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M249 solid stock info requested


Hatchet

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Afternoon all,

 

I'm looking into getting a solid stock (MK2 style) and just wondering if anyone had any info, and ideally pictures, on the differences between the various brands. A quick bit of searching suggests that the Classic Army version can hold a bigger battery than the A&K, but I've not found anything on the G&P.

 

Anyone have any thoughts on the quality of the various brands or have the internal dimensions for batteries?

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Avoid the A&K one if you plan to use a sling, the design of those ones is held together with pins that will eventually carve up the plastic stock!

 

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A&K stocks have a sliding door on the end of the stock which is only so big and quite a narrow fitting at the receiver end (ignore the silver bracket, I added that to reinforce).

 

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Ca and G&P ones attach the butt plate with a bolt and don't have the door at the end, I have found the G&P ones have enough space to easily fit a beast of a battery from either end:

 

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That's some great info there, thanks. :) Presumably the Ca/G&P is just a case of pulling the bolt, swinging it down and loading the battery that way? Looks like a fairly significant lipo could be installed.

 

I have cracked under the pressure anyway and ordered one. Remains to see if it'll be preferable to the crane stock that's currently on there, which doesn't hold quite as big a battery but does give some good mobility.

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Lipo definitely superior, but plenty of space is what I was getting at. Hatchet, that's exactly how I ran my mk46 with the solid stock. If you rewire as well it can be made nice and neat, avoids trapping the wires if you change the batteryy in a rush.

 

Which make did you go for? G&P and CA seem to fit A&K bodies perfectly but the other way round can be a bit tight and you don't really want to have smash the pins in with something. If you have trouble swap the top rear body pin.

 

If you did order than a&K one get yourself some jp weld, take it to bits and epoxy the plastic part of the stock to the metal bits.

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Went for a G&P to fit to a CA body, so I'll just have to see how the fitting goes. I have to be a little careful with the battery change anyway due to the slightly chunky mosfet in the back and split cables to power the box mag, so there are a few wires kicking about. Still, with the ability to stick a 5000mah or higher lipo in there I suspect I won't have to change it too often.

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