Ultralight Aluminum AR15 Stock
While I was at The NSSF SHOT Show in Las Vegas, I was checking out some new #AR #triggers. I wandered into the Elftmann Tactical booth to see what they had coming out in AR15 triggers. They did have some pretty cool triggers on display, but what they wanted to show me more than their triggers was the new ELF Ultralight Aluminum #Stock that they were introducing into the AR marketplace.
The people from Elftmann Tactical asked me if I would like to take the ELF Ultralight Aluminum Stock home back to Virginia to run it through its paces at the range. I carefully looked at the stock and thought about it for a bit. I almost passed on the review since I wasn't planning on reviewing this stock. I was looking at Elftmann Tactical triggers, but it did seem interesting to me with how light it was with and how it attached to the buffer tube, so I figured I would take it home and see how it would hold up. I had my doubts if it would be as rock solid as Elftmann Tactical claimed it was.
The ELF Ultralight Aluminum Stock is an all aluminum AR15 adjustable stock that comes in at a very light weight of 5.2oz. The weight makes it the lightest AR15 stock currently on the market today. It feels like it weighs almost nothing when holding the unmounted stock in my hands. It is even lighter than the polymer stocks that are currently on the market. The lightweight of the stock concerned me at first, but I must admit, it did feel pretty solid the more I played with it. I also tried as hard as I could to bend it, but it wouldn't give in the slightest.
What drew me to the stock is the adjustability that Elftmann Tactical built into this stock. Other stocks use detent holes on the buffer tubes to allow for the change in position to different lengths. The ELF Ultralight Aluminum Stock uses a different method to select a position. It uses a knob to tighten a screw that holds the stock to the buffer tube of the rifle.
The innovative way that the ELF Ultralight Aluminum Stock is attached to the buffer tube allows for a broader range of adjustment than that of a standard six position stock that most shooters are using. The stock can be pushed in all the way into the castle nut. In this position the butt of the stock rest against the of the buffer tube where the stock becomes the shortest possible stock for an AR15. The stock can also slide out to the very end of the buffer tube giving the shooter a very long stock.
