What color is the stock?
Looks great!
It's in the Tungsten Grey Cerakote option, let us know if you'd like to pick one up
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What color is the stock?
Looks great!
No, you can tweak slightly with different tube or pad though.Is the carbon butt stock adjustable for length of pull?
So our new folder does not have a hard lock to hold in the open position, however, it does have an adjustable spring-loaded detent that
On initial release, we will only offer for the short action magazines for the T3. We will be adding a long version shortly that would use he MDT tikka magazines (3.560).
Here's a couple more pictures of the Tungsten and FDE Elements:
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I would be on one of these like stink on linberger except for one key thing.....I hunt in the cold and an ice cube is an ice cube no matter what it weighs although thinking the magnesium wouldn’t be as bad as the aluminum.
Fantastic concept and weight savings.
Is there a way to attach a sling to the carbon stock?
Fantastic concept and weight savings.
Is there a way to attach a sling to the carbon stock?
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Has anybody done any accuracy work with the Magnesium chassis?
Interested in the results and if there’s any difference vs the aluminum chassis.
I’m looking at the 700 SA clone magnesium chassis, do they need to be bedded?
Which magazine would you use for a Tikka 6.5 PRC?
Since they didn't have the inlet for the Savage LA and as I understand don't plan on making one, I ordered the MDT LSS. guess I will have to order this one for my Remington 700.
And when will the long action be coming out?
I will order an Element Magnesium for my Remington 700 once my wife gets over the current sticker shock. lol!Because the Element is cut from a fixed length of billet extrusion, we do bot inlet for the Savage LA because the handguard would be super short. We have the long action Remington available now and the Tikka T3 for the long action 3.56" magazines is coming soon.
As a note, we build both our Carbon and Evolution chassis for the Savage Long actions so we are not leaving you guys out lol.
I will order an Element Magnesium for my Remington 700 once my wife gets over the current sticker shock. lol!
You are right but I prefer not to pillar bed and epoxy bed rifles anymore. Once you do that, the carbon fiber stocks weight more than the element magnesium with carbon fiber Buttstock and hand grip. IMHO. oh and the wait time for a chassis system is better than CF. I order my MDT LSS on Sunday and it will be here tomorrow.I mean, once you include bottom metal, it’s the same price as an adjustable-cheek carbon fiber stock from pretty much anyone...
You are right but I prefer not to pillar bed and epoxy bed rifles anymore. Once you do that, the carbon fiber stocks weight more than the element magnesium with carbon fiber Buttstock and hand grip. IMHO. oh and the wait time for a chassis system is better than CF. I order my MDT LSS on Sunday and it will be here tomorrow.
SWMBO? It's not that I need this anyway. I am looking to build a hybrid rifle for long range bench shooting and hunting. More so for hunting. So a 28oz stock is just the ticket. save the weight on the stock for the added weight of the scope. Probably a NF NXS 5x25. I could always go with a carbon fiber barrel but I prefer steel in a heavy sporter or light varmint.Oh I agree completely, even before the bedding the XLR E3 M/C saves you at least 10 oz. My point was more for justifying it to SWMBO with a “well I need this ANYWAY...”
Does anybody have real world experience with the magnesium stock?
How does it feel?
How’s the recoil with the carbon butt stock?
Unfortunately, our fixtures are made for that specific outside dimension/length so we can not do a shorter version. I am sure if you are handy with a mill, you might be able to shorten it. You would probably save an ounce or two.@XLR
Any chance you could make a short forend version? My first thought when looking at it is I want to saw the first two slots off of it, like this.
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I’d want a magnesium version, with carbon buttons grip. Lightweight action, 16.5” proof, etc. killer little coyote gun for shooting off the tripod.
Unfortunately, our fixtures are made for that specific outside dimension/length so we can not do a shorter version. I am sure if you are handy with a mill, you might be able to shorten it. You would probably save an ounce or two.
Yes, I can do the work. The magnesium freaks me out a bit.
I’ll have to research, but it will get flooded with something for sure. Thank you.Ah, good point. I missed the idea of you wanting the magnesium. There are definitely lots of precautions you need to take when machining magnesium, especially when cutting it dry.
One of our guys in camp shot a Mule deer that looked the same way a few years ago. Spike on one side and a five on the other. We we skinned it he had balls like pea's. It was huge like a small elk.So obviously my opinion is probably not as objective as you were looking for but I will share what I found anyways. During initial testing, I used a 300 WM in the magnesium chassis with the Carbon buttstock and no muzzle brake. To be honest, I was "dreading" it a bit. Most of the shooting I do is my little 6mm competition rifle that weighs 20 lbs so I assumed this was going to be a miserable day for my shoulder. However, shooting it showed to be quite pleasant. Although not super thick, the Limbsaver recoil pad does a good job of providing support but it still absorbs the recoil well. I think due to the angle of the recoil pad, felt recoil is actually slightly less than our TR-2 buttstock. I was shooting factory Hornady 178 ELD match FWIW.
Matt, our sales manager, just returned from a multi-day hunting trip where he carried a magnesium chassis in the mountains for a few days and he was commenting on how much more comfortable it was to carry than his Carbon chassis he was previously using. The combination of the lighter weight and thinner profile was what he contributed to the improvement. His comment was that he was thinking the lighter weight contributed to him "feeling" the rifle less when it was slug/strapped to his side in that he was not noticing the rifle moving around and "bumping" him due to his gait.
In a recent podcast, Frank Peralta and Aaron Snyder with Kifaru also talk about using the new Element 3.0 on a hunt and had nothing but good to say about it. You can listen to it here:
https://kifarucast.podbean.com/e/frank-peralta-colorado-elk-hunt/
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Is there a night vision mount that will fit the Element 3.0 chassis?
Looks like the perfect home for a Lone Peak Titanium Action and Proof Carbon barrel ?
I just got the magnesium chassis for a Tikka action, and getting serious binding issues at only 45 inlbs. Instructions state 65 inlbs, but there’s no way. Anyone else experience this, or have any guidance on torque? It seems to be the rear action screw is too long, and the bolt is catching on it.
Sorry you had to grind down that cup on the action screw, but glad it is all worked out now! Reach out any time if you have questions and look forward to hearing how you like the new magnesium chassis!I sorted it out, just ground the rear action screw a bit and it is fine. Looking forward to seeing the total weight.
Sorry you had to grind down that cup on the action screw, but glad it is all worked out now! Reach out any time if you have questions and look forward to hearing how you like the new magnesium chassis!
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need to zero still, but like how it turned out so far. Just shy of 10lbs