jake, from statefarm from United States, KY Public Profile

A good idea poorly executed is a bad idea.

At first glance this looks online to be professionally constructed and designed. However after installing this stock I noticed a few problems. FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANTLY if you get anything from this review know if you install this item it doesn’t make a great link to the back of the scar. At the bottom there’s actually too much play with the folding mechanism allowing for the lower to wobble.

SECONDLY the folding mechanism is made of solid metal and worries me that you lose the flex with the higher quality OEM stock. With the folding mechanism being metal I believe it would wear the bolt carrier group faster with the high recoil slamming into that metal plate instead of allowing the dissipation of force with a normal plastic backplate in the original design.

Thirdly and again with the folding mechanism being metal Kinetic resolved the fact that you can’t clip the stock once folded by making it lock into place on the hinge by add a slope with a spring somewhat locking it into place. My main issue is that we have metal on plastic causing the hinge to be very easily worn down because of the metal rubs off the plastic slope and over time the stock just freely swings after short use.

Lastly I’d like to add I’m actually a fan of KDG and this is the only items that disappoints me. I’d honestly be willing to pay more if they made a second generation with at least half of those fixes applied. They did a good job on the battery comp