The Akins Accelerator is back!

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I found this video :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9N0RXzpovk&feature=related

According to this video, and Bill Akins comments below, Bill Akins licensed his patent to Fostech outdoors. Does this spell the end of the Slide Fire stocks ? Bill Akins has maintained his patent covers the Slide Fire stocks. He reportedly was trying to reach an agreement with Slide -Fire, it looks like he went another direction, and if Slide -Fire was actually infringing upon his patent, it does not look good for them.
 
I have no need to justify anything, nor am I charging anything for the stock. I'm a gun writer, not a manufacturer. When I learn of a new product, I do my best to secure one, review it and share the info with our community.
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Whoops. That was bad wording on my part, I should have said 'they' (as in the company) rather then 'you'.
 
All its going to take is for someone to use one of these slide fire stocks in a drive by or shoot up a house and POOF! They will be banned.
 
I didn't really care much for the slide fire AR-15 stock seeing as .223 ammo ( even when reloading ) is pretty pricey and a 22LR will be much easier on the wallet.
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The Slide-Fire works fine on a 9mm AR carbine and my 7.62x25 AR upper. Still a lot more expensive than bulk pack .22LR from WalMart, but gets the cost down to like shooting off fireworks, especially if you reload 9mm as I do or stocked up deep on 7.62x25 when it was like $110/1200 rounds as I did.

There is youTube video of a guy who got his to work on an M&P 22, I may try his trick again with my Spike's dedicated .22LR upper which didn't work at all when I tried it with the Slide-Fire.
 
I misspoke when I said it was $650, it's actually $629.

As for seeing cheap knock-offs coming into the country, right now you have a patent held by Fostech (formerly held by Bill Akins) and you have a patent filed by Slide Fire Solutions that just received it's NOA (notice of acceptance). If a company tried to import knock-offs, I'm pretty sure the two patent holders would take legal action to stop it.
 
I never got my Slide Fire SSAR15 to work with my AR using a Ciener .22 conversion kit. But I've gotten it to work with all center fire cartridges from 9mm, .223 to 5.45x39.
 
If I could figure out how to post a video I could show you how the M&P 15-22 and the Slidefire works. The only thing is you have to change out the stock trigger for a drop-in CM 3.5 lb or a Rock River 2 stage trigger, either one seems to work just depends on whichever you can find cheapest. We never could get the 22 conversion from CMMG or other dedicated uppers to work reliably and we tried pretty much all available. The M&P is just so much lighter and it recoils harder so it will function the Slidefire stock reliably. Also the new style Slidefire works better than the 1st version, IMHO
And yep we are getting our order ready for the Atkins 10-22 Accelerator and trying it on a suppressed 10-22.
 
If this were cheaper, I'd love one... .22LR is the only thing I'd ever want to shoot in full auto.
 
Seems like alot of money to spray ammo... How does it work? is it just a really light trigger with a stock slightly better for bump firing? I suppose people will buy this but Ill still take an accurate single shot over inaccurate spraying. Even for messing around.
 
On Rimfirecentral, one original Akins Accelerator owner is reporting that Fostech will retrofit the earlier model to the new configuration for a nominal fee...I think that's pretty decent of them, as they really weren't responsible for the way BATFE screwed over the company.


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Really? That much money to completely jack up an otherwise good 10/22? I really don't see the point. I'll pass on that contraption at any price.
 
HKGuns said:
Really? That much money to completely jack up an otherwise good 10/22? I really don't see the point. I'll pass on that contraption at any price.
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Without the Akins Accelerator, I probably have more money invested (blown?) in my two 10/22's for modifications than all my other guns put together.

It's a "thing," I guess -- the 10/22 is sort of the Transformer of firearms, for a subculture that's into this sort of thing. :D


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WOW a $600+ plastic stock for a $100 Rifle.
I'm sure there is a market!

I think when we start talking that kind of money I would spend a little extra and get a sound limiter that I could use on a few different guns.

But that is me because I hate ear plugs and muffs.
 
FuzzyBunny said:
WOW a $600+ plastic stock for a $100 Rifle.
I'm sure there is a market!

I think when we start talking that kind of money I would spend a little extra and get a sound limiter that I could use on a few different guns.

But that is me because I hate ear plugs and muffs.
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I got a threaded barrel for one of my 10/22's, specifically for the purpose of adding a suppressor at some point.

Money pit -- thy name is 10/22!!! :D


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FuzzyBunny, to be fair, a decent 10/22 is at least a $200 rifle - plus the cost of some drop-in parts and nicer sighting device

Still, $629 does seem a bit high, I'll just have to hope the price drops in the long run.
 
It's a "thing," I guess -- the 10/22 is sort of the Transformer of firearms, for a subculture that's into this sort of thing.
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Hey, wait a minute! You're in DC, here I was thinking there weren't no stinking guns in DC?? :)
 
HKGuns said:
Hey, wait a minute! You're in DC, here I was thinking there weren't no stinking guns in DC?? :)
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Good eyes, HK! :)

I say "DC" to give a general idea of my geographic proximity to the folks on this forum -- but I'm actually about 4 miles on the other side of the border in the Old Dominion... :cool:

I do, however, have to cross the river into that G---forsaken land more often than I care to, in the course of my job... :D


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Wonder if that stock allows guys with the fully integrated suppressor barrels to still use one of these? Or do you need to rock a stock barrel?
 
At that price i'd just buy an AK slidefire and a few tins of 7N6 and have much more fun than with rimfire. Or throw it on a Saiga 12 and have a blast with cheap bird shot.
 
I wonder if they'll make the stock available without the trigger group (I've already got a couple of Kidd trigger groups). I also wonder why they had to go with the two stage, and what poundage(s) they've got it tuned to. If you do a review, I'd love to see you adjust the trigger to varying pull weights and see what the results are.

Currently my two stage is set at 8oz/8oz and the single stage is at 2lbs.

In response to an earlier post: Tuning a factory Ruger trigger to less than 2lbs and having it be safe and reliable is, as far as I've ever heard, next to impossible.
 
Magoo said:
I wonder if they'll make the stock available without the trigger group (I've already got a couple of Kidd trigger groups). I also wonder why they had to go with the two stage, and what poundage(s) they've got it tuned to. If you do a review, I'd love to see you adjust the trigger to varying pull weights and see what the results are.

Currently my two stage is set at 8oz/8oz and the single stage is at 2lbs.

In response to an earlier post: Tuning a factory Ruger trigger to less than 2lbs and having it be safe and reliable is, as far as I've ever heard, next to impossible.
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I can't recall where I read it (here on THR or over at Rimfirecentral...? :confused: ), but I understand Fostech bundles the Kidd trigger with the AA2 because they know the Accelerator works with that trigger, and they can avoid a lot of customer difficulties and hassles with the bundle. But someone suggested that if you contact Fostech, tell them you have a Kidd housing or comparable trigger, and are willing to waive reliability issues, they might be willing to cut you a deal.

Sorry -- can't cite where I read that at this point...


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