What are the benefits of pinned adjustable stock compared to a fixed stock?

It looks cool? Maybe you can have it pinned at a convenient length if you have short arms? I'm a proponent of full length A1/A2 stocks, they shoot software, balance better and unless you need to be in vehicles a lot are just all around better. Unless you are short, in which case try the A1 length first anyway, then look at a pinned collapsible.

I have an fixed RRA operator stock, balances the rifle very nicely and has storage compartments. Your really asking is a fixed stock better then a fixed stock... they are both fixed might as well get one you like and is functional.

 

The only plus to a pinned adj. stock is that you get to pick your length.... but plenty of companies makes varying length fixed stocks. Personally, my next stock is going to be an ace skeleton stock, with para cord, it just looks bad a** IMO and they have different sizes.

All AR stocks in NJ are fixed.

 

A pinned adjustable lets you adjust the stock to fit your frame, and then pin it to keep it legal.

Pinned

 

1. You have the ability to put it at the most convenient and effective length for you specifically.

2. You have more options than fixed stocks. There are generally more of them, with more options in terms of sling attachment points, cheek rest/rise, base plates/pads, and colors.

 

Fixed

 

1. Simpler.

2. If it has what you want, and in the length you want, doesn't have any rattle to it like a pinned collapsible.

3. Doesn't require putting a hole in the stock and buffer tube.

 

Personally, I feel you have more options and can tailer the stock more towards your needs and likes with a pinned stock.

if you are a small you can have it pinned shorter to fit your freakishly small body. Us big guys need the full length of a fixed stock and then some.

Stag makes a factory pinned NJ spec 6 position style stock. Thats what i have on mine, good length and looks great. The entire kit cost me 69 shipped

if you are a small you can have it pinned shorter to fit your freakishly small body. Us big guys need the full length of a fixed stock and then some.

 

Not all of us do, mine is pinned in the 3rd notch out and I guess I could be considered a "big guy" being that Im 6'5 280

 

It all depends on what your comfortable with and how you shoot (squared up, bladed, etc) that will determine what length is right for you. Thats why I went with the pinned stock so that I could put it right where it felt best to me and the way I shoot.

So, I get it when people buy an adjustable stock and then pin it (because they have to) at a spot that fits them best. But what about all of these AR-15 that are sold at NJ gun stores already pinned? You don't get to pin a stock were you would like. So what's the point then?

Just cause people think it looks "cool", and its probably cheaper for the mfg to use a pinned m-4 type stock than it is to put a1 or a2 stocks on them all

Don't forget the rifle length recoil system used by the A1/A2 stocks is also smoother, softer, less noisy, and much more securely attached. The pinned collapsible stocks actually have a serious shortcoming as far as I'm concerned which is strength, you don't want to smack anything with them. I don't mean people btw, I mean if you ever have to mortar a stuck case out of the chamber you simply can't do it with a stock pinned in anything but the shortest setting without risking breaking it. I've had to do that at a match once (I had a case with no flash hole, primer moved back when it fired and locked up the bolt) and I smacked the crap out of the Ace stock, with a pinned plastic stock that would have been a no-go.