Q Shorty Stock – Gray Polymer, 2-Position PDW Stock for AR/M4

Description

The Q Shorty Stock takes the collapsed silhouette Q made famous on the Honey Badger and adapts it to fit standard mil-spec AR/M4 receiver sets. Instead of running a full-size carbine stock hanging off the back, you get a slim, low-profile design that keeps things tight for close-quarters work, truck guns, pack setups, and anything where overall length matters. It runs two positions, fully collapsed and fully extended, so there's no fiddling with a row of detent notches. Just pick short or long and go.

What Sets the Shorty Stock Apart

This is a complete assembly, not just a shell you bolt onto an existing tube. It ships with a recoil spring and a 3 oz buffer rated for 5.56 NATO and .300 Blackout, and the whole package weighs in at 14.5 oz with the spring and buffer installed. The abbreviated buffer design plays nice with any standard mil-spec bolt carrier group, so you don't need a proprietary lower to make it work. If you're building a PCC, a heavier 9mm buffer is offered separately.

Living With the Q Shorty on an AR Build

Builders who've run it tend to point out how light and quick it feels, plus how simple the install is. A textured back plate gives you a solid, repeatable point of contact against the shoulder, and there's enough cheek weld area to line up with optic-height sights. An integrated QD sling point is molded right in, so you can clip a sling on without adding hardware.

One thing worth knowing up front: the two-position design means a fixed length of pull rather than the fine adjustment you'd get from a typical collapsible stock. That's the tradeoff for the compactness, and it's a deliberate part of the design. The polymer construction is solid with no flex or creak, which is what you'd expect from Q's stuff coming out of New Hampshire. It's a clean, purpose-built choice for anyone chasing a genuinely compact AR without turning the rifle into something awkward to handle.