Anyone have an MDT chassis system on a bolt rifle?

[CoalTrain49]

I was at the range on Friday and saw something that intrigued me. A shooter had an MDT chassis on a Howa 1500 mini action. I'm not an AR owner but I like the modular concept. This stock, if you want to call it that, looks adjustable in just about any way you can imagine. I just shoot benchrest and this would be for a Howa 1500 HB.

I was wondering if MDT's claims of 20% better precision has any merit? The guy that had one was doing a pretty fair job of keeping his shots kissing each other at 100 yards.

Anyone have any experience with the MDT LSS chassis?

 

[rbernie]

I have a Savage BA Stealth (MDT chassis) that I’ve re-barreled to 22-250 (1:9). I can’t really speculate on the accuracy improvement available from the chassis, since this particular action has never seen anything else other than the chassis.

 

[Varminterror]

The accuracy improvement claim is bogus - it offers nothing over any other stock or chassis which is well fit to the shooter and properly bedded to the action. It may not be any better than any other model of chassis or bedded stock for consistency of contact, so it may not improve precision at all. It’s not hard to improve over a cheap synthetic factory stock, or any stock which isn’t bedded, but 20% against anything else in its class is bogus.

I have the mdt on a Savage BA Stealth also, I wouldn’t personally buy one for a competition build, and probably not for a plinking/hunting rifle either, other than something I wanted to be light and cheap. It’s solid for its price, but it’s a barebones chassis. Other chassis out there will be more rigid with far more features - even if it does add 50-100% more cost (or more).

 

[rbernie]

The one nice feature of the MDT LSS is that is *is* light enough for consideration on a walkabout rifle. The complete chassis, with buffer tube, Magpul MOE SL/Magpul cheek riser, pistol grip, and magazine, weights in at 3lbs. That compares favorably with most plywood or fiberglass replacement stocks in the same price range.