Disclosed is a connector for hingedly mounting a buttstock to a receiver of a rifle. The connector has a fixed hinge portion, a receiver side of the fixed hinge portion, an interface side of the fixed hinge portion, a threaded protrusion extending from the receiver side of the fixed hinge portion, a buffer hole extending from the interface side, through the fixed hinge portion, and through the threaded protrusion, a tube lock hole extending from the interface side, through the fixed hinge portion, to the receiver side, and a lock screw sized in relative proportions to be threadably received in the tube lock hole.