Don't be fatuous, Jeffrey.
Captain Obvious-McVerbose says:
C'mon, now... length of pull has nothing to do with coolness.
While they make chopped A2 buttstocks (whatever they're called, "Sully stock" or "stubby") the biggest advantage of the telescoping stock made famous by the old CAR-15 is the fact that you can push it in to choke up on the gun and then adjust in or out in small increments (4-6-more? holes, depending on brand of buffer tube) for body size and shooting position. I can't do all that crazy Magpul Dynamics ultrahero shit (fetal prone, anyone?) with an A2 stock because I'm only 6'1" and thus don't have the 7'8" wingspan required to run a M16A2 ("Ye Olde Musket") like that. As you know, the shape of the weapon has to change to compensate for the change in the shooting techniques... and that shit has changed
like-whoa drastically since I got out of basic training / Army specialty schools where I
finger forked the charging handle with my dominant hand like I was in
The 'Nam and basic things magazine changes weren't even taught because, well, y'know,
you just do it.
That and you can get an GI M4 telestock (angled buttplate, ribs) for the almost the same goddamn price, it weighs less, offers a top mount for your sling and you can still do the non-dominant hand hook on the giant sling loop. That and it doesn't run and shoulder like a fucking
Viking longship oar.
Even on a target rifle, you've got a be a huge mamma-jamma to get proper eye relief on a A2 stock in some shooting positions. I can't use a A2 stock in the prone with an optic. It's just too goddamn big. Now, based on the picture you posted a few months back, I'm guessing you're probably at least 30% Sasquatch on your father's side, so I can understand why you'd like to use
something shaped like a sea bass to steady your 300-500 meter shots.
/shit you already knew, rhetorical commentary for other viewers, pointless gun furniture masturbation filler talk, sorry attempts at humor
I would like a lightweight sliding stock similar to the one on the SCAR. Something like a totally gutted Magpul UBR would be perfect. Yeaaah.
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Yes, I am impressed with your made-from-spare-parts toy. You do realize I'm going to have to show you up now, Sir.
Sure, I suck at shooting, but at least I can have a cooler gun. I'm going to have to go Full Retard on my next M4.