- Weight: Chassis system including forend and buttstock is between 4.4 to 4.8lbs (depending on action & what buttstock etc you prefer)
- Ambidextrous, easy reach magazine latch – can be operated with trigger finger or left hand
- The extra large magazine well for easy mag insertion/removal
- Barricade stop in front of the magazine to prevent putting pressure on the magazine
- Thumb rests on both sides of the chassis
- Allows for barrel contours up to 1.300” straight taper. (Note that at larger barrel diameters there is less space in the forend to accommodate internal attachments such as QD cups, M-lok, and sling swivels)
- Accepts AICS pattern magazines for both short and long action. (3.715” long action)
- Accepts aftermarket lugs up to 0.375 thick and tapered
- Compatible with all non-beavertail AR pattern pistol grips. Beavertail grips will fit with minor trimming
- CNC machined from Aircraft grade Aluminum and finished with H-series Cerakote. Cheek-piece, fore-grip, and butt-pad constructed of composites
Compatibility
- Remington 700 Short Action
- Remington 700 Long Action
- Savage Short Action, Models 10,11,12 and 16
- Savage Long Action, Models 110, 111, 112 and 116
- Savage Long Action CIP .338 Lapua Magnum - Requires MDT 3.85" Magazines
- Savage Axis - Short Calibers
- Tikka T3 Short Calibers
- Tikka T3 Long Calibers - Requires MDT 3.56 Magazine
- Howa 1500 / Weatherby Vanguard - Short Caliber - Only works with MDT Polymer Magazines - No V-block due to the flat bottom action
- Howa 1500 / Weatherby Vanguard - Long Calibers - No V-block due to the flat bottom action
- Browning X-bolt Short Calibers - Only works for 308 Winchester, 6.5 Creedmoor, 243 Winchester
- Ruger American Short Action
- Winchester XPR Short Action
- Lithgow 102 SA
- Bergara B-14
What is inluded & what you will need to purchase separately.
The ESS Chassis main body only is included
In addition to the ESS Chassis main body, you will need:
- An AR-15 pattern pistol grip, grips with a beavertail will require minor fitting
- An AICS pattern magazine appropriate for the rifle chambering
- buttstock compatible with the ESS main body
- A forend compatible with the ESS main body
IMPORTANT NOTES;
LITHGOW 102 SA
For .223 models the bolt stop may be too long. This can easily be modified by removing the bolt stop and trimming the contact face.
WINCHESTER MODEL 70 SA
The ESS Chassis for Winchester Model 70 has been designed to accommodate all Winchester short action 308 and 243 actions made after 1984, as well as all FN-H branded receivers (such as the SPR and TSR). The easiest way to tell if your Winchester Model 70 was produced after 1984 is that the action screw spacing will be approximately 7-1/8”. Prior to 1984 Winchester made 308, 243 etc on long action receivers, which will be too long to fit into the ESS chassis.
223-based calibers will not feed reliably, and WSM calibers will need feed lip adjustment for reliable feeding. WSSM calibers will not work.
The chassis will fit MOA, Winchester and Timney triggers.
The chassis will have to be used with MDT 308 metal magazines, which have specifically been designed with a narrower interface at the top near the front of the magazine to fit into the Winchester Model 70 action. MDT and Magpul polymer magazines will work, but require some material to be trimmed from the feedlips and front corners of the magazine.
Some of the CRF guns will need the ejector fitted to clear the magazine, or the magazine notched.
Some guns will have the anti-bind lug drag on the right-hand magazine feed lip.
There are two scope rail screw spacings. Pre-2006 they are all the same. 2006 to ~2009 the standard caliber stayed the same, and the WSM had a longer spacing. After production was moved to Portugal they all switched to the WSM spacing. The rails MDT is making are the WSM spacing.