This will probably interest some of you, and others not at all, but figured I'd share anyways. 
After playing with some Desert Tech rifles, and I liked the form factor, but not the lack of adjustment or prohibitive cost of the system. I thought why not make a drop-in chassis that is still ergonomic, more affordable than a proprietary system, and lets consumers use their existing rifle.
This led to many, many hours of design work, machining, etc. Now I'm on my second protoype of this chassis, and am really pleased with how it's coming along:
I'm sure people will have their concerns with this chassis, it's unconventional, and there's been a ton of historic problems trying to make a precision bullpup. More than happy to answer your questions,
but first please read these changes that are going to be incorporated into the next revision:
1) You CAN work the bolt without totally breaking position. It's not optimal, and a hefty person probably won't be able to...but the average person can. Since it's not optimal, that's why I will be installing a bolt extension as an option for the chassis. The bolt won't be permanently modified for only this chassis either.
2) Adjustability was a key part of this chassis. You have a very adjustable LOP, recoil pad cant and height, and cheekpiece adjustment both vertically and horizontally. In this prototype they require an allen wrench, but I plan to make them all tool free.
3) Trigger is not your stock unit. Timney is making custom units for me that hook into a linkage system that is installed in the chassis. This linkage adds about 2oz of added friction, pretty good if you ask me. Safety is incorporated into the trigger guard, it's on the right side of this chassis prototype.
4) Chassis will be semi ambidextrous. Of course a right handed setup won't work with a left handed shooter because of the bullpup configuration. But, the chassis will accept left and right handed actions, and the cheekpiece can be moved to the other side. Safety will also be ambidextrous in production.
5) Forend will come in different lengths to fit customer wants. MLOK and Keymod versions will be available for attaching bipods, etc. A sling swivel and flush cups will be in the next revision.
6) Uses AICS mags, and AR grips. Wanting to make a future version that allows the use of AR forends, but not sure how that will work with the current rail system...will need to do some thinking.
I'm sure I missed something, but hope everyone likes what I've been working on, I'm excited to bring it to the market sometime this year!
After playing with some Desert Tech rifles, and I liked the form factor, but not the lack of adjustment or prohibitive cost of the system. I thought why not make a drop-in chassis that is still ergonomic, more affordable than a proprietary system, and lets consumers use their existing rifle.
This led to many, many hours of design work, machining, etc. Now I'm on my second protoype of this chassis, and am really pleased with how it's coming along:
I'm sure people will have their concerns with this chassis, it's unconventional, and there's been a ton of historic problems trying to make a precision bullpup. More than happy to answer your questions,
but first please read these changes that are going to be incorporated into the next revision:
1) You CAN work the bolt without totally breaking position. It's not optimal, and a hefty person probably won't be able to...but the average person can. Since it's not optimal, that's why I will be installing a bolt extension as an option for the chassis. The bolt won't be permanently modified for only this chassis either.
2) Adjustability was a key part of this chassis. You have a very adjustable LOP, recoil pad cant and height, and cheekpiece adjustment both vertically and horizontally. In this prototype they require an allen wrench, but I plan to make them all tool free.
3) Trigger is not your stock unit. Timney is making custom units for me that hook into a linkage system that is installed in the chassis. This linkage adds about 2oz of added friction, pretty good if you ask me. Safety is incorporated into the trigger guard, it's on the right side of this chassis prototype.
4) Chassis will be semi ambidextrous. Of course a right handed setup won't work with a left handed shooter because of the bullpup configuration. But, the chassis will accept left and right handed actions, and the cheekpiece can be moved to the other side. Safety will also be ambidextrous in production.
5) Forend will come in different lengths to fit customer wants. MLOK and Keymod versions will be available for attaching bipods, etc. A sling swivel and flush cups will be in the next revision.
6) Uses AICS mags, and AR grips. Wanting to make a future version that allows the use of AR forends, but not sure how that will work with the current rail system...will need to do some thinking.
I'm sure I missed something, but hope everyone likes what I've been working on, I'm excited to bring it to the market sometime this year!
