Ive seen SBA3 and 4's down here at the gun shop.... with a fixed 5 hex tube that sets the brace at 13.5" LOP....no shorter, no longer. The guy at the shop said these are considered braces. They are more reasonably priced compared to the adjustables.
A5 should work with SBA3 for not exceeding 13.5.
A regular carbine tube with SBA3 has 12.5 and A5 is ~0.75 longer than carbine tube. With A5 you should get somewhere around 13.25.
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