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Bushmaster is selling out of their older grey A2 stocks, I just ordered one. Will do a side by side with a Colt A2 that I just swapped out. The new Colt AR15A4 rifles do not have the yeee old greyish stock color of yore... Hoping the BM does and is of sufficient quality.
https://www.bushmaster.com/shop/snak...-discontinued/
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I don't remember ever trying an A2 stock that I thought was lacking.... unlike most of the A1 aftermarket options.Originally Posted by ryanm
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The current/modern A2 stocks suck in that the off white yellow foam fill they use is much softer than the hard darker yellow foam fill of the older A2 stocks.
Something about the old hard foam being regulated out of use by the EPA according to Mike of NoDak Spud (H&R/PSA).
Last edited by 556Cliff; 11-24-23 at 15:37.
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Interesting. Any idea how long the older foam has been out of use?
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The Shark has original Colt A2 full furniture kits....He's kind of slow to ship, but you just accept that aspect and move on. Similar to Botach, never had an issue with anything from him and it is always exactly as described, usually at a fairly reasonable price.
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I wouldn’t do business with that shithead if he had the last AR part on earth. I bought three Colt surplus bolts what he said were in very good condition and they were worn slam out. He said they would outlast any new production bolts.
I gave him a pass because he refunded my money. Then I ordered a new Colt BCG which he emailed me saying he didn’t actually have in stock so he could ship an FN BCG. I got the FN and it had very visible wear with probably at least 200-500 rounds.
I saw similar posts from others on TOS. Fool me once, twice, etc.
Do you even get down innagrass, bro?
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I wouldn't buy from Shark either. As you said, he's the scammer type and he's pulled some pretty shady stuff. Just looking at how badly his website is set up is big red flag indicator to not buy from him.I wouldn’t do business with that shithead if he had the last AR part on earth. I bought three Colt surplus bolts what he said were in very good condition and they were worn slam out. He said they would outlast any new production bolts.
I gave him a pass because he refunded my money. Then I ordered a new Colt BCG which he emailed me saying he didn’t actually have in stock so he could ship an FN BCG. I got the FN and it had very visible wear with probably at least 200-500 rounds.
I saw similar posts from others on TOS. Fool me once, twice, etc.
Last edited by 556Cliff; 11-25-23 at 18:57.
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Not sure exactly when they made the change, but it seemed like the older hard yellow foam was being used in all the early 2000s A2 stocks... At least up through 2003.
By the time the Colt AR15A4 came around the internal foam on the A2 stocks coming on those was the softer off white/yellow foam.
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Was not aware that the newer Colt A4 stocks were not in grey anymore. Last ones I got from Brownells a couple years ago were.
But anyways, that grey/silver color is actually a finish or dry film lube of some sort. It's not actually the color of the polymer that the stock body is made of. I ordered a couple A2 stocks from Fulton that were uncoated and as black as Zytel normally looks. The Fulton A2 stocks were obviously made by the same place that was making the Colt stocks I got around the same time based on the marks left by the molds. The only difference is that the Colt stocks were grey/silver finished.
I noticed that the grey/silver look was a finish on the Colt stocks when the toothbrush I was using to clean them along with warm soapy water was darkening from scrubbing the stock down.
Last edited by 556Cliff; 11-24-23 at 15:29.
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