Re: Best Collapsable Stock for and AR-15
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MidwestPX</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Tell me about your rifle. Barrel length, center of gravity, etc. Reason why this is important is because your stock will play a huge part in balancing your rifle, "pointability", swing, and recoil.
For instance, if you had a 14.5" pencil barrel with a super light rail like a Daniel Defense Omega, I'd say a CTR or MOE would be appropriate. The CTR and MOE are extremely light for their given rigidity and will not cause your rifle to be ass heavy and therefore more prone to muzzle flip. Additionally, a heavy stock on such a light front-end would make for awkward (at least in my opinion) transitions as you move from one target to the next. If you're shooting offhand or stomping around for hours at a time, the weight savings is even more important.
But then examine the opposite; a 20" bull barrel with a heavier rifle length free float handguard. In this situation, a CTR, MOE, or even an ACS (which weights a half pound more than the CTR and MOE) would cause you to have a front-heavy rifle. Your transitions will be slow and your support arm will fatigue faster (if shooting offhand which is unlikely with this setup but humor me). In this case, I'd say you should definitely look at the UBR and PRS HOWEVER, before spending $200+ on a stock, I would also suggest you give the A2 stock a shot. It's cheap, rigid, and heavy enough. They aren't expensive so even if you decide you want the adjustability of a PRS or UBR, you're not out much. And you just may find that it does the job and you've saved a fair bit of money which you can spend on ammo which means more practice/varminting which is a helluva lot more fun.</div></div>
You'd be wise to listen to this advice. A stock that helps to balance the rifle (whether it's a light rifle needing a light stock, or a heavy rifle needing a heavier stock) will result in a rifle that's more comfortable to hold and shoot. A balanced rifle is much easier to wield than an unbalanced rifle.
