Talk:Stock (firearm)

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Working on an anatomy picture--heel, comb, butt, toe, forend, thumbhole, etc. Need reference(s) for that. Need to cover styles and various features; straight grip, semi-pistol grip, pistol grip, Monte Carlo, Mannlicher, etc. scot (talk) 23:36, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Stocks and Accuracy

Part of the reason for the m16's accuracy is the fact that the stock is in line with the barrel, with raised sights. Thus there's less rising of the aim point due to recoil.

"Meanwhile the layout of the gun itself was also somewhat different. Previous designs generally placed the sights directly on the barrel, using a bend in the stock to align the sights at eye level while transferring the recoil down to the shoulder. This meant that the gun tended to rise when fired making it very difficult to control during fully-automatic fire. The ArmaLite team used a solution previously used on weapons such as the German FG42 and Johnson light machine gun; they located the barrel in line with the stock, well below eye level, and raised the sights to eye level. The rear sight was built into a carrying handle over the receiver.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M16_rifle"

AThousandYoung (talk) 03:01, 5 March 2008 (UTC)