10.3' Pistol (re)Build

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As Pictured:
CNC Warrior Extended A1 flash hider
Ballistic Advantage Hanson 10.3" 4150 nitride .750" gas block diameter barrel
Spike's Tactical melonite carbine gas tube
YHM Diamond Specter length handguard.
Magpul Pro BUIS
Arisaka 300 w/e1ht head
Arisaka offset picatinny mount
Larue Index Clips at the ends of the rails
Magpul RSA
Rainier Arms Pecision Match Nitride C158 BCG
Aero Precision Slickside Upper Receiver
Standard Charging Handle (don't remember who from)
Vortex Spitfire 1x Gen 1
American Defense Manufacturing QD mount
Magpul MS3 Gen2 sling (one QD end, one Paraclip end)
Black Rain Ordnance lower receiver
BCM LPK
Springo Blue action/recoil spring
4.7oz H2 buffer (don't remember who from)
SB Tactical PDW Brace
Brownells 20rd Magazine
Fusion 62gr

How do you like the PDW brace? I’m slowly working on getting a pistol build myself, and I see a lot of the PDW braces but I’m not sure what they offer over something like an SBA3.

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Originally Posted by TBAR_94

How do you like the PDW brace? I’m slowly working on getting a pistol build myself, and I see a lot of the PDW braces but I’m not sure what they offer over something like an SBA3.

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I got it back when it and the maxim defense versions first came out, before a lot of newer braces. I chose it because I didn't want a Shockwave blade, I like that you can still stand the rifle on the butt, didn't want the QD points on the cheekrests of the maxim, it was cheaper, it doesn't rotate, doesn't really wobble much at all, and still uses a standard carbine buffer and action/recoil spring (can also be a con if you're going as compact as possible). The reports of the rubber giving way easily are exaggerated IMO, as even when the get beat up in use, they pop back to place pretty well and it doesn't really affect shouldering (for me at least).

Would I choose it today? Honestly, I don't know. It was a hot shit impulse buy back then. But back then there was this, maxim, shockwave, tailhook mod 1, the press fits, or just tube.

Reposted the build, decided not to be a wuss.