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Posted: 5/7/2009 4:16:15 PM EDT
| i know most guns come with comm buffers,,, but i am biulding my lowers... so should i go with mil-spec or comm tubes??? right now i have one comm tube with a magpul CTR stock on it, i've read the comm versions dont lock as tight as the mil but i have never been able to confirm this with my own eyes. i also have 1 extra comm tube that i havent used yet. in the future i believe i am going to get a vltor emod, magpuls new ACS and probably another CTR. any reason i should pick mil-spec over commercial for the future??? |
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i know most guns come with comm buffers,,, any reason i should pick mil-spec over commercial for the future??? I'm guessing that you mean buffer tube? & I don't know of a stock manufacturer that doesn't make their stock in a mil spec version. In that respect you aren't limited. Otherwise who cares if you can get what you want? |
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i know most guns come with comm buffers,,, any reason i should pick mil-spec over commercial for the future??? I'm guessing that you mean buffer tube? & I don't know of a stock manufacturer that doesn't make their stock in a mil spec version. In that respect you aren't limited. Otherwise who cares if you can get what you want? yes i meant buffer tubes 
so the only advantage is the mil-spec seems to be thicker than the comercial... correct? |
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so the only advantage is the mil-spec seems to be thicker than the comercial... correct? Incorrect. Read the last line of text in the graphic. Commercial tubes are .020" thicker than milspec tubes. Commercial tubes essentially skip a machining step to lower costs, making them thicker. |
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I have some of both, and honestly it doesn't matter +100 Unless you just gotta be "G.I. Joe from head to toe", it just doesn't matter. With all the commercial tubes out there, anybody that doesn't make their stock for a commercial tube is silly. ETA: I think the commercial tubes are stronger assuming they are made of the same material. IMHO, if it was all starting over today, "MilSpec" would be commercial. What is the point of the extra machining? Bill |
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