Here it is, the long anticipated CSS from NEA.
Before I begin: NO NEA BASHING HERE! Please do not turn this into a troll fest. Criticisms yes (and I have a couple myself), but retarded trolling no. Thanks in advance.
Here are the constituent parts. It is a very simple set up, actually. As you can see, the buffer is integrated into the bolt carrier. An interesting design, but with a drawback I will touch on later.
Install.
Wow...easy. I was going to wait to the weekend to do it, but the more I looked over it, the more I realized it could be done in literally no time at all. I removed the old telescoping stock, nut, plate, and buffer retainer pin and spring (which rocketed out somewhere lol).
The buffer pin and spring is not retained.
Then it was a matter of setting the rear of the stock onto the back of the rifle using the guide peg and screwing on the buffer tube. Instructions didn't call for lock-tite, but I threw some in there anyway.
I stripped my old carrier of the firing pin, cam pin, bolt, and firing pin retaining pin and moved it over to the new carrier.
And that was it. It literally took me 15 minutes to disassemble and reassemble.
Now here is my first criticism. Because the buffer hangs out of the back of the upper and the spring is no longer contained, you have to insert the upper onto the lower in a downward fashion to get it to go together. That means that both take down pins have to come out and the whole upper has to come off to get at the bolt assembly.
This is a minor issue for civilians, but in the event of needing a more invasive intervention in the field, it adds a step that can eat into precious time.
Criticism 2. The dry weight before install was 6lb, 5.3 oz. The rifle now weighs 6lb, 12.7 oz. I read somewhere, and I can;t find it now, that the stock was supposed to only add 1oz over the telescoping stock. If you are all about the ounces, like Nut'n, this could be a drawback for you.
Criticism 3. The colour doesn't match my rifle. Of course, the gun never claimed to be a pageant queen.
Here are some pics installed.
Dry operating impressions:
Length of pull. Holy crap short! The stock actually collapses shorter than the first slot on the rails. At that position, my cheek rest is the charging handle and the back of the flat top. There are six positions on the stock. At the most extended position, it feel just right for me. Guys with longer arms may find it some what short.
The stock is very sturdy. I was concerned that the nature of the sliding bars would be too wiggly. But that is not the case at all. It is very solid.
The stock adjustment will take some getting used to. Because the button is on a stationary part, pulling the stock out is a two hand process. When I collapse it, I just use my shoulder to push on it.
Part quality is very nice, with some machining marks present in the notches of the buffer tube. I've learned to live with these...even my Performance Centre .500 mag has some small machining marks in the rail slots.
Over all I am very impressed. I will be getting out in 3 to 4 weeks to do a shoot and see how it handles in some different scenarios.
Before I begin: NO NEA BASHING HERE! Please do not turn this into a troll fest. Criticisms yes (and I have a couple myself), but retarded trolling no. Thanks in advance.
Here are the constituent parts. It is a very simple set up, actually. As you can see, the buffer is integrated into the bolt carrier. An interesting design, but with a drawback I will touch on later.
Install.
Wow...easy. I was going to wait to the weekend to do it, but the more I looked over it, the more I realized it could be done in literally no time at all. I removed the old telescoping stock, nut, plate, and buffer retainer pin and spring (which rocketed out somewhere lol).
The buffer pin and spring is not retained.
Then it was a matter of setting the rear of the stock onto the back of the rifle using the guide peg and screwing on the buffer tube. Instructions didn't call for lock-tite, but I threw some in there anyway.
I stripped my old carrier of the firing pin, cam pin, bolt, and firing pin retaining pin and moved it over to the new carrier.
And that was it. It literally took me 15 minutes to disassemble and reassemble.
Now here is my first criticism. Because the buffer hangs out of the back of the upper and the spring is no longer contained, you have to insert the upper onto the lower in a downward fashion to get it to go together. That means that both take down pins have to come out and the whole upper has to come off to get at the bolt assembly.
This is a minor issue for civilians, but in the event of needing a more invasive intervention in the field, it adds a step that can eat into precious time.
Criticism 2. The dry weight before install was 6lb, 5.3 oz. The rifle now weighs 6lb, 12.7 oz. I read somewhere, and I can;t find it now, that the stock was supposed to only add 1oz over the telescoping stock. If you are all about the ounces, like Nut'n, this could be a drawback for you.
Criticism 3. The colour doesn't match my rifle. Of course, the gun never claimed to be a pageant queen.
Here are some pics installed.
Dry operating impressions:
Length of pull. Holy crap short! The stock actually collapses shorter than the first slot on the rails. At that position, my cheek rest is the charging handle and the back of the flat top. There are six positions on the stock. At the most extended position, it feel just right for me. Guys with longer arms may find it some what short.
The stock is very sturdy. I was concerned that the nature of the sliding bars would be too wiggly. But that is not the case at all. It is very solid.
The stock adjustment will take some getting used to. Because the button is on a stationary part, pulling the stock out is a two hand process. When I collapse it, I just use my shoulder to push on it.
Part quality is very nice, with some machining marks present in the notches of the buffer tube. I've learned to live with these...even my Performance Centre .500 mag has some small machining marks in the rail slots.
Over all I am very impressed. I will be getting out in 3 to 4 weeks to do a shoot and see how it handles in some different scenarios.
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