My M4-Based SBR Build: Buttstock Assembly

I have completed the first assembly for my M4-Based SBR build, and it is the Buttstock Assembly. Total price was at P6,547 (approximately USD 152). By US standards, it is shockingly expensive, as I have seen similar assemblies on Amazon sellling for only USD 50 in the US. I was initially thinking of getting a Magpul CTR Stock, but prices of such stocks in Philippine Gun Stores are insane, and I had problems finding an original one from a source that would ship to the Philippines.

The M4 Standard Stock showing the individual parts of the assembly


The M4 Standard Stock with all the individual parts assembled


Even if I could find one, the prices online, while much lower than the insane prices from the Gun Stores, still would've been much more expensive than the Standard M4 Stock. I also thought that in terms of looks, I think the Standard M4 Stock is better than the Magpul CTR as it is sleeker in appearance.

I could've bought these Standard M4 Stocks for much cheaper prices from some Chinese websites, but by the time I "discovered" them, I had already bought most of the items. Besides, I had excess parts from my Glock Machine Pistol build in form of the Tapco Rubber Pad and Buffer Tube, and didn't want them to go to waste, so I just decided to build around them instead.


'Parts Breakdown and Details'
Here is a breakdown of the parts of the assembly, and posted alongside each are the prices and where I bought them:
- Commercial-Spec Buffer Tube, P2,200 (Final Option MCS)
- Castle Nut, P 750 (Final Option MCS)
- Tapco M4 Recoil Pad, P 728, (Online, Brownell's)
- Carbine Buffer Spring, P 700 (Online, Philippine Pistol Forum)
- Commercial-Spec Bushmaster M4 Stock, P 1,650 (Online, Philippine Pistol Forum)
- Standard 3 oz. Carbine Buffer, P 519 (Online, Ebay.ph from US location)

Note that all the prices included Shipping Costs wherever they apply. If the parts came with multiple shipments, I just divided the Shipping Costs with the number of items that arrived.

Sources:

- Brownell's website, http://www.brownells.com/

- Pinoy Pistol Forum, http://www.pinoy1911.net/forum/index.php

- ebay Philippines website, http://www.ebay.ph/

- Final Option website, http://www.finaloption.com.ph/content.php


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