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I'm planning to buy one within the week but can't decide between the 3.25in and 4.75in models. Does anyone have either and could post pictures of what they look like on a long-gun possibly also what size they are in the hand? 

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I didn't realize until after that intrafuse was a whole line, I meant vertical fore end grips. If any mods are about and could change the title to reflect that it would be very helpful

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The Tapco VFG's are IMHO worthless crap.

I got one from a friend, stuck it on a AR and within a few mags it ripped off the rail shearing through the cheap polymer.

There is no recoil to speak of with a AR, it was just my holding it tightly.

I can probably post pics of the damage on the POS, I think it's still in my junk box.

 

There are lots of other better made brands in both polymer and aluminum.

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Yuck, I have had that VFG too. Mine did not rip off, and it was on a 7.62x39. However it felt cheap and chunky. It was also too short for me, and I have pretty small hands (but everything down there is fine, I assure you). I like shooting without a VFG better anyway.

 

Over the years I have spent probably $500-1,000+ on various rails, grips, stocks, handguards, pistol grips, gas tube rails, etc. for my Saigas. Finally about 4 years ago I ripped it all off. I took them all back to basics, I run nothing but iron sight and traditional AK furniture, with a milsurp SKS sling, on all my Saigas now. I found that focus on the fundamentals of shooting, and practicing offhand, kneeling, and prone, has made me a much better and more efficient marksman, regardless of whatever toys are said to be an improvement.

 

I got a chuckle last range trip, some total Bro-Country dude rolls up with his decked out AR-15, covered in rails and a thousand bucks worth of gadgets, sets up on a bag sitting down at the table to hit the 50 yard line. And I'm just standing there, hitting a sheet of paper at the 100 over and over again effortlessly. He even came up to me at one point and asked me if I ever had issues "with one of those things keyholing" because he "read that the barrels go bad and they do that a lot" lol get lost bro. 

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Yuck, I have had that VFG too. Mine did not rip off, and it was on a 7.62x39. However it felt cheap and chunky. It was also too short for me, and I have pretty small hands (but everything down there is fine, I assure you). I like shooting without a VFG better anyway. I run nothing but iron sight and traditional AK furniture on my Saigas now. 

 

Was that the 3.25in grip or the 4.75in one?

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Magpul or bcm for me.

If used properly a stubby is all you need.

When it comes to vfgs the old saying really is true.

 

A useful tutorial for the less experienced...

 

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Not sure on the VFG but the SAW grip which is also part of the Intrafuse line was on my 5.45 when I bought it mounted to a pinned collapsible stock and felt really bad in the hand. Just really cheap plastic feel to it. I'm guessing most the line feels that way. I am sure the VFG have the same cheapy feel

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Do yourself a favor.  Don't use a grip that looks like a mop handle.  And don't use a grip-pod.  A BCM Mod3  is only $20, which is IMHO the best deal going.

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Do yourself a favor.  Don't use a grip that looks like a mop handle.  And don't use a grip-pod.

LOL, I've a Grip-Pod, it sits in a box mostly.  Big, fat and heavy, but it has it's uses.

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I think I'm with darth on this one. I think all you really need is a hand stop, vfgs and afgs add unneeded weight imo, and using the stubby grip as a hand stop works really well.

I prefer the Magpul AFG for the S12.  It helps to make you lean into it more.

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I thought the basic intrafuse S12 handguard was clean and tough enough. I share the opinion most hold about their floppy plasticky stocks VFGs etc.

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