The receiver extension, or buffer tube, screws into the lower and holds the buffer and spring.
- Mil-spec vs commercial: stocks are made for one or the other, so match them
- Carbine: used with collapsible stocks
- Rifle: longer, for fixed A2 stocks
- Stake the castle nut so it does not loosen
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