I’d like to upgrade the buttstocks on some ARs. I have an old M93 magpul on one gun and a newer magpul UBR on another. I never liked the USGI collapsible buffer tube, it seemed weak and I didn’t like the castle nut setup requiring a special wrench. That was a decade ago and I don’t really shoot my ARs because handgun and shotgun practice is more important but I’d like to get back to the AR and am trying to figure out what accessories to optimize starting with the buttstock.
A friend shot my UBR and commented that there’s a big gap between the buffer tube and the top of the buttstock when it’s extended. I always thought these magpul proprietary buffer tube system was way stronger and preferred but now that I look at the market, virtually everything is based around the USGI buffer tube system so maybe I underestimated that when I got into ARs 15 years ago.
Or maybe it’s just what everyone is making because of momentum and commonality.
What’s the consensus on the magpul proprietary tube systems like the old m93 and UBR? I’m guessing the weight is more a detractor than the gap on the top but maybe people hate both? I kind of liked the balance of the magpul proprietary stocks. I’d guess a light stock on a GI buffer tube would be very front heavy but maybe that’s good for swinging the gun target to target?
It just seems like the GI tube is too weak and could bend if you dropped the gun off a cliff, not that I do that, but it’s hard to break from LARPING mind. I mean, I’m not a cop or a soldier and if I’m grabbing my AR then it’s some bad times indeed and in that circumstance it does seem more valid to be worried about durability. But maybe it’s just fine and durable enough and it just looks weak. And it was old fudds back in early 2000s saying we shouldn’t run them.