Aluminum SKS Chassis Release!

[u/the_crooked_north]

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.

[u/Matty_bunns]

What’s the $$ damage, though?

[u/Penguinbotxv → u/Matty_bunns]

700 canadian pesos

[u/0672216 → u/Penguinbotxv]

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

[u/IPSC_Canuck → u/0672216]

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.

[u/NEUMANN-METALWORKS → u/0672216]

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.

[u/FD4L → u/0672216]

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.

[u/Hellfrozeover666 → u/FD4L]

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.

[u/FD4L → u/Hellfrozeover666]

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.

[u/AresV92 → u/Hellfrozeover666]

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

[u/ImInHellFrozeOver → u/AresV92]

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

[u/Hot_Cheesecake_905 → u/AresV92]

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

[u/IPSC_Canuck → u/FD4L]

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.

[u/0672216 → u/FD4L]

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.

[u/Cortexian0 → u/0672216]

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.

[u/gspotcowboy → u/Cortexian0]

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.

[u/ActCompetitive1171 → u/0672216]

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

[u/Canadian-gun-nut → u/0672216]

Not out of touch at all

[u/LilCamCan → u/0672216]

Absolutely fucking nuts. Money means nothing nowadays.