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 October 19 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 

[TheFull9]

The CTR design itself must be pushing 20 years old now, it is great but not necessarily the absolute best one for negating stock wobble. I think the MOE-SL line should get more attention and the DT is arguably now the gold standard. All that said however airsoft parts are airsoft parts - to assume your stock is the necessarily guilty party rather than your cheap airsoft receiver extension (which is 99% of them) with it's wildly varying tolerances, probably isn't the right move.

 

The vast majority of airsoft copies don't come close in quality of either plastics or the various metal components. That doesn't mean they can't do just fine for playing bbs, but they're not close.

[Chev Chelios]

A bit of sticky loop velcro on the end of the stock tube has always sorted any of my wobble issues. 

[Lozart]

I think I can honestly say that in the heat of raining plastic death, a little bit of stock wobble hasn't bothered me one iota.

[Tackle]

52 minutes ago, Lozart said:

I think I can honestly say that in the heat of raining plastic death, a little bit of stock wobble hasn't bothered me one iota.

Back in the day it was the norm, if you bought one & it had no wobble you got suspicious 🤔