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Monday, August 31, 2026  ■  Product News

MDT Launches the Stalker Core Buttstock System and XTN Single-Hinge Folding Adapters

MDT is expanding its XTN lineup with the Stalker Core Buttstock, a lightweight minimalist design, along with two single-hinge folding adapters that fold the rifle down for transport, plus a cheek riser and length-of-pull spacers for tuning fit. The lineup gives shooters building light, compact rifles a simple, upgradeable platform on the XTN interface.

Stalker Core Buttstock

The Stalker Core is a minimalist buttstock built for lightweight, compact rifle builds on the XTN interface. Its skeletonized design keeps weight low while staying rigid, and the narrow convex buttpad shoulders quickly with few snag points. It delivers a short length of pull, as low as 10.43 inches on an LSS GEN3 Remington 700 with the Short XTN interface, and accepts the Stalker Cheek Riser and LOP spacers for further customization.

Key Stalker Core Buttstock features include:

XTN-XTN and XTN-Picatinny Single-Hinge Folding Adapters

The Single-Hinge Folding Adapters let shooters add a folding buttstock to an XTN-compatible chassis, reducing the rifle's footprint for transport and storage. Both adapters fold the buttstock over the non-bolt side and accept any MDT buttstock with a male XTN interface, including the Stalker Core and the SRS-X and HNT families.

Key folding adapter features include:

The XTN-XTN adapter mounts to any chassis with a female XTN interface and adds 1.13 inches of length of pull. The XTN-Picatinny adapter clamps onto a standard NATO/1913 Picatinny rail, including chassis and AR receivers, and adds 1.14 inches of length of pull.

Stalker Cheek Riser

The Stalker Cheek Riser adds adjustable cheek height and fore and aft position to the Stalker Core Buttstock. It installs in a low or high configuration and adjusts from 0.5 to 1 inch in height, giving shooters a repeatable cheek weld behind the optic.

Stalker Buttstock LOP Spacers

The Stalker Buttstock LOP Spacers extend length of pull on the Stalker Core Buttstock in machined half-inch increments, so shooters can match the stock to their frame and shooting position.

The Stalker Core Buttstock, the XTN-XTN and XTN-Picatinny Single-Hinge Folding Adapters, the Stalker Cheek Riser, and the Stalker Buttstock LOP Spacers will be available starting August 28, 2026, through MDT dealers and at mdttac.com.