Seeing as collapsible's are a no-go, and pinning one is quite redundant, I may get one of these VLTOR's in an A1 length. Thoughts? I hear they're durable, light weight, and even have the accessory tubes.

I have the Enhanced Stock and pinned it to the length I wanted.

I have the Enhanced Stock and pinned it to the length I wanted.

 

Nice.

 

Is there a difference in felt recoil between a carbine length tube and a rifle length one?

I have the Enhanced Stock and pinned it to the length I wanted.

 

Ditto

that enhanced stock is really nice.. maybe when I get to finally putting together an AR I will consider that.. looks to be good quality..

Nice.

 

Is there a difference in felt recoil between a carbine length tube and a rifle length one?

 

 

I shot my m&p15 with the long tube.. and later switched it out to the short length setup.. to me.. I noticed no difference that mattered..

The rifle-length tube *can* shoot softer... meaning it can have less felt recoil. Its more obvious if you were to run that with a mid-length or rifle-length upper though.

 

I liked the EMod when I tried it out once. VLTOR makes great stuff, though I am waiting for some stuff they released at SHOT that hasn't been talked of since...

RRA has a similar model called the Operator A2. I put it on one of my HBAR guns and its quite comfortable as the cheekpiece is very broad like the Vltor with its compartments installed. The RRA also comes with the buffer, tube and spring for the same money.

 

Seeing as collapsible's are a no-go, and pinning one is quite redundant, I may get one of these VLTOR's in an A1 length. Thoughts? I hear they're durable, light weight, and even have the accessory tubes.

 

I'm running this very stock on my M&P15T(F). I bought it used on the EE at AR15.com. I'd prefer if it was the clubfoot design, but not a big deal. I can only compare it to the fixed, at full length out, collapsable that it came with. I do notice the 5/8" shorter length of the A1 length and prefer it. Since the M&P15T comes with a Troy free float (forget the specific model name, but it's the pre-Extreme model) it's kind of front heavy. The VLtor stock balances it very nicely. It's not that noticeable, but there is a difference in recoil. It's smoother. I picked this up just before Vltor announced the A5 buffer tube that is longer than the standard carbine tube. At some point, I may go this route w/ another rifle and pin a stock to the A5 tube. Call me a wuss, but I like having my cheek rest on plastic vs. the metal of the carbine tube. Lastly, it has tons of storage space w/ long tubes running down both sides of the stock. Everyone who has shot the rifle has commented on it being a big improvement over the faux collapsable that it came with. A couple of fellow NJ'ers I know w/ AR15's are considering doing the same to their rifles. I'm running an ACE skeleton stock on a Bushmaster and while the ACE is definitely lighter, I prefer the VLtor on the M&P for the better weight balance and all of what's mentioned above.

 

As much as I like this stock, I do wish it was just a couple of inches shorter still. It would allow it to be pulled in nice and tight. Overall, I'm very happy w/ the stock. I figure, what's the point of having a collapsable that's not collapsable.

 

Some pix...

 

 

RRA has a similar model called the Operator A2. I put it on one of my HBAR guns and its quite comfortable as the cheekpiece is very broad like the Vltor with its compartments installed. The RRA also comes with the buffer, tube and spring for the same money.

 

 

I like that. Are the fixed stocks A2 length only?

I like that. Are the fixed stocks A2 length only?

I believe so. I don't see any other length advertised on thier site. If wanted it longer, there are those spacer kits that push the stock out farther on the tube but you only get like less than an inch.