Vltor Emod 14.5 oz
CTR: 8.8 oz (can't recall if this includes rubber buttpad)
Vltor Clubfoot: 8.5 oz
Rubber buttpad for Clubfoot: 3.6 oz
LMT SOPMOD stock, Gen I 11.1 oz
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Vltor Emod 14.5 oz
CTR: 8.8 oz (can't recall if this includes rubber buttpad)
Vltor Clubfoot: 8.5 oz
Rubber buttpad for Clubfoot: 3.6 oz
LMT SOPMOD stock, Gen I 11.1 oz
I have and use both on my guns. If you are looking for light weight, stick with the CTR. If you want a better checkweld go with the EMOD. I greatly prefer the emod due to the cheekweld it provides and I love the angle cut of the toe of the stock (makes the gun feel like it rolls into position).
Emod kicks ass, and I have one on my BCM middy. That being said my new Colt 6920 will wear a CTR when I get some extra cash because I'm going for a lighter weight carbine with that one.
Last edited by vaglocker; 09-22-09 at 09:45.
Read the original premise of the thread. The guy already owns the CTR's, and wants to know if the additional $119.00 expense is worth it. RIF.
So he has $90 in to the CTR and you are recommending that he spend another $120?? Hmm, it doesn't sound like it makes economic sense to me UNLESS he needs to have the storage that the EMOD provides. I never would, so if the CTR was already on my carbines, it would be absolutely and completely stupid to sink another $120 in to a stock that MIGHT have a softer recoil pad. BTW, is the CTR pad harder than the plastic of the enhanced M4 -- hmm???
Now, if you discount the fact that maybe we are talking about buying an EMOD or a CTR and don't own either yet, it still boils down to storage for me. Maybe storage and a softer recoil pad on a 5.56 is important to you -- it's not for me, and everyone else must decide on their own.
I think the LMT SOPMOD is the best choice on my guns, and I think it feels more natural than all the other stocks I've used. I still never use the storage tubes.
Lastly, I've never cared for the gaps on the cheekweld of Vltor stocks. I wear facial hear quite often, and with only minor tugs so far, I'd hate to get a beard hair caught up - ever.
YMMV, etc, etc, etc.
Last edited by SHIVAN; 09-22-09 at 11:54.
I run an EMod on my POF, because it's nose-heavy. Use a clubfoot modstock on my M&P15T. I like Vltor.![]()
- Either you're part of the problem or you're part of the solution or you're just part of the landscape - Sam (Robert DeNiro) in, "Ronin" -
I'm not an owner of an Emod (yet) but I do run CTRs on two carbines from what I can see it breaks down this way
- the CTR is basically an M4 stock with a pad, QD lugs, and a position lock. it's an improvement but it doesn't change the basic function and is about the same weight.
- the Emod offers an improved cheekweld, heavier weight, increased LOP, waterproof storage, QD lugs, and a thicker pad with a metal strike plate.
they aren't very much alike except that they both are adjustable. to ask which is "better" ignores their designed purpose so to this question, you have to ask the question, "what do you want it for?", as several here have already done.
to me, the real question would be, "what's "better", an Emod or ACS?", as they seem to be designed for a similar purpose...
never push a wrench...
I owned a CTR and sold it for my current emod. I feel the emod is superior for my LMT w/ rail,vfg and light hanging off of it because of balance.
I feel the ctr is superior for my lightweight build w/ nothing hanging off of it, so I purchased another CTR for that particular rifle.
I also have a gen 2 LMT stock w/ a caa stock saddle and sog buttpad for a mil-spec build that my wife absolutely loves.
It's all in preference. If you have a buddy with an emod get him to let you try it out first, or go to one of the group shoots, try to play before you pay. Before you get rid of a perfectly good stock.
But if you decide to sell your CTR cheap PM me first.![]()
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"IMHO, if you wanted to shoot crap ammo, you should have bought a crap upper. It makes baby Jesus cry when he sees crap ammo put through a nice upper."- C4IGrant
If hes buying a replacement that makes it a harder sell. The CTR is a stock. It's a good looking one, but it doesn't offer what the EMOD offers in useability.
The LMT is inferior. I have one ran it for years, but human chests are not flat unless you're in some odd shape from not working out. Anatomically changing the toe angle is a better idea. Storage isn't important to me, but the cheek weld is and the EMOD has it. It also has built in QD swivel points for free. Their snap open watertight compartment is the only one I could imagine getting a battery from on an urban foot patrol were I to need one. These things do matter however small they may be.
The $125 beats the hell out of $175+$50 for an LMT and a QD swivel bolt on accessory.
The new SOPMOD stocks have a built-in QD cup. Most vendors are clearing out their old SOPMOD's b/c of this...
Your other points are valid, just not important to me. We all have different requirements.
The LMT SOPMOD is inferior based on your criteria. Which again, doesn't make you less right, or wrong. Just your criteria and your opinion. We all have one.
The bottom line is the CTR and EMOD are not in equivalent planes. They serve different purposes for different people.
Only an individual can make the call.
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