Anyone have any experience with the A1 Stocks that Fulton Armory has available on their website, in black and tan? I’m looking for an A1 stock and I’m not seeing much out there other than that one and Cavalry Arms.
I’d like something with the A2 materials and build quality, but in A1 length.
I am not wedded to the A1, specifically, but something that LOP, with the rigidity of a fixed stock is a must.
I tried a search, but it doesn’t seem to be working right now.
Thanks in advance.
Jason
If I’m not mistaken, the Fulton Armory A1 stocks are the Cavalry arms ones.
Well, that simplifies things. Thanks.
Sooo…Anyone with any experience with the Cavalry Arms A1 stocks? Any other alternatives I should consider?
I have CavArms A1’s on all my fixed stock rifles. The size and texture are perfect, IMO. I’ve been using them for years. The plastic buttplate is garbage, though.
Fulton offers a metal buttplate for these stocks that is a huge improvement.
Here’s a crappy picture of the CavArms A1 that I installed on one of my boy’s rifles:
I have a C1 stock from Cavarms and it is great, except for the plastic buttplate. My solution was to order an inexpensive surplus A2 buttstock from from e-gunparts/Numrich. It is the hard rubber type with metal hardware and trap door. It works great. I also use the excellent DD A1 Burnsed Loop as the rear attachment point for my two point sling. This is the best way I have found to get a sling on an A1 buttstock.
Just suck it up and use an A2… it’ll grow on you.
DRich & Matthew,
Thanks for the info.
Jason
They,
No thanks. I shoot nose-to-charging-handle. I’ve shit canned all my A2 stocks over the years for a reason.
Me
Same here. I’m taller than your average NBA player and have arms like an orangutan, but the A2 stock just plain sucks for me. The shorter A1 is perfect and fits me like a glove. I’ve lost count of the number of A2 stocks I’ve tossed in the garbage over the years.
Can you reuse the A2 buttplate on the C-1 stock or does it have to be a butt plate made for the a-1 atyle?
A1 stocks will usually take A2 buttplates without modification.
Alternatives?
Yeah, it took me a while to find them, but I put two Colt A1s on my 6400 and 6920. (ban state)
Buy the complete stock from Fulton. They put a REALLY NICE butt plate assembly on it. I’ve read people complain about the cav butt plate being really cheap. But Fulton is using something that’s pretty nice.
I have two of them. The trap door is metal, but the Butt Plate is Polymer, and seems to be nice and strong.
How do the “Colt A1s” differ from the old surplus A1s and/or the Cav Arms/Fulton A1s?
The Colt take offs that you used to be able to get from CDNN usually had a cracking butt plate. I have one of those stocks on my SBR.
I really like the Fulton complete better. The stock is plenty strong. I don’t know if it’s Mil spec strong for parry stroking and stuff. But it’s stronger than any adjustable stock out there.
The Cav/fulton had a huge compartment too, since it’s not fiber glass filled. It’s more like a glock frame for lack of a better example.
I bought several M-16A/A1 stocks from Fulton years ago. They were not new production, but GI take-offs/surplus. They used to offer both the old non-trapdoor and trapdoor version. They were used, but serviceable.
I’ve used the A1-length from Cav Arms. They were okay.
A2 buttplates will go on the older stocks.
The A2 doesn’t grow on you unless you’re a fixed position bladed shooter that’s shooting the gun, not fighting with it. Like DRich, I’m a knuckle-dragging orangutan type and the A2 is way too long. A1 is a bit too, but is much more tolerable.
Fulton Armory customer service is excellent.