Really nice A1 stock
There is a legend around A1 stocks - they have the perfect LOP, why would you ever use anything else, and so on. But there are some drawbacks - no storage, some of the clones are considered flimsy (or at least the buttpad is), they crack easily, are discolored or badly molded, and the surplus ones are getting harder to acquire. I used this stock kit (includes the rifle length buffer tube and A1 screw) to replace a collapsible stock on one of my pre-FSA13 lowers. This A1 fixed stock lower will host, at various times, a Brownells BRN-605 upper, a BRN-16A1 upper, a PSA A4 upper, or a Daniel Defense midlength 16" upper with rifle length rail. The stock is black (rather than gray), feels solid, has a storage compartment with the typical polymer buttplate. Some people think you need a button type QD on a stock for functionality - just used a J-hook from a GI sling with a tactical sling - can still detach when needed. It looks great with all of the uppers, although if you care about color matching the BRN uppers, you will not be happy (because they are a mix of the milspec gray and black parts). But I don't care about that at all - it's a very nice stock. The only complaint I have is that the rear takedown pin is now very tight under the spring tension of the fixed stock versus what it was with the collapsible buffer tube. I need something to push it out now, rather than just using finger pressure. Otherwise, love it.
