How do you like the ATI stock was the fit good and does it seem to be as good or better then original?
The only reason I ask is because I have an all weather mini thirty and I've considered this stock on several occasions I'll just have to file the magazine opening a bit bigger to fit the mini thirty clips.
I like it overall. There are a few issues I have with it, but they may not be an issue with other models, manufacturing years, etc. I do know that ATI says some modifications will be needed to fit the Mini-30 in there. I suppose you already know about this though, since you mentioned filing the magazine well.
My issues with it are because of my year group. The rear sight sits pretty low and the front sight isn't very tall. The problem with that is, with the ATI stock, the
barrel heat shield/hand guard has a picatinny rail screwed to it. This gets in the way and makes it hard to use the iron sights. Take the top rail off and it's no problem.
My issue is, I want to mount some type of optic to that rail AND be able to use the iron sights as well. My Mini doesn't have the integrated scope mount blocks on
the receiver so I'm going to have to do some custom work to achieve my goals.
The only other thing I can think of is the butt stock. Because it is a tubular telescoping stock, the cheek comb is basically non-existent. This isn't a huge problem if
only shooting iron sights, but to get the proper eyeball alignment with certain optics, you need to raise your head a little bit. I don't particularly care for that because
changing something like that ruins consistency. Either way, to help out a little bit, you can get larger cheek combs that simply screw on. That's one of the first things I'm
going to order.
I hope I answered all your questions. It does fit quite nice.
