If you guys made your standard front end on your 3 chassis like 2" longer it would be my favorite chassis system. As is I love the W3 and Bravo but thats my one gripe...its so short on the front.
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What does this offer that a Bravo does not? And the Bravo gives you AICS mags.
It has to do with the way you mount the action and tighten up the rear bolt. The chassis is rock solid and an extremely mild visual issue. Unless you are looking directly at it I've never noticed it in use.Maybe it doesn't have that weird angle misalignment between the forend and middle section on the Bravo? What's up with that anyway? I was going to buy a Bravo this past summer but every single example I saw in person had the forend angled up slightly and the lines weren't aligned with the rest of the chassis; kind of looks like some shavings or plastic sprue was left in the joint, but it was on every one I saw. I ended up buying an MDT instead; I'm a function over form kind of guy but that obvious misalignment left me wondering what other details were missed.
All the following is hazy in my memory, but when I last read up on this issue I think (but do not absolutely know) that:Maybe it doesn't have that weird angle misalignment between the forend and middle section on the Bravo? What's up with that anyway? I was going to buy a Bravo this past summer but every single example I saw in person had the forend angled up slightly and the lines weren't aligned with the rest of the chassis; kind of looks like some shavings or plastic sprue was left in the joint, but it was on every one I saw. I ended up buying an MDT instead; I'm a function over form kind of guy but that obvious misalignment left me wondering what other details were missed.
It has to do with the way you mount the action and tighten up the rear bolt. The chassis is rock solid and an extremely mild visual issue. Unless you are looking directly at it I've never noticed it in use.
particularly on the Bravo if you look there is another rear bolt just behind the tang of the action. this tightens up the rear of the stock to the front AFTER the action is screwed down. The grip panels are attached to this part so when tightened up it can give a little cant to the panels. I've owned two and set up multiple rifles and you can see the panels shift when tightened. Its just part of the design. As mentioned a lost if not most of KRGs stuff is modeled after the Sako TRG and if you look up pictures of their various stocks its the same.I don’t think tightening the rear bolt has anything to do with it; I’m not talking about misalignment with an action, I’m talking about misalignment of the forearm to the rest of the stock. All the examples I saw were new right out of the box and not mounted to an action, but had very noticeable misalignment. It looks to me like a quality issue directly from KRG.
I’ve noticed it in a few pics of member’s rifles here too, like in the “Precision Rifles, Show ‘Em” thread, so it must be pretty common.
Yes, as you know the Tikka magazines are the same length, just has the rear portion "blocked" for the appropriate caliber.Love it! Can this can take both short and long action calibers using factory mags?
Are you talking about this:I don’t think tightening the rear bolt has anything to do with it; I’m not talking about misalignment with an action, I’m talking about misalignment of the forearm to the rest of the stock. All the examples I saw were new right out of the box and not mounted to an action, but had very noticeable misalignment. It looks to me like a quality issue directly from KRG.
I’ve noticed it in a few pics of member’s rifles here too, like in the “Precision Rifles, Show ‘Em” thread, so it must be pretty common.
Long action.What does this offer that a Bravo does not? And the Bravo gives you AICS mags.
I love KRG stuff, but they seem to march to the beat of their own drum. They were like 3 years late to the “update your chassis for PRS” trend MPA and MDT did. The trigger hanger thing has been ongoing for years. You still can’t get full length mlok foreends. There’s others too. They’ll probably make all that eventually, just whenever they feel like itAs someone who has owned more KRG chassis than any other brand … (hell I have 2x C4s in the safe).
It’s actually wild that they haven’t sorted the panel alignment thing, and updated the backbones to allow for trigger hangers. No idea why they keep making new stuff when these are such simple things that everyone wants fixed.
Are you talking about this:
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Maybe it doesn't have that weird angle misalignment between the forend and middle section on the Bravo? What's up with that anyway? I was going to buy a Bravo this past summer but every single example I saw in person had the forend angled up slightly and the lines weren't aligned with the rest of the chassis; kind of looks like some shavings or plastic sprue was left in the joint, but it was on every one I saw. I ended up buying an MDT instead; I'm a function over form kind of guy but that obvious misalignment left me wondering what other details were missed.
That's it?Long action.
No other KRG is available for Tikka LA. Very few chassis from any manufacturer are.That's it?
I thought Bravos were LA as well.
At any rate, they need to make Bravos in other colors and patterns before they do anything else.
Yes. But not just that minor offset at the gap, but the way the forend slopes upwards compared to the rest of the stock when those lines were supposed to be aligned. KRG's own pictures don't show that, so the fact that the final product is misaligned, both before and after installed on an action, seems to indicate something ended up different than design intent. That was enough to make me wonder why KRG accepted that, and why I'd want that rather than a comparably priced stock from a competitor. Sometimes little details point to larger problems in the background, and not owning other KRG stuff it made me look elsewhere.
All I'm saying is if they'd had the Echo stock available for the rifle I wanted last summer, I might have bought from them instead.
This makes me want to question the legitimacy of this picture.
The Echo looks like one solid piece, it isn't a front/back assembly like the Bravo. This might look Bravo-ish but almost everything is different. The stock is finally one piece and it doesn't have a full length chassis.@zunrj5 Like with the regular Bravo, can one buy a W3 backend from your site and replace the Echo Bravo’s buttstock? That’s how I was going to build a Tikka CTR W3, but running into some mag issues with 204+CTR mags and might go with regular Tikka mags (or aftermarket metal ones with the same form factor).
Hoping to stay away from AICS (which works fine, but heavy and loooonnnng).
Where’s my 7 axis dremel lolThe Echo looks like one solid piece, it isn't a front/back assembly like the Bravo. This might look Bravo-ish but almost everything is different. The stock is finally one piece and it doesn't have a full length chassis.
I wonder if it will be stiff enough for an arca rail up front given the lack of a full-length backbone.The Echo looks like one solid piece, it isn't a front/back assembly like the Bravo. This might look Bravo-ish but almost everything is different. The stock is finally one piece and it doesn't have a full length chassis.
Huh? if it's stiff enough to use a bipod or the forearm as a front rest it should be stiff enough for a rail. The only question Id have is how does an arca fasten to it. From pics there are a bunch of holes in the bottom that might work for that purpose?I wonder if it will be stiff enough for an arca rail up front given the lack of a full-length backbone.
I wonder if the KRG regular cheekpieces will slide in there…I like those skinny things (I know it would look a little weird).
I apologize for the delay! It was a BUSY week and I just got back from the show.@zunrj5 Like with the regular Bravo, can one buy a W3 backend from your site and replace the Echo Bravo’s buttstock? That’s how I was going to build a Tikka CTR W3, but running into some mag issues with 204+CTR mags and might go with regular Tikka mags (or aftermarket metal ones with the same form factor).
Hoping to stay away from AICS (which works fine, but heavy and loooonnnng).
We’re getting closer… part of the delay was finding a lighter polymer without compromising stiffness and price. That said, our recent test shots look promising. Barring any unforeseen delays I believe we’ll see the release by the end of summer. Sadly, I don’t have a better ETA than that at this time. Thanks!!@zunrj5 any idea when these will be available?
Thank you!We’re getting closer… part of the delay was finding a lighter polymer without compromising stiffness and price. That said, our recent test shots look promising. Barring any unforeseen delays I believe we’ll see the release by the end of summer. Sadly, I don’t have a better ETA than that at this time. Thanks!!
any updates?We’re getting closer… part of the delay was finding a lighter polymer without compromising stiffness and price. That said, our recent test shots look promising. Barring any unforeseen delays I believe we’ll see the release by the end of summer. Sadly, I don’t have a better ETA than that at this time. Thanks!!
that looks interesting how do you have it set up with butt stock grip etc?I may look at this again one day but after 8 months, went with the Vision Hybrid. We'll see how it shakes out.