The Vision Chassis?

[gunjunkie45]

I had been thinking about picking up a Vision chassis but notice the Vision thread got locked a few months back. Seeing as they've been around for a bit now, what do those that have them think? Good bad and ugly? Especially if you have a Tikka in one. It's one if the few chassis that supports ctr mags and I actually prefer them to AICS. Same basic profile but 10 rounds instead of 5 and I've never needed to tweek the lips around. I'd love to hear anything you have to say about the Vision platform.

 

[enichols]

I have no experience with the full Vision chassis, but my experience with two Vision TRG front handguards has been terrific. Awesome products and yes they work as advertised with CTR mags (kinda cool to be able to use those in the TRG). If I wanted a full chassis I would not hesitate to buy their product.

 

[Precision Underground]

I’m late to the thread but we got one of, if not the first tikka vision when they came over to GCP. We had a few small hiccups just bc it was a brand new tikka platform with several different options/parts being shipped from Norway but GCP was all over it to make it right very quickly. The chassis is a work of art and has all the bells and whistles. I’ve got no complaints at all.

 

[carbonbased]

The guys in the Accuracy International thread seem to love them. Read up.

They look awesome.

Didn’t know there was a Vision thread. Why’d it get locked?

 

[gunjunkie45]

I have no idea why it got locked. It just says "not open to further replies. "

 

[carbonbased]

I’m a KRG Whiskey 3 fan, but I have to admit the Vision and even the Sphur chassis have caught my eye.

But KRG used Sako TRG’s for a template, and for me they just work.

 

[Easy_E]

I had been thinking about picking up a Vision chassis but notice the Vision thread got locked a few months back. Seeing as they've been around for a bit now, what do those that have them think? Good bad and ugly? Especially if you have a Tikka in one. It's one if the few chassis that supports ctr mags and I actually prefer them to AICS. Same basic profile but 10 rounds instead of 5 and I've never needed to tweek the lips around. I'd love to hear anything you have to say about the Vision platform.

Where are you looking to buy one ?

 

[gunjunkie45]

Where are you looking to buy one ?

If I go that route, GCP rifle company. They're the American distributor.

 

[Huskydriver]

I love mine

 

[5Baize]

Any more news about Vision product?

I'm after a forend for my KRG.

Also I'm after a Tikka XM mag mid section they announced on their Instagram a couple of months ago. XM size and Tikka action mix so well for plenty of calibers ( 7 SAUM, 6.5 PRC, 284 win 6.5x55) that I'm dying to finally get a compatible chassis in this mag size.

 

[Precision Underground]

GCP Rifle Co is the distributor. They’re on here but I couldn’t tag for some reason.

 

[Thorbeast]

I like my vision Chassis, but I don't love it. I have not found a chassis that I love, so for now I'm sticking with it.

I don't like the barricade stop in front of the mag well. It wouldn't be bad at all if the chassis wasn't so rear heavy, it's a bit difficult to get the center of gravity far enough forward of the barricade stop.

This could be addressed by changing the midsection to remove or relocate the barricade stop, lightening the rear of the chassis, or a combination of both, but right now there aren't options to either (not including DIY).

I have a 26" proof comp contour barrel and a supercal bipod hanging off the chassis and I could still use more weight out front. The barricade stop location prevents this chassis from being used in all but the heaviest of setups, which for me is a disappointment, but it's a PRS stock and weight is seen as a good thing generally.

I also think the magazine well isn't the easiest to work with, it's tight and the spring is very stiff so magazines don't slide in easily the way they do on my manners. I think that's an easy fix though, just need a softer spring for the mag release.

Vision has recently made some changes to the butt pad and cheek piece that I like. It's just that barricade stop on some of the chassis' that needs to be addressed, the KRG and AI forends don't have this "feature", so its a bit annoying to have to deal with it on the r700 chassis.

Other than that, it's a fantastic piece of kit. The manufacturing is high quality, there are many options for weights and rails for the forend and the adjustability of the buttstock is fantastic. It's an expensive chassis and options can really push the cost even higher, but if you don't mind the price (or the barricade stop), it's certainly one of the nicer options on the market (IMO).

 

[BuildingConceptsllc]

I love my 2 vision chassis. They do everything I want them to do. I am looking at the new butpad though.

 

[Pav67]

The new but pad is great.If you don’t use the Cant feature .Way more comfortable and fits into your shoulder much better.I’ve replaced 2 out of three vision chassis with the new version.The new cheek piece is shorter overall but can slide front or back with an adjustment underneath.

 

[Huskydriver]

I like my vision Chassis, but I don't love it. I have not found a chassis that I love, so for now I'm sticking with it.

I don't like the barricade stop in front of the mag well. It wouldn't be bad at all if the chassis wasn't so rear heavy, it's a bit difficult to get the center of gravity far enough forward of the barricade stop.

This could be addressed by changing the midsection to remove or relocate the barricade stop, lightening the rear of the chassis, or a combination of both, but right now there aren't options to either (not including DIY).

I have a 26" proof comp contour barrel and a supercal bipod hanging off the chassis and I could still use more weight out front. The barricade stop location prevents this chassis from being used in all but the heaviest of setups, which for me is a disappointment, but it's a PRS stock and weight is seen as a good thing generally.

I also think the magazine well isn't the easiest to work with, it's tight and the spring is very stiff so magazines don't slide in easily the way they do on my manners. I think that's an easy fix though, just need a softer spring for the mag release.

Vision has recently made some changes to the butt pad and cheek piece that I like. It's just that barricade stop on some of the chassis' that needs to be addressed, the KRG and AI forends don't have this "feature", so its a bit annoying to have to deal with it on the r700 chassis.

Other than that, it's a fantastic piece of kit. The manufacturing is high quality, there are many options for weights and rails for the forend and the adjustability of the buttstock is fantastic. It's an expensive chassis and options can really push the cost even higher, but if you don't mind the price (or the barricade stop), it's certainly one of the nicer options on the market (IMO).

Slap a couple sawtooth weights up front balances perfect....

 

[Easy_E]

GCP Rifle Co is the distributor. They’re on here but I couldn’t tag for some reason.

I know a place that has them in stock in Florida not sure if we can post links ?

 

[BuildingConceptsllc]

I know a place that has them in stock in Florida not sure if we can post links ?

@Rick_gcprifleco has em. Just give him a call and he will take good care of you. Really good guy to deal with. He will kote it for you too

 

[Yaremkiv]

Had the chassis for a few days. My rifle build is spec'd a little weird so it didnt work out for me but the chassis itself was amazing. Design looked thought out and machining and coating were perfect. Definetly will be using it for future builds.

 

[GBMaryland]

 

[Baron23]

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Wow...that's beautiful. Too bad its not Cobalt Blue like mine! hahaha

I have had just a bit of an interesting time using my Vision for the first time. It is indeed one I bought from @GBMaryland because he has no taste in color (LOL) and I loved the Cobalt Blue Cerakote.

It has the butt pad and comb upgrade to latest versions and I love finally being able to raise the butt pad (been shooting OG JAE's and no adjustment on the back) and I don't need cant...not shooting this rifle offhand, right? Its far more comfortable this way. Oh...just for clarification, I could have an adjustable butt pad hardware set (as I used on my skeet shotguns) ground to fit the JAE but this chassis also doesn't have adjustable LOP and I would rather it was shorter than making it longer with this hardware.

I did shoot it a bit and found it to be very dead feeling on recoil which is one of the reasons I always liked the JAE's.

The grip is not optimal for my little girl hands but I ordered a grip from Anarchy and GCP said that they hoped to have the new grip that came out with the Pro version available to sell as a retrofit part in maybe a month. GCP and I did have a short discussion about the need for a chassis manf to make all freaking removable parts available to be separately purchased by owner for repair/upgrades....their reply was "you're preaching to the choir".

Its beautifully made and getting it set up to fit me was a breeze.

Only issue I had was getting AICS mags to latch. Now, this is an unusual BA as it was built on a Seekins Havak action....I bought it from a fella with 21 rounds on it and it has served me well. But, while AICS mags worked fine with this BA in the JAE, they wouldn't latch in the Vision. New Vision Pro has adjustable mag well (both adjustable height and fore/aft mage well adjustment) but this vintage does not.

And no, my chassis does not have the XL version of the mag latch.

Closer examination seems to show the front of AICS mags hitting the very front of the mag cut in the action just a tiny bit short of being able to latch. AW mags fit and feed just fine.

Now, this seems to be an issue arising from the action (cause many others run AICS with Visions and diff actions) but which my legacy version of the Vision cannot accomodate with its fixed mag latch.

When asked, Seekins indicated that the Havak was "cut for both". I think means its really an AW cut and perhaps like the CDG with AICS in some applications it would need a bit of a spacer under the action to lift it just a bit but I'm not doing that.

I'll run with AW's...I have some. But GCP, who are great people to deal with, is sending me another mag latch that I can experiment with filing down just a bit. I want the spare cause I'm liable to fuck up almost anything with hand tools! haha

Not a bit deal but I was just a bit surprised at the AICS fit issue. But as said, the AW's latch and feed beautifully with this chassis and the Havak and overall I'm very happy with both the Vision and GCP.

@Rick_gcprifleco

Cheers