KotKotofeich
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- Ottawa Valley
No rifles or parts were hurt in the making of this report 
The finnish m91 with a 1942 vkt barrel can go back into it's original stock at a moments notice. I chose this rifle because of it's excellent barrel compared to regular mosins and relatively low historic value - as all finns it's a mixmaster... I also enjoy the finnish two stage trigger...
But, yes, it's a Bubba project, it's expensive and more expensive than the rifle. I am aware I can do much better with a rem 700, but I have a sentimental attachment to the mosin nagant. To the point where I am likely to get a new barrel manufactured at some point in time... Now that we are past that... I have mixed feelings about this chassis - I like the quality and the balance of the rifle in the new chassis. But I do not like some of the questionable design decisions. It uses and AK pattern grip, while there's a lot more choice of AR pattern grips, it uses an ar tube to attach a stock while there are better, sturdier designs... No mlok or keymod on the handguard.
The makers of this chassis are from the Ukraine - they can be excused for not being up on the firearm fashion, hopefully they will make changes - this has great potential.
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Stripper clips still work in my scout setup
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1.5 inch group at 100 yards, shooting off a ... tree? rest. I'm not the greatest marksman in the world so for me this is an extremely good result! The manufacturer insisted that I would not be getting very good results with a scope mounted on the fore-end. They recommend a receiver mounted scope, and one day I'll get to restoring the ex-PE sniper I have. (The group at the lower left is before I tweaked the scope a little bit)
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The chassis is machined out of aluminum and is of two piece construction: the stock itself and the free floating handguard. The hadguard is pre-drilled and threaded for attaching picatinny rails at the 12, 3, 6 and 9 o'clock positions along the entire handguard. The chassis is extremely well machined and is very sturdy. I especially enjoyed the balance of the rifle in the new chassis.
Free floated barrel. The little washer does not contact it, it's a part of the handguard attachment:
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The chassis is built to use ProMag magazines for the archangel chassis. I had to make some modifications - they are not exactly drop in - I had to enlarge the window for the separator arm and file the magazine at the top to seat it better.
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There's a cutout in the handguard for the rear sight so if the scope base is see through you can still use iron sights in a pinch (the ex - pe was conscripted to model for this picture)
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In summary: extremely high quality chassis with a great balance but some questionable design choices.
P.S. The manufacturer is Kruk out of the Ukraine, I think that's all I'm allowed to say since they are not a site sponsor...?
The finnish m91 with a 1942 vkt barrel can go back into it's original stock at a moments notice. I chose this rifle because of it's excellent barrel compared to regular mosins and relatively low historic value - as all finns it's a mixmaster... I also enjoy the finnish two stage trigger...But, yes, it's a Bubba project, it's expensive and more expensive than the rifle. I am aware I can do much better with a rem 700, but I have a sentimental attachment to the mosin nagant. To the point where I am likely to get a new barrel manufactured at some point in time... Now that we are past that... I have mixed feelings about this chassis - I like the quality and the balance of the rifle in the new chassis. But I do not like some of the questionable design decisions. It uses and AK pattern grip, while there's a lot more choice of AR pattern grips, it uses an ar tube to attach a stock while there are better, sturdier designs... No mlok or keymod on the handguard.
The makers of this chassis are from the Ukraine - they can be excused for not being up on the firearm fashion, hopefully they will make changes - this has great potential.
1
Stripper clips still work in my scout setup
2
1.5 inch group at 100 yards, shooting off a ... tree? rest. I'm not the greatest marksman in the world so for me this is an extremely good result! The manufacturer insisted that I would not be getting very good results with a scope mounted on the fore-end. They recommend a receiver mounted scope, and one day I'll get to restoring the ex-PE sniper I have. (The group at the lower left is before I tweaked the scope a little bit)
3
The chassis is machined out of aluminum and is of two piece construction: the stock itself and the free floating handguard. The hadguard is pre-drilled and threaded for attaching picatinny rails at the 12, 3, 6 and 9 o'clock positions along the entire handguard. The chassis is extremely well machined and is very sturdy. I especially enjoyed the balance of the rifle in the new chassis.
Free floated barrel. The little washer does not contact it, it's a part of the handguard attachment:
4
The chassis is built to use ProMag magazines for the archangel chassis. I had to make some modifications - they are not exactly drop in - I had to enlarge the window for the separator arm and file the magazine at the top to seat it better.
5
There's a cutout in the handguard for the rear sight so if the scope base is see through you can still use iron sights in a pinch (the ex - pe was conscripted to model for this picture)
6
In summary: extremely high quality chassis with a great balance but some questionable design choices.
P.S. The manufacturer is Kruk out of the Ukraine, I think that's all I'm allowed to say since they are not a site sponsor...?
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