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For those of you going featureless and converting your original standard M4 carbine collapsible stock (like on the Colt M4 6920) to a "fixed" stock configuration, some options below I have found others doing that I am considering in my own featureless conversion:
1. Pinning the existing collapsible stock in place with roll pins (numerous youtube videos of people doing it).
2. Bolting your collapsible stock in place (two commerical options I have seen given below):
a). stock lok (price $35):
b). aimsports M4 Stock lock pin (price $8.09):
*Note here, stock lok is expensive, and if I used a commercial bolt down solution to fix the collapsible stock, I would probably try the aimsports M4 Stock lock pin.
I am not sure about the bolt down approaches as opposed to using roll pins. Although roll pins can be drilled out, they certainly seem a more "fixed" approach. If the bolt down approach is used to fix the stock,the bolts can simply be unscrewed (unless you mess up the bolt heads so that they cannot be turned) and the stock collapsed or expanded to a new position before re-fixing. That in my own mind still makes the stock collapsible. One is just collapsing or expanding the stock to a different position by manual re-installation instead of using a lock lever for on-the-fly adjustment. My own opinion is, that in a true fixed stock, there is no allowance for stock length adjustment either on the fly or by manual re-install. Am I splitting hairs over the definition of "fixed"?
I guess people will just use whatever method to fix their M4 carbine collapsible stock that gives them peace of mind (and for many, also a solution that is of reasonable cost), or go to a one piece stock. However, this has been a big debate for me in my own featureless conversion. The bolt on approach is appealing to me and many others because there are no intrusive modifcations necessary to the rifle (like drilling holes), just removing parts ...which is nice if you someday move to a place where "evil features" are not banned and want to easily re-install the rifle back to original functionality.
If you have your own thoughts on which you think is the better of the two approaches above and why, I'd like to hear from you. Mind that for my own featureless conversion, I want to keep the original M4 carbine stock, so going to an after market one piece stock is not an option for me.
1. Pinning the existing collapsible stock in place with roll pins (numerous youtube videos of people doing it).
2. Bolting your collapsible stock in place (two commerical options I have seen given below):
a). stock lok (price $35):
b). aimsports M4 Stock lock pin (price $8.09):
*Note here, stock lok is expensive, and if I used a commercial bolt down solution to fix the collapsible stock, I would probably try the aimsports M4 Stock lock pin.
I am not sure about the bolt down approaches as opposed to using roll pins. Although roll pins can be drilled out, they certainly seem a more "fixed" approach. If the bolt down approach is used to fix the stock,the bolts can simply be unscrewed (unless you mess up the bolt heads so that they cannot be turned) and the stock collapsed or expanded to a new position before re-fixing. That in my own mind still makes the stock collapsible. One is just collapsing or expanding the stock to a different position by manual re-installation instead of using a lock lever for on-the-fly adjustment. My own opinion is, that in a true fixed stock, there is no allowance for stock length adjustment either on the fly or by manual re-install. Am I splitting hairs over the definition of "fixed"?
I guess people will just use whatever method to fix their M4 carbine collapsible stock that gives them peace of mind (and for many, also a solution that is of reasonable cost), or go to a one piece stock. However, this has been a big debate for me in my own featureless conversion. The bolt on approach is appealing to me and many others because there are no intrusive modifcations necessary to the rifle (like drilling holes), just removing parts ...which is nice if you someday move to a place where "evil features" are not banned and want to easily re-install the rifle back to original functionality.
If you have your own thoughts on which you think is the better of the two approaches above and why, I'd like to hear from you. Mind that for my own featureless conversion, I want to keep the original M4 carbine stock, so going to an after market one piece stock is not an option for me.
DD
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