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Thread: Tango Down's new Stubby VG!

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    Yeah but that's there problem if there's more labor. There shouldn't be. There should be a new mold (yeah added cost but it will work out to be less than paying a chinese kid to run the bandsaw for the standard ones) that molds the SOB in one piece and that's it. No cutting, fitting, gluing etc.

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    I have been running these for a couple months on a few of my "toys"... Very comfy, and if your not running a "in'line" pressure pad in your forgrip, its almost perfect !! Anohter GREAT tool for the War Fighter ! Thanks TD !

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    Quote Originally Posted by rmdugan84 View Post
    So you get less product thats less fuctional for the same price


    Actually, Im replacing my LESS durable KAC VFGs with one that for ME is more functional.

    If I had bought new full size ones, I would have just cut them down myself, so Im not out anything.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lumpy196 View Post
    Actually, Im replacing my LESS durable KAC VFGs with one that for ME is more functional.

    If I had bought new full size ones, I would have just cut them down myself, so Im not out anything.
    I have one sitting on my workbench waiting for me to chop it down. It's been there for a couple of months now because I didn't want to wait for TD to get around to selling them this way.

    Ooops.

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    They aren't less functional. They are just as functional and less obtrusive on an AR. Noone seems to need an extra inch more than they can fit in their hand.

    And, they definitely aren't less functional on a railed AK. Now you can actually use one on an AK AND change your 30 round mag.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rmdugan84 View Post
    So you get less product thats less fuctional for the same price
    If you think that it is less functional, then why the heck would you even consider buying it?
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    He probably wouldn't. Isn't that his point?

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    Rookie question here boys, but you'll have to keep in mind that most of the M4s I see in the ranks are still sporting KAS vertical grips; as such, I'm not terribly familiar with the Tango-Down alternative.

    The TD is more hand filling. It incorporates a pressure switch recess. You can store stuff in it. All well and good, but for a simply-configured rifle, if all I want is a more conservatively tapered hand-hold, how do any of those other things benefit me? Let's label that a rhetorical question for a moment, because I'm sure there are more than a few good answers.

    Now, conceding the above, TD takes their standard VG, chops it down, and obviously anticipates there will be a market for it. I'm completely OK with that; I guess I just don't understand what you gain by going with a reduced-height grip. You can't quite get a full purchase on it, and yet, there is enough there to do something with. I'm just trying to figure out what that something is.

    Don't want to hijack the thread, but what is it about the world of vertical foregrips that makes a chopped TD worth adding to one's kit?

    Chief

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    Personally, I like my rifles to be light and compact. Hence, less material used for any given part is a good thing.

    The size of the stubby TD is only a problem if you "choke the chicken". If you keep your thumb on the same side of the rifle as the arm it's attached to then the stubby is the perfect height as you have alot of unused grip sticking out of the bottom of your hand.

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    I don't care to admit to choking the chicken in a public forum, but clearly, that is where my, uh, conceptual problem lies.

    Truthfully, your explanation makes perfect sense. Just need to employ a slightly different holding grip, which makes this a relatively simple training issue. Thanks!

    Chief

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