A) Remove cleaning kit from the stock: -276 grams
B) Remove the hinged buttplate, remove the 2 plastic tubes in the stock, disassemble be hinged buttplate and reinstall the buttplate minus that useless chunk of steel on a hinge: -222 grams
C) Use a 5 round magazine instead of the 5/20 round magazine: -129 grams
D) Remove the cartridge clip guide : - 30 grams
If you do all that you lose 657 grams or, if you prefer, about 1 pound and 7,1 ounces.
For your information, the Norinco synthetic stock weighs 1245 grams (2 pounds and 11,9 ounces).
On the other hand, there is the ninja alternative:
A) Remove the hinged buttplate
B) Remove the 2 tube used to keep the cleaning kit in the stock
...and then...
TA DA!
You just have this new huge cavity in the stock in which you can screw a couple of feet of picatinny rails!
Imagine the possibilities: you could mount a flahslight in there so you can look at your nice picatinny rail cover and extra flashlight batteries!
Why should you be afraid of dead weight?
... but that's not all!
Check out this alternative for the ones among us that are less secure about their masculinity:
A) Remove the hinged buttplate
B) Remove the 2 tube used to keep the cleaning kit in the stock
...and then...
TA DA!
You have a huge cavity that you can fill with:
- sand
- concrete
- lead
- depleted uranium
This way you can obtain a weapon as heavy as the one Major Simon said you had to carry all day like a donkey when you were a grunt a couple generations ago.
Make a video of you doing all the "gunsmithing" and then run around your yard with your rifle held well above your head and upload it on youtube!
Show us how though you are! (We really care!)
Don't forget to put some background music: Macho man from the Village People would sound perfectly appropriate.