Genuine Magpul CTR vs clones

[Gunboat Diplomat]

Not much to preface this thread with, is the genuine CTR noticeably better than the clones?  Are there any particularly decent clones to go for? 
 

It’s going on an MWS tube and minimal stock wobble is preferred without having to faff with shims. 

[Lyndication]

Ehhhhh, honestly no. Other than if you get that tism tingle from knowing it's the real deal tbh. 

 

Argument can be made for the quick release sling mounts on it being much better. Beyond that, you tend to need to shim it because AEG buffer tubes are a different diameter to real spec anyway. (IIRC MWS uses AEG spec tubes).

[JimFromHorsham]

Using the word clone against the real one would be ok if all the clones were the same , made in the same place and made under the same QC  , but they are not , you can buy 4 different clones under different names from 4 different places and they would all be different , buy the same clone under the same name 3months later at it’ll be different again .

 

where as you can buy 4 genuine Magpul products from 4 different places and they would all the same . 

you might get a good clone out of the 4 or you might get 4 shit ones . 
 

IME the genuine CTR requires no shimming for an OEM TM tube unless you want it pretty much like a fixed stock .

Edited yesterday at 10:14 by JimFromHorsham

[ButcherBill]

The stock on my L403A1 is a magpul, the lighter one is a £26 clone... they both wobble.

[Impulse]

I found the genuine CTR stock to be way better than the clone one I bought. Once you lock it in place, there's basically no wobble and I've used mine on two MWSs with the same result.

 

The clone one on the other hand, once it's locked in place it's still wobbly, and the QD sling points aren't anywhere near as good. I ended up using it on my MTW because I needed a stock where I was comfortable completely taking off the rubber end plate to have easy access to the co2 stock, and I wasn't using the QD sling point on it as I didn't want to have the weight hanging on the regulator.

[Decp369]

I’ve put all gen magpul stuff on my MWS 😂. 
 

as the saying goes buy once crye once