It's a fact that some AR's need a cheek riser to get proper cheekweld for raised scopes or rifles with raised rails. It's another fact that standard AR charging handles require a lot of travel, making it impossible to charge a rifle without moving a collapsible stock all the way to the rear. The LaRue RISR solves these problems. It's a fact that some AR's need a cheek riser to get proper cheekweld for raised scopes or rifles with raised rails. It's another fact that standard AR charging handles require a lot of travel, making it impossible to charge a rifle without moving a collapsible stock all the way to the rear. The LaRue RISR solves these problems.
Choices for a buttstock with a cheek riser?
I am in the market for a buttstock that either has an integral cheek riser (preferably adjustable) or has options for an aftermarket cheek riser (such as the Magpul CTR), and wanted to get your opinions on what's out there.
These are the choices I'm aware of and my thoughts on each:
Magpul CTR with CTR/MOE Cheek Riser - This option is easy on the wallet and having previously owned an MOE stock I know it'll be comfortable and well-built, my uncertainty here is what height cheek riser to order and how I'll be able to tell what fits my body and rifle best without spending as much on riser options (.25, .5, and .75 inch models) as I do on the stock. The .5 is probably a safe bet, but if I might get a more comfortable cheek weld with the others I'd like to know beforehand.
Magpul PRS - I really like this stock, especially the integral adjustable cheek riser and butt pad as well as the support hand shelf, but I'm afraid at $250 (plus a buffer tube) that it might be too much stock for my rifle and applications, which I'll address below.
TACMOD Stock - This thing looks pretty beastly, and has a lot of freedom to adjust it to your body and shooting style, but again I feel as though it might be overkill.
And now the curve ball:here is the rifle it will be going on. Presently I have an Ace sidefolding skeleton stock installed, which is perfect for use with the iron sights and which I might throw on another AK later, but it is just a little too low and doesn't give me much purchase for a strong, consistent cheek weld even after wrapping it in paracord to give my faceflesh more traction, so I've bought an AR-15 buffer tube adapter that will bolt on where the folder is now.
Why does the rifle matter? Well first, the distance from the center axis of the scope to the top of the stock is a little over 3 inches currently, compared to the distance from the top of my VLTOR EMOD to the axis of the iron sights on my AR, which is a very comfortable 2 inches, so I've come to the conclusion that I need a stock with a little more surface area to plant my face on that gives me an inch or so of additional height (probably a little less once the diameter of the buffer tube and stock body are taken into account).
Beyond that, I don't know what this rifle's capable of in terms of precision. I've managed about 4-6 MOA at 100-200 yards using Wolf trash but I'm sure my poor cheek weld is a big part of that, once I've got a solid stock to plant myself on I'll be busting out the $2/round match .308 to group it properly, but really I just need something with the right dimensions, and I don't want to go overboard getting a stock that would be at home on a precision AR platform knowing I probably can't hope for the same level of performance, especially since I will likely not be shooting past 300 yards.
So, am I missing any options here? I have a $100 option and two $250 options, is there something in-between or even lower that I should be investigating? Has anyone tried some of these options and have any criticisms or advantages to comment on?