My 16 inch AR is almost done.

[Big Frank]

Like it says, my 16 inch AR is almost done. Last week I moved the Picatinny rail back 1/2 of an M-LOK slot and moved the Sigurd WML back with it. There's 1/2 a slot worth of M-LOK Rail Cover, Type 1 that cover six full M-LOK slots in front of the light. It was behind the light before, but when I temporarily used my bottle opener as a thumb rest, I decided to move everything back. Now I have a Meta Tactical thumb rest on it. These come in pairs, so if any of you guys is a lefty, make me an offer. Meta is the guys who make the Glock Bullpup Conversion. There's a flat side and a curved side to the thumb rests and I paid way more for these than I could have gotten a flat one for, but this is what I wanted, and it feels great.

The NcSTAR Classic buttstock for COMMERCIAL SPEC AR style buffer tubes fits great on my Mil-Spec buffer tube. It says, "Sleek design with QD hole on each side for QD cup base.", but before I talked to them about it, it said that it had steel inserts so you could use QD swivels on either side. That leaves me with just the Magpul ASAP QD - Ambidextrous Sling Attachment Point QD, and when I tried several different slings the stud wouldn't go all the way it and latch. I was getting ready to drill out the hole in the back of the lower that A1 and A2 stocks key into so they don't rotate. Then I noticed the ASAP wasn't quite lined up straight. I gave it several hard whacks with a plastic mallet to rotate it clockwise a degree or 3. It was already staked to the nut in 2 places and didn't want to turn, but I got it move far enough for the QD studs to fit in it.

It barely had to move, and as I like to say, if I have the right hammer I can fix almost anything. Sometimes it takes a mallet instead of a hammer but I have a rubber mallet and a plastic mallet for those situations. No rawhide mallet, as the plastic one works just about as well and is 40%(?) cheaper. I use an 8 ounce, 12 ounce and 32 ounce hammer on a lot of things. I don't have a 4 ounce brass hammer like I did in my toolbox in Germany, but the 8 ounce ball peen works well for most of the same tasks. The big persuader is a 16 pound sledge hammer. Don't ever send your spouse to the store to buy tools. I sent my ex to the store to get a sledge hammer so I could pound wooden stakes in the garden. She came home with that when an 8 pound sledge would have worked better.

So I still need to get a pair of QD cups. A Magpul Sling Mount Kit - TYPE 1 in one side and a Sling Mount Kit - TYPE 2 in the other will work, but the type 2 isn't in stock. If it was, it would cost $34.90 for the pair of them. I don't really want to spend that much to fix up my $14.81 stock, so if anyone knows of a cheaper alternative, I'm all ears. In the 4th pic you can see where I filed another grove into the front sight rail to mount a cheap light. It goes right across the QD swivel mount, but the sling still mounts into the remaining part of the hole just fine.

https://metatactical.com/product/mlok-thumb-rests/

https://magpul.com/asap-qd-ambidextrous-sling-attachment-point.html?mp_global_color=118

https://magpul.com/sling-mount-kit-type-1.html

https://magpul.com/sling-mount-kit-type-2.html?mp_global_color=118

https://abcsportz.com/ncstar-collapsible-buttstock-integrated-rubber-butt-pad-for-comm-spec/

[Big Frank]

I had to cut a small corner off the ERGO rail cover to fit next to the thumb rest. These are a lot more grippy than the smooth flat Magpul rail covers. I bought OD green because at one point I thought I wanted them to contrast with my forends instead of matching them. Plus black wasn't in stock when I ordered them, IIRC. I changed my mind later and bought black M-LOK rail covers. The size, shape, and angle of the Sigurd didn't quite feel right in my big fat hands, but having the thumb rest to press down on makes all the difference in the world. If anyone has any questions about what brand of arts I chose, ask away. I mostly got whatever I could get the cheapest. Other things I got what felt best to me. I took a Magpul magazine release extension off one of my guns  because I didn't like it as much as the Armaspec B1 extended magazine release.

When you squeeze the lever to adjust the stock, you can squeeze it again, harder, to remove or install it. No more using both hands and pulling the lever where the pin is attached to move it out farther. 

https://armaspec.com/ar-15-parts/mag-release-buttons/b1-extended-mag-release.html