@R.Walters you keep posting "haters gonna hate" all over here and social media. Do you think it's funny to be condescending to your current customer base or a potential new customer? The thing is, people who have made aftermarket parts for the AI platform did so because of the love of the AI system (at least for me it was). Making it seem like the aftermarket is the problem is ignoring how we've all gotten here in the first place. Yes, maybe AI invented the word "chassis" and had a BR repeater 20 years ago, but that was then and this is now. Everyone is trying to push the envelope and modify/improve what's out there.
To the other comments directed at me, I will say this. Looking back on what I worked on and then shared regarding my chassis design, may have been a mistake. But I was optimistic, and honestly I was hoping that pitching my chassis to AI and having it physically in their hands would be my big break in working with them (or for them) in some capacity. That was my dream job and I told Scott that when I talked to him. I believe my passion for AIs and improving/accessorizing them has been well documented over the past 5 years here on Sniper's Hide, and the Obsession chassis was the culmination of that. So if in Oct 2019 I had been told "sign this NDA, let's get your input on making this better" I honestly would have signed it so fast the pen would have lit on fire. Instead, I believe my prototype was in the hands of the people who were using it as a reference for the design which would become the AT-X.
I'm in no way insinuating that the AT-X is a "ripoff" of my design; it's not. I have no IP, no patents, and I consciously decided not to do any of that. But for AI to say they were suddenly inspired in Oct 2019 to get out a sketchpad and start thinking about a new rifle, while at the exact same time shooting my chassis off a barricade...I guess that doesn't sit very well with me.
Maybe things could've turned out differently, but they are what they are at this point. Business is business, and I support capitalism even if it means someone tinkering in their garage has to try to compete with the big dogs. Isn't that how AI started to begin with?
Sam