Fitting a Cheek Rest to an AR15 A2 stock

[CmdrSlander]

Could a cheek rest be installed onto an A2 pattern AR15 stock by drilling through the stock and screwing it on in this fashion:



I don't have any experience with full size/length AR15's only one's with carbine buffer tubes, were does the buffer in the A2 stock stop?

 

[WNTFW]

Buffer tube goes full length for your purposes. Buffer tube only is near top, then there is the open area in the stock. You might get by with some carefully place holes.
After that you will have to get creative with hardware options.

 

[helotaxi]

Fairly easily doable. As mentioned above the stock is just a hollow shell below the buffer tube. You could probably get a basic Karsten to work just fine. The problem you run into is interference with the charging handle. You might find that you have to trim the front of the rest to clear.

 

[BADUNAME37]

Why would one even need a cheek rest on an AR?

At the risk of sounding completely stupid, what would the purpose of the cheek rest be on an AR?

 

[DoubleMag]

scope use I guess

 

[helotaxi]

I think that his point was an AR, unlike most bolt rifles, typically requires you to raise the scope to get it inline with your eye when you have a proper cheek weld. There is no drop at the comb on an AR unlike a more traditional rifle. That drop at the comb often means the the cheekpiece on the stock isn't high enough for a proper cheek weld with the scope mounted as low as possible.

The only reasons that I could think of would be to mount a scope on the carry handle...I'd get a flat-top upper before messing with that...or mounting a HUGE optic like NV or thermal imaging optics that sit even higher than is normal for an AR.