Range Bag
R. Goldsberry
As a firearms instructor it is important to continue searching for gear that will help you teach techniques, and specialized gear that will help your students perform better.  This is a review of a new product that I have just inspected.

Greg “Sully” Sullivan has been delivering firearms training to law enforcement officers (and others) for several years both as an instructor for his own police agency (in Anoka County), as an instructor for his own company and as a master firearms instructor for DPMS.  Sully has been teaching and thinking about shooting long enough to have discovered a need for a new piece of tactical equipment.

Sully spent two years developing his Short Tactical Stock Kit for the M16/AR15-type rifles.   The stock kit has been available since January 2003 and is already in use by NYPD ESU, Berkley, Cal. PD SWAT, firearms instructor John Farnam and Stone County, MO. Sheriffs Department to mention a few. 

This new buttstock is a real refinement of the traditional solid synthetic buttstock found on standard M16-type rifles.  Sully’s new stock is 8 ½” long compared to the 10” length of the original M16 model. The length of his stock can also be compared to the plastic M-4 issued collapsible stock when it is set in the mid-extension position.  Unlike the M-4’s nylon stock, the Sully stock can not be inadvertently collapsed during operation.  

The surface of the solid urethane stock is lightly pebbled to provide a comfortable texture similar to the standard issue M6A2.  The most distinctive feature of the stock is the undercut portion of the stock’s lower plane.

Sully told me that there is a definite need for his new rifle/carbine stock.  Law enforcement personnel who wear body armor and tactical vests benefit from a shorter buttstock as do officers who have a smaller frame and shorter arm reach.  The undercut portion of the stock also facilitates persons who wish to carry the rifle in the “cradle carry” position.

I tried several of Sully’s rifles in order to compare the stocks differences and found the short stock to be comfortable and effective.  My nose indexed (barely touched) the rear of the charging handle), but I found that to be a good thing.  I fired it with body armor on over my jacket and the stock never dragged or got caught when I brought the rifle up into the firing position from the low ready.  I found no problems with a shorter stocked rifle, but noted some of the advantages already expressed.  

If you feel comfortable with the H&K MP5’s front-firing tactical shooting position then you’ll really like Sully’s stock.  The shorter butt really allows you to crawl over the back of the rifle and you really feel as though you are a part of it.

Sully will soon be offering a 1” thick butt plate attachment for those who want the flexibility of having both a longer stock on the same rifle.  He also spoke of being in the early development stages on a refinement of a shotgun buttstock.  

The Sully buttstock kit comes with the black urethane buttstock, standard metal sling attachment, buffer, buffer spring, butt plate and metal buffer tube (also known as the stock tube).  This kit sell retail for $119.95.  Sully can accommodate special orders requiring a different color!

You can check out Sully’s new buttstock by looking through the DPMS catalog (referred to as the “Sully Stock”), checking out the stock in person at Territorial Gunsmith in Hopkins, MN or at Streicher’s in Plymouth MN.  You can contact Sully directly through his company Defensive Edge Training and Consulting, Inc. PO Box 682, Anoka, MN 55303, (763) 712-0123, defensive.edge@att.nett or at web page at www.defensive-edge.net.  Sully or his representatives can also be seen at major gun shows in the area.

As your department reviews their needs for intermediate shoulder-fire, CQB or raid/entry weapons you should seriously consider incorporating Sully’s Short Tactical Stock Kit with your M-16/AR-15 carbines or rifles.