Ezekiel555
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I am wanting to put a mil spec buffer tube on my 15-22 rifle. I have seen it done on the pistol but i am curious to see if it is possible on the rifle? Thanks
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DelFuego
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That sounds like a cool upgrade, but I'd be too tempted to not put it back on and leave it as a pistol.
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Ezekiel555
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It does, i am just trying to figure out how to do it since the buffer tube is treaded on the end.
ragingyeti
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Why?
The "reciever extension" on the 15-22 is mil spec size. Replacing it with a mil spec AR15 receiver extension will be a lot of work for no difference.
The "reciever extension" on the 15-22 is mil spec size. Replacing it with a mil spec AR15 receiver extension will be a lot of work for no difference.
Kayback
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As others have said it'll be a lot of cutting fitting and epoxy with the risk of ruining your lower to essentially end up back where you started.
Can it be done? Yes. Should it be done?...........
Can it be done? Yes. Should it be done?...........
I think it can be done with not much work. Drill and tap the lower, then thread it on and epoxy it in place.
That being said, the material you are left with surrounding the buffer tuber will be minimal, thus it will most likely crack in half.
That sounds like a very bad way to end a range session.
Good luck.
That being said, the material you are left with surrounding the buffer tuber will be minimal, thus it will most likely crack in half.
That sounds like a very bad way to end a range session.
Good luck.
CrazyFingers
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Why don't you tell us your end goal? Maybe we can help you come up with a way to achieve it without trashing your lower and voiding your warranty.
Is it just to have a mil-spec size receiver extension for a collapsible stock? You already have that.
What are you trying to accomplish?
Is it just to have a mil-spec size receiver extension for a collapsible stock? You already have that.
What are you trying to accomplish?
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Ezekiel555
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I am wanting to fit an ace stock on it. But im almost positive i cannot put it on without some major modifications.
DelFuego
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I would love to have the pistol version of our rifle. I'd buy it in a heartbeat, if they still made it.
tacticool22
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Is this what you are going for?
(FSM-AR) ACE Folding Stock Mechanism w/ Integrated AR-15 Stock Interface - Out of Stock
(FSM-AR) ACE Folding Stock Mechanism w/ Integrated AR-15 Stock Interface - Out of Stock
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Ezekiel555
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Not the folding stock, just the plain ace stock
PainterlyShotgroup
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Yeah, you are looking at having to either grind the "rib" on the integral extension tube off, or completely removing the integral receiver extension, hollowing out the receiver, threading and or gluing the new tube in and then you'll still need to either glue the new stock where it meets the receiver or carve out a notch in the receiver for what would be the recessed portion of the end plate. On this type of stock the little knob I'm talking about would be part of the stock (where it meets the receiver) and not on an end plate that is held on with a castle nut. This would keep the stock from rotating on the tube.....It's an investment.
Kayback
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Yeah what Painterly said. It can be done, and there are other methods of doing it, but it isn't a quick fix, and it isn't easy.
(your definition of easy may be different to mine)
I was wanting an UBR stock on mine and changed my mind after looking at the work it would entail.
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(your definition of easy may be different to mine)
I was wanting an UBR stock on mine and changed my mind after looking at the work it would entail.
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Looking back I would have done things differently. Sometimes I really hate the Mod Bug. He's inline with the Gambling Bug...makes you do things. What other methods did you have in mind? Just curious.
Kayback
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Me or the OP?
I was wanting the UBR stock, SBR'ing it at just over 10" and putting a suppressor on it.
The barrel removal and installation doesn't seem too bad. I will be going through with that. The hacking up the lower to install epoxy and threaded tubes gave me pause
(In this country lowers, uppers and barrel assembly's are all documented and tracked.) If I messed on up getting a new one is serious paperwork.
If a decent gunsmith messed it up however, the paper work is the same, HE just needs to do it
KBK
I was wanting the UBR stock, SBR'ing it at just over 10" and putting a suppressor on it.
The barrel removal and installation doesn't seem too bad. I will be going through with that. The hacking up the lower to install epoxy and threaded tubes gave me pause
(In this country lowers, uppers and barrel assembly's are all documented and tracked.) If I messed on up getting a new one is serious paperwork.
If a decent gunsmith messed it up however, the paper work is the same, HE just needs to do it
KBK
PainterlyShotgroup
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Me or the OP?
I was wanting the UBR stock, SBR'ing it at just over 10" and putting a suppressor on it.
The barrel removal and installation doesn't seem too bad. I will be going through with that. The hacking up the lower to install epoxy and threaded tubes gave me pause
(In this country lowers, uppers and barrel assembly's are all documented and tracked.) If I messed on up getting a new one is serious paperwork.
If a decent gunsmith messed it up however, the paper work is the same, HE just needs to do it
KBK
I was asking you Kayback. Even your uppers are documented? If you don't mind me asking, what country are you in? To be honest, I'm not sure a gunsmith would do such a mod on the 15-22?
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Ezekiel555
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This would be my plan, seems as if it would work to me.
(I apologize for my drawing and handwriting is not perfect)
I could not find any other way of describing my plan other than drawing it.
(I apologize for my drawing and handwriting is not perfect)
I could not find any other way of describing my plan other than drawing it.
Kayback
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That's very similar to the pistol to SBR mod that can be done.
My friend did it to the hollow pistol piece by cutting out the back end and installing a machined, threaded metal retainer.
Painterly - South Africa.
We've recently been hit with a wave of draconian gunlaws to "make South Africa safer". Even though there is plenty of evidence the guns used in crimes are stolen police and military weapons or terrorist cell weapons and have never been civilian owned guns.
Previously our system licensed barrels. Yup, barrels. So any firearm barrel needed it's own license. Want to replace a factory barrel with a BoMar? New license. But uppers, lowers and parts were all unregulated.
The latest changes to the laws made each and every major component "licensed" and we all needed to re apply for our current licenses. Many of us had changed parts out willy nilly but kept the same barrel. This rather messed up the system (my brother was arrested for illegally possessing firearms because he'd replaced his Chinese semi high cap steel frame with a Israeli polymer high cap frame when he tried to relicense his gun because the new frame # didn't match the old one).
To work on a firearm beyond anything that is field stripping - IE needing tools to do, MUST be done by a registered gunsmith. If you aren't registered you can't work on them. By the definition of the law I am not allowed to swap out the grip pannels on my 1911 because they are screwed in! Or, say, remove the grip or barrel from an AR.
We don't have any laws regarding the length of barrel or suppressors. I can walk into a shop and buy a suppressor and get a gunsmith to turn down a barrel as short as I want, right there and then.
The law changed things like how many bullets on can own. (2400 in a year, no more than 200 at a time). Because you know, limiting how much people can practice makes them better.
Roll eyes.
KBK
My friend did it to the hollow pistol piece by cutting out the back end and installing a machined, threaded metal retainer.
Painterly - South Africa.
We've recently been hit with a wave of draconian gunlaws to "make South Africa safer". Even though there is plenty of evidence the guns used in crimes are stolen police and military weapons or terrorist cell weapons and have never been civilian owned guns.
Previously our system licensed barrels. Yup, barrels. So any firearm barrel needed it's own license. Want to replace a factory barrel with a BoMar? New license. But uppers, lowers and parts were all unregulated.
The latest changes to the laws made each and every major component "licensed" and we all needed to re apply for our current licenses. Many of us had changed parts out willy nilly but kept the same barrel. This rather messed up the system (my brother was arrested for illegally possessing firearms because he'd replaced his Chinese semi high cap steel frame with a Israeli polymer high cap frame when he tried to relicense his gun because the new frame # didn't match the old one).
To work on a firearm beyond anything that is field stripping - IE needing tools to do, MUST be done by a registered gunsmith. If you aren't registered you can't work on them. By the definition of the law I am not allowed to swap out the grip pannels on my 1911 because they are screwed in! Or, say, remove the grip or barrel from an AR.
We don't have any laws regarding the length of barrel or suppressors. I can walk into a shop and buy a suppressor and get a gunsmith to turn down a barrel as short as I want, right there and then.
The law changed things like how many bullets on can own. (2400 in a year, no more than 200 at a time). Because you know, limiting how much people can practice makes them better.
Roll eyes.
KBK
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