AR 15 "spex" PDW stock

Was not the spex stuff coming from a guy that worked/ got fired from$ ATRS?

Maybe I have the wrong products?
But if not maybe ATRS has some?
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Was not the spex stuff coming from a guy that worked/ got fired from$ ATRS?

Maybe I have the wrong products?
But if not maybe ATRS has some?
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ATRS will never get a sniff at this product, that's for damn sure.

I don't want to start a pissing contest, but the Spex brand is 100% separate from ATRS.

This PDW system was designed 100% separately from anything ATRS has done, including some serious re-engineering of the AR15 internals to make it run with 100% reliability.

I'm shocked nobody is losing their mind over how short the buffer tube is on this PDW... this is the beauty of the telescopic stock in its present offering - it allows the weapon to be carried at a length roughly 8" shorter than a standard AR (this is my estimation; I may be +/- a few inches on the actual stats).

This modification does not come without serious ingenuity and serious re-engineering. I was gobsmacked at how well-built it was when I shot it.

-M
 
I'm shocked nobody is losing their mind over how short the buffer tube is on this PDW... this is the beauty of the telescopic stock in its present offering - it allows the weapon to be carried at a length roughly 8" shorter than a standard AR (this is my estimation; I may be +/- a few inches on the actual stats).

This modification does not come without serious ingenuity and serious re-engineering. I was gobsmacked at how well-built it was when I shot it.

-M

To be fair, this is not new technology or ideas...
 
ATRS will never get a sniff at this product, that's for damn sure.

I don't want to start a pissing contest, but the Spex brand is 100% separate from ATRS.

This PDW system was designed 100% separately from anything ATRS has done, including some serious re-engineering of the AR15 internals to make it run with 100% reliability.

I'm shocked nobody is losing their mind over how short the buffer tube is on this PDW... this is the beauty of the telescopic stock in its present offering - it allows the weapon to be carried at a length roughly 8" shorter than a standard AR (this is my estimation; I may be +/- a few inches on the actual stats).

This modification does not come without serious ingenuity and serious re-engineering. I was gobsmacked at how well-built it was when I shot it.

-M

Ahhhh WRONG! Time will prove this. Nuff said:wave:
 
I have shot an MP5 on FA and it climbs allot. I found it difficult to keep any kind of accuracy on FA although I only tried it once so I'm sure with practice it gets easier.

MP5s are definitely cool, but I would rather have the range of ammo available in 5.56...could go from barrier-blind loads to loads with less risk of overpenetration indoors very easily.

Of course if you were in a group, everyone might benefit from the greatly reduced muzzle blast of the 9mm rather than a short 5.56. But I barely have friends, let alone a tactical shooting team.

But for across-the-room distances the MP5 is sure a nice gun. I will be the first to admit I don't have a ton of time in on one but in my fairly limited experience, it's about as controllable a 9mm as I've ever shot.

Although I have not run one full-auto...I'm told the climb is pretty harsh.
 
Ahhhh WRONG! Time will prove this. Nuff said:wave:

What will be proved wrong? That you will never have anything to do with it, or that it is 100% separate from any of your designs, or that significant re-engineering was required to make it run 100%? Or that it is well built?

I assume you're not referring to the length as that would not take time to discover.
 
That particular weapon configuration is a friggin' wet dream for anyone who's a fan of an AR PDW.

Thats icky, I hope you washed your hands at least. :jerkit:


that stock looks like it might interfere with the selector switch (I'm guessing it doesn't but I'd like to see the other side).

It doesn't. It works just fine with a three position selector switch.


To be fair, this is not new technology or ideas...

The recoil system is unique. To my knowledge there is nothing else like it out there in the AR universe. But yes, there have been other bufferless systems before.


I would rather have the range of ammo available in 5.56...could go from barrier-blind loads to loads with less risk of overpenetration indoors very easily.

Where the AR based PDW really shines is in 300 Whisper (BLK). Even with a very short barrel, the round doesn't lose velocity like the 556 and it is much quieter because the Whisper burns so much less powder. So you have a compact, stealthy package that packs a hell of a wallop with from a 200 gr .30 cal bullet. Whats not to like?
 
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Every engineer thinks their design is the best, even if they are wrong.

Personally that is by far the ugliest stock I've ever seen on an AR, but many things require function over form.

The HK53 is my dream rifle, but I cannot own one and that makes me sad!
 
The recoil system is unique. To my knowledge there is nothing else like it out there in the AR universe. But yes, there have been other bufferless systems before.

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Isnt this a re hashed version of the old ZM gun from years back?
 
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To be fair, this is not new technology or ideas...

To be CORRECT, though the idea of a short-tube AR is not new, the way this one has been implemented certainly is. I have seen the inner workings, and it is remarkably unique.

Ahhhh WRONG! Time will prove this. Nuff said :wave:

Go ahead and post pictures or drawings of the internals then, if you have even the slightest idea of how this mechanism has been re-engineered. I know you may think you know how this is all constructed, but at the end of the day you're just going to end up like a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest.

Isnt this a re hashed version of the old ZM gun from years back?

Sure isn't. Not even close.

JGP beat me to it, the m231 port firing weapon revisited.....

I recall seeing the buffer tubes/stocks occasionally being sold back in the 1980's

I won't re-post the pics JGP has laid out, but there is literally nothing similar (save for a recoil spring) between the M231 and the Spex PDW's recoil mechanism.

-M
 
Ahhhh WRONG! Time will prove this. Nuff said:wave:

It doesn't matter either way. As has been pointed out on this board and during our phone call, this is not a new concept and NEA in conjunction with with Rich and Pete have re engineered specific features on the stock so that certain deficiencies in the original prototype have been over come.
 
I love the SPEX setup. I can't wait for it to materialize. Hopefully it will be offered on the enhanced NEA PDWs.
 
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