r/canadaguns • u/the_crooked_north The Crooked North • Apr 12 '26

Misc Aluminum SKS Chassis Release!

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Hey all, we've been working on this project for about a year, and are proud to announce it been released in retail! Available in Black, FDE, and ODG Cerekote.

Like and follow us on Instagram @crookednorthcustoms for special announcements.

And yes, marketing is now well aware of how we feel about the AI "enhancement" of the concept photo, which is in fact a real build.

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u/Matty_bunns Apr 12 '26

What’s the $$ damage, though?

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u/Penguinbotxv Apr 12 '26

700 canadian pesos

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u/0672216 Apr 12 '26

Ngl, Was excited for this one to drop but 700+tax+shipping and it doesn’t even include a buffer tube or any other hardware…

Am I out of touch or is that fuckin nuts?? I was so down to buy one but now I’m not so sure

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u/IPSC_Canuck Apr 12 '26

I’m with you on that. I’d have a difficult time putting a chassis on a rifle that’s worth almost twice what I paid for the rifle… that said! This looks awesome and it’s definitely something I’d buy once it comes down in price.

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u/NEUMANN-METALWORKS Neumann Metalworks Apr 13 '26 edited Apr 13 '26

I wanted to get 50 CNC'd handguards similar to the NCstar ones, mlok on sides and picatinny on the top.

875 dollars a piece from a large, local company. That's called a "fuck off" quote, they don't even wanna do the work.

40 dollars from China.

Most likely the exact same quality and materials. I wouldn't doubt it if the Chinese ones were actually better.

These chassis are machined locally by a small manufacturer in Canada, which is why it can be made in the first place. From a larger manufacturer in Canada this would literally be about 5k to make, it's fucking absurd.

When you take all of this into consideration 700 is not that crazy.

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u/FD4L Apr 12 '26

Its pretty steep. The mdt oryx is like $400 and it comes with a pistol grip and a fixed buttstock.

Mdt also has $700+ options but they offer more than this. The only place this stands out is the limited marked of solid SkS chassis'. The manufacturer knows were short on options and some dinks will inevitably overpay for it.

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u/Hellfrozeover666 Apr 12 '26

I love MDT, have the Oryx and a few LSS Gen 2. But…Their prices are similar to this. The Oryx is $600. An LSS Gen 3 is $900 for comparable setup without a buttstock. $700 for a milled in Canada chassis doesn’t seem out of line.

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u/FD4L Apr 13 '26

Damn, youre right. I haven't shopped from them in a while.

I bought a 15" ESS for my t1x on black friday a few years ago and it came in under $700 shipped.

I didn't know they increased the oryx price by like 50%. It was a great entry budget option, and its still a good chassis, but $600 dosent feel like entry level. I guess theyre just trying to keep up with everything else.

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u/AresV92 Apr 13 '26

Does the Oryx fit an SKS? On their website it doesn't list it in the dropdown menu.

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u/ImInHellFrozeOver Apr 13 '26

No MDT chassis fits the SKS. Just commenting that this new SKS chassis isn’t really overpriced, it’s in line with MDT pricing. 

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u/Hot_Cheesecake_905 11d ago

No, even if it did it would weigh too much.

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u/IPSC_Canuck Apr 13 '26

Yeah there’s an element of that for sure, but I see it more as trying to recover investment before something stupid happens. I totally get it.

I’m actually happy that it doesn’t come with a bunch of stuff other than the chassis. I’ve got lots of dusty furniture that would fit on it in my place right now. I really don’t need any more AR parts sitting around collecting dust. Plus I have the exact setup I’d use already, so everything would just transfer over.

The big issue is ammo. I refuse to shoot corrosive, i have a smaller quantity of non-corrosive kicking around, but I never bothered to reload for my SKS. It just wasn’t worth it. I got a set of dies with a giant box of reloading stuff I bought off a co-worker, but other than that I’d have to start from scratch, and would it really be worth it?

All to shoot a platform that i’ve always been somewhat underwhelmed with regardless of improvements.

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u/0672216 Apr 12 '26

Exactly. The oryx is a complete chassis system. Everything is in the box. I don’t need to go source a buffer tube, end plate, stock, grip etc.

I really want to support local Canadian companies, especially those that cater to us gun guys and gals, but I’m real fucking tired of being gouged left and right.

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u/Cortexian0 Apr 14 '26

It boggles my mind that people still don't understand economies of scale.

MDT is making and selling far more Oryx chassis than this SKS chassis. That allows them to bring price per unit down and include other value-added parts.

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u/gspotcowboy Apr 15 '26

I was going to argue that it's high for a bare tactical chassis, but I added up what I would have spent on a Midwest chassis/guard for a PC9 I formerly owned and it wasn't much cheaper. And they have scale.

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u/ActCompetitive1171 Apr 12 '26

I'd have to think that just because of scale it increases the cost to some degree right?

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u/Canadian-gun-nut Apr 13 '26

Not out of touch at all

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u/LilCamCan Apr 12 '26

Absolutely fucking nuts. Money means nothing nowadays.

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u/the_crooked_north The Crooked North Apr 12 '26

Follow Instagram for special announcements.

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u/WonkyTusky Apr 12 '26

Tna chassis is almost identical and i picked one up for $350 canadian pesos

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u/Hellfrozeover666 Apr 12 '26

Well, this one looks much better than the TNA one to my eyes at least Also those weren’t new production TNA chassis. I believe they were all varying levels of rejects that were originally sold by Matador as the Sabertooth around 2015 or so. Hard to compare old stock rejects that were produced a decade ago. There’s been a bit of inflation in the last ten years

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '26

This one doesn't have the gap between the dust cover and the chassis however, and the mlok slots are a better choice imo.

Thats not to rag on the TNA chassis, I have it and its alright, theres just a few things I would change.

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u/BrotherLefthand Apr 12 '26

The block prevents fielding stripping of the rifle.

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u/Hot_Cheesecake_905 11d ago

TNA chassis is incomplete, needs filler plates, 3D printer blank covers, etc. it’s like a prototype?

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u/WonkyTusky 11d ago

No its complete

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u/Hot_Cheesecake_905 11d ago

There's the "gap filler for SKS chassis" and also "SKS Chassis Plates SKS" that need to be installed to make it a finished product. Not to mention paint is blemished too.

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u/WonkyTusky 11d ago

Theres different types available. I bought the “B” grade which came with everything ready to be installed. Not belmished. If you buy lower grade ones they are less finished

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u/buttercastle69 Apr 13 '26

Don't know why this was downvoted so much haha

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u/Aggravating_Button99 Apr 12 '26

Thats only approx $475 bucks U.S, and way Carney is running our economy, that U.S. cost will drop.

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u/the_crooked_north The Crooked North Apr 12 '26

I wasn't going to be the one to post this. There are more factors than politics affecting the CAD price. The U.S. is most definitely going to get more bang for their buck.

Sorry guys, but turning our back on Canadian made goods will only make the problem worse. Our manufacturing ecosystem is not in good shape relative to our neighbors to the south.