collapsible stocks for rifle length buffer tube

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robjacobs

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What are the options for putting a collapsible stock on a full length rifle barrel gas system set up. I've seen carbine buffer tubes and buffers used, but that was pretty violent on the bolt and flinging brass. Would an adjustable gas block solve the problem and make a carbine tube/buffer work? Are there alternative solutions?
Thanks in Advance.
 
Nothing to keep the stock from twisting. But you have a spare rifle length buffer tube and prefer a carbine length I'd trade you straight up.
 
I don't have a spare rifle tube at the moment or I might take you up on it. I have one a2 style lower waiting on the .25-45 sharps barrel I ordered.
 
I'm just wanting a collapsible stock on a rifle length gas system, 20" barrel. I'm not opposed to using a carbine buffer tube if there is a buffer/spring that will work without beating up the action.
 
A carbine buffer/spring in a collapsible stovk won't beat it up anymore than a standard rifle set up. Rifle gas has nothing to do with the stock and buffers.

Greg
 
A quick answer to your question, install your rifle upper on a carbine buffer/collapsible stock lower setup. They will run just fine in most cases.
 
Originally Posted By: GLShooterA carbine buffer/spring in a collapsible stovk won't beat it up anymore than a standard rifle set up. Rifle gas has nothing to do with the stock and buffers.

Agreed.

Originally Posted By: trshootemA quick answer to your question, install your rifle upper on a carbine buffer/collapsible stock lower setup. They will run just fine in most cases.

Agreed.
 
I tried the carbine lower once and it flung brass extremely hard and far. Switched back to a rifle tube/spring/buffer and ejection was back to normal.

Was this somehow an anomaly? I only tried it once, but with the ejection of the brass it looked like the bolt was traveling pretty violently with the lighter buffer.
 
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It shouldn’t have made a difference. But theirs a lot of variables. Were you running a heavier buffer in either lower?

The cycling is a delicate dance, one part effects another and timing is everything. Actually building a gun from scratch will teach you this, not just bolting stuff together, trust me.
 
Searching back in the deep cobwebs of my mind, I do recall it was the buffers that were switched out making the difference. Carbine vs. Rifle.

Thank you guys.
 
Originally Posted By: robjacobsSearching back in the deep cobwebs of my mind, I do recall it was the buffers that were switched out making the difference. Carbine vs. Rifle.

Thank you guys.

If you used a carbine buffer in a rifle buffer tube (or vice versa) that would cause a mountain of issues.
 


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