DIY chassis

[guitarpreston]

Any of you ever build your own chassis? Thinking of building one for a Tc omega muzzleloader. Does not look overly complicated

 

[guitarpreston]

Update for any of those interested
Found a piece of 1.5x2 aluminum and my dad and I have been cutting away. Still a lot of metal to move but it should turn out neat if nothing goes terribly wrong

 

[guitarpreston]

Project omega chassis is dead in the water fellas. Think I ran out of material at the back end and can’t fit a buffer tube. I might could go to a pic mount…but more importantly if I try to stick an AR style grip on it, the distance from the grip to the trigger is so far you’d have to have NBA player hands. I’m not sure if I could get a vertical one to fit better.

 

[guitarpreston]

It’s plausible that I could make one of those work. But the integrated trigger guard in the action is setting an AR grip back almost an inch

 

[guitarpreston]

After some careful deliberation we are back on track. Still an absolute ton of metal to move.

 

[Geewhiz]

I like this project. Keep up the good work and keep us posted.

 

[guitarpreston]

I have a 3 slot pic rail coming tomorrow to mount on the rear. Completely abandoning the idea of an AR grip and going to try to make one from carbon that plays well with the omega trigger guard assembly. Shooting for sub 3lbd dressed but I’m not sure if I can get it

 

[4090Sharps]

Project omega chassis is dead in the water fellas. Think I ran out of material at the back end and can’t fit a buffer tube. I might could go to a pic mount…but more importantly if I try to stick an AR style grip on it, the distance from the grip to the trigger is so far you’d have to have NBA player hands. I’m not sure if I could get a vertical one to fit better.

I'm glad you got it back on track! I've been there with a machining project before where you suddenly realize your stock is shorter than needed... it's rough.

 

[guitarpreston]

If it didnt have the integrated trigger guard on the omega action it would be significantly easier to deal with! I could just use an AR style grip. But that would be too easy!

Hopefully my smokeless barrel comes before too long and I can try it all out.

 

[guitarpreston]

Made a couple booboos today but I think they should come out when I do the edges. But it will cock now!

 

[guitarpreston]

Most of the edges are radiused and it’s all flat on the bottom now. Was going to put a step in it but I don’t think I have enough material left to do much. Hogged too much out inside. More weight relief to come and add m-lok slots to the sides

 

[TaperPin]

That’s a great project. I was surprised at first to see a solid chunk of aluminum - that’s a lot of hand cranking on the milling machine. Not many guys can hunt with their own chassis! Very cool

 

[guitarpreston]

That’s a great project. I was surprised at first to see a solid chunk of aluminum - that’s a lot of hand cranking on the milling machine. Not many guys can hunt with their own chassis! Very cool

It was in the metal pile luckily…It’s also my first machining project. Usually I just run the plasma table when I work with my dad and help him but I’ve ran point on a lot of this and learned a ton.

 

[TaperPin]

It was in the metal pile luckily…It’s also my first machining project. Usually I just run the plasma table when I work with my dad and help him but I’ve ran point on a lot of this and learned a ton.

Nice!

 

[guitarpreston]

When it comes time to build the grip I may have to lean on some of the others on here that have done carbon and fiberglass custom stuffs.

 

[guitarpreston]

Little mock up this morning. More weight relief to come and M-lok slots.
Pic to buffer tube adapter comes in today and some foldable plastic to tinker with the handle.

 

[RepeatPete]

I’ve been wanting to try a chassis for a while now - great work!

 

[OverInfinite]

Do you have enough material to have integrated arca and pic on the front or you going a different direction? Thats a lot of material to hog out by hand! Looks great.

 

[guitarpreston]

Do you have enough material to have integrated arca and pic on the front or you going a different direction? Thats a lot of material to hog out by hand! Looks great.

I was going to originally but went a bit deep on the inside and only have around .25 left on the bottom. Just going to bolt a plate to it.

 

[guitarpreston]

I’ve been wanting to try a chassis for a while now - great work!

Its been great fun!