of the modular compartments. Well the ACS is very similar of a stock, the strike plate is shaped a little different, and in all reality I liked that more on the VLTOR, however the Magpul ACS just doesn't pinch off facial hairs.

So I swapped out all my VLTOR Emods for Magpul ACS stocks on all my AR's and I love them. I also like that the Magpul ACS has the lockdown feature of the CTR to eliminate stock wiggle.

[RickOShea]

I'm not married to any one in particular, but I have a couple of CTRs, a couple of Vltor EMODs , a MOE rifle, an ACE SOCOM, a DoubleStar TI-7, and an aluminum CAR stock.

[Gingerbread Man]

Magpul ctr, Moe and acs. They work, durable, and are cost effective.
I have an ace on my PTR 91. It's a little shorter lop.

[Redeyes]

Magpul Moe because I was new to AR's and thought a guard for the extension lever was important. I will probably just go with a standard m4 stock next time.

[Sworbeyegib]

My Daniel Defense came with a Magpul moe, I haven't bothered changing it because it works just fine for me. I may end up putting on the extended butt pad because I have long arms though.

[majorhavoc]

Magpul MOE. It was cheap and it works.

[Browning 35]

-An old CAR-15 stock, it was what came on there when I bought that rifle.
-A Magpul MOE stock, it was what came in the lower receiver parts kit.
-An A2 stock, it was what came on there stock when I bought that lower.
-An A2 stock, it was what came on there stock when I bought that rifle complete.
-An A1 stock, it was what was in the parts kit.

I'm sure everyone is seeing a theme with me by now.

AR stocks are the one things where I never really saw that much difference in them other than style and whether they collapsed or not. It's not like optics or grips. Just so long as it felt okay against my shoulder and I can get a decent cheek weld I'm good. I never wanted to spend a whole bunch of extra money on another one when I had one that worked. Only stock I ever gave any thought to buying was a Magpul PRS, never did it.

I guess I'd rather spend that extra money in getting slightly better optics, more mags, ammo or whatever. :Shrug

[DannusMaximus]

Magpul CTR. I dig the friction lock and the sling QD points. And the rubber butt pad is nice. Pretty cheap, too.

[Dave_M]

I have 4 or 5 setups with SOCOM stocks. I have a Magpul PRS on my precision rig and an A1 on my XM16E1. All others rocking a mil spec USGI 6-pos.

[Vicarious_Lee]

Magpul CTR because I got a great deal on it from a group buy online, and because I like that it locks down and doesn't rattle. While I've got the hots for the Ace SOCOM stock, I can't justify replacing a stock that does everything I need it to do flawlessly and that is light weight. I've butt-sroked it on the ground to get a stuck case out at least 3 times.

It's fine. I spent the money on that sexy SOCOM stock on an optic instead. No regrets.

[UndeadInfidel]

Magpul CTR
Magpul ACS
Magpul m93b
Standard carbine

CTR is the go-to, because I like the locking lever, light weight and built in ambi QD points.

[Dave_M]

I installed the extended pad because I felt like the CTR fully extended was still a little to short

Are you a giant? Geez how tall are you? I'm 5'11" and always run fully closed, body armor or no (admittedly, I do run closer to the center of the chest than most other shooters).

[Whiskey]

I'm 6'5... I put an extended pad on my stock as well. I've been running my stock in a couple notches for a while now as my shooting style changed a bit, so it's not really a gain.

I use the MOE stock. Seems solid enough, but really, I probably didnt need it.


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[Paul J]

I installed the extended pad because I felt like the CTR fully extended was still a little to short

Are you a giant? Geez how tall are you? I'm 5'11" and always run fully closed, body armor or no (admittedly, I do run closer to the center of the chest than most other shooters).

Yes, Bo is a rather large individual, He kind of looks like a shaved orangutan...... 6'3 or so with knuckles that still drag the ground when he walks.

[eeb]

An A1 stock from Numrich because I read a couple places that the LOP on A2 stocks is too long for a lot of people, and I'm on the short side anyway. Fits me great, though I probably could have gotten used to an A2.
Carbine has the adjustable stock that came on it, works great.
On another site, I read a thread about supposed differences in connotation between the word "assemble" and the word "build". I feel similar differences exist between the words "collapsable" and "adjustable", "adjustable" meaning able to be set to several different positions to enhance user control/comfort, whereas "collapsable" sounds like it has one position for use and a collapsed position for storage, to me at least . Seems like the antis spin "collapsable " into "concealable" and push to ban it. "Evil features",etc. Sorry for the tangent, I felt it was somewhat relevant .

[UndeadInfidel]

I hate seeing expensive AR packages with Magpul MOE stocks. Seriously, some of these companies are charging almost $2000 for these ARs, and they can't even include a damn CTR with it, which is roughly a $20 difference for an immensely more functional stock. Lame.