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Posted: 9/13/2006 4:57:08 PM EDT
I recently purchased and installed a Choate stock on my AR. Out of the box it was impressively robust. Put it on the gun and WOW! This thing is unbelievably comfortable and hell for stout. I had to swap my Bushy buffer tube for a mil-spec one but that's OK. Firing with the stock at different lengths worked out very well and the storage tubes are overbuilt and unobtrusive. You can't go wrong with it.      
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-1 for no pictures +8 for the rest of the review. Did you use a Choate tube or another brand? I read one post where the reviewer stated the stock would not work on a regular mil-spec tube. Apparently the stock lock plunger was larger then the holes in the extension, so it wouldn't seat properly. |
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Lancelot, I just checked Choate's site and it looks like they are now producing a stock specifically for the mil-spec size receiver extensions. See the link below. www.riflestock.com/catalog_page_detail.cfm?Product_CatalogID=2937&ProductNumber=16%2D01%2D06&ProductCode=40&ProductSubCodeID=205&NewProduct=0&recordno=1 These stocks look really good we need to see some compasison pics between it and the LMT stock. |
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I am a Choate fan. They may not be HSLD or have the name of the month, but they are bomb proof. I have used Choate stuff on my duty 870 and on my duty Mini14 when the AR wasn't allowed. I know they produce a mil-spec version and their own tubes. The question is, will the mil-spec version of the stock work on a non-Choate tube. The other post I saw suggested it would not. Hopefully they've fixed that. There was a review with pictures here earlier and I copied them to a page of their own. What you seek is here. www.coloradoshooting.org/choate_ar15_stock.htm Member Ka#b did this review. |
I had seen that review but was kinda hesitant to buy one because of the proprietary buffer tube design. So I called them and when they told me that there was in fact a mil-spec version... BAM! I knew what I had to do. I kinda figured that someone would post up that link and I'm glad you did. I don't think I could take pics that detailed. Like I said, this thing is high quality toughness and you are not going to beat it for the price.
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| how about now lancelot? better? the nut on the latch is beveled on the latch side so that it doesn't bind against the composite material. the sling swivel adapter is reversible of course. the butt plate is made of some kind of rubbery tactile material. the storage tubes aren't removable but i never saw that as a bad thing. overall a very well put together product. |
Thanks for the pictures. Now answer all our questions...... Its interesting that they just used a simple nut to hold the latch on. It doesn't appear to be pinned so I assume they use loctite? The sling swivel looks kind or primative, but I'm sure it works great. How hard is it to get the end caps off the tubes? |
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