Buffer Tube advice

[stevelee24]

am i right in thinking you only need to upgrade the Tube kit on a standard m&p if you wanting to add a mil spec butt stock?

a commercial MOE stock should fit right on the existing tube??

 

[labdad]

The tube on your 15-22 is milspec. Also you can't change the tube it's one piece.

 

[BeginingOfTheEnd]

labdad is right. More of a reciever extension than a buffer tube as it is part of the lower and not removable. And it is mil spec so any such stock will fit.

 

[stevelee24]

ah right just i was looking on the ar15 forum and they sell the mil spec MOE butt stocks with the tube aswell and said something about mil spec size and some other size.

just wanting to make sure i get the right fit as its coming along way from USA to England

 

[CrazyFingers]

I think stevelee24 might be in the wrong forum. I get the feeling he's talking about the receiver extension on a 5.56 M&P.

 

[stevelee24]

I think stevelee24 might be in the wrong forum. I get the feeling he's talking about the receiver extension on a 5.56 M&P.

no im talking about a 15-22

 

[stevelee24]

by the way i have not got my hands on my 15-22 yet so im not clued up how it all works. so if i just get the mil spec MOE butt stock it will fit right on ??

 

[CrazyFingers]

Yes. The receiver extension on an M&P 15-22 is not a separate piece like a real M4/AR-15. It is a single molded part of the lower receiver. It is mil-spec sized, so any mil-spec stock body will fit it fine.
DO NOT get a commercial sized stock body for an M&P 15-22, it will not fit properly.

 

[Foxtrot]

Drop In replacement - Magpul MOE Stock Mil-Spec Version (Black) with free shipping - $56.95 > Magpul MOE Stock Mil-Spec Version (Black) FREE SHIPPING!

 

[labdad]

Drop In replacement - Magpul MOE Stock Mil-Spec Version (Black) with free shipping - $56.95 > Magpul MOE Stock Mil-Spec Version (Black) FREE SHIPPING!

This the model I use and it fits like a glove.

 

[the_new_guy]

stevelee24 welcome to the forum. As said previously, you could buy a moe mil-spec with buffer tube and spring, but if your buying for your 15-22 you will be spending extra $$ on parts you wont need. To upgrade your buttstock for your 15-22 you will ONLY need a mil-spec buttstock, NO buffer tube/spring needed. Have fun with your new rifle.

 

[BeginingOfTheEnd]

That should work if it's mil-spec and if your getting the tube and spring? you can even sell those off to lower the overall cost.

 

[stevelee24]

thanks for the help guys, good job i come here for advice i almost spent extra on the mil spec tube i wouldn't need

i did not realise the 15-22 was a fixed tube

 

[Spectre_USA]

I did not either until I got it.

Well, actually, before I bought it a month ago, I was kicking around the idea
of going all "olde skool" M-16 and getting an A2 butt stock, a triangular hand
guard, and a carry handle, but cancelled that idea when some gentleman
here pointed out that it could be done, but it was irreversible.

In this case, 2 out of 3 ain't good.

The next time I have a grand kicking around with no bills name on it, I just
might make up a total conversion...

 

[tacticool22]

A triangular hand guard, and a carry handle with a almost any front sight are fairly easy to do and are reversable.

 

[Spectre_USA]

Yeah, well, for me, it's all or nothin'.

I think it'd look lame with a collapsible stock, and the forward accessories.

Someday, when I make it big...

 

[Juvicator]

Thinking of this...removing tube, attach adaptor, put mating side on tube, so it can go back on, and make adaptors to fit old school stocks, or SCAR style folders. Dunno an idea I got.

 

[Juvicator]

Now that means I would have to cut my gun up...gulp.

 

[Juvicator]

Uh...I'm not going to end up in the pokey for lopping off the stock right?

 

[stickbug1]

Provided that you finish and install a new butt stock of an appropriate length you are fine. A pile of parts on your bench can't be considered and SBR. Strip the lower receiver before you start cutting then its only a work in progress. Besides I would want to strip it bare before I took a saw to the buffer tube/extension.

Not that I personally would want to take a saw to it anyway.