Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Bolt action bullpup chassis I'm developing!

Trigger design has certainly been an issue with the bullpup design. Desert Tech has a nice trigger, comparable to everything but a Jewell in my opinion. I've shot newer ones, heard the older models aren't as good.

The trigger linkage/assembly in this chassis seems to be on the right track, as I noted my prototype was based on a modifed Xmark trigger and increased the pull weight from 2.5 to 2.75lbs, with not much difference in trigger feel.

I like bullpup designs, but that looks somebody is trying to stuff a conventional bolt action into bullpup chasis.

IMHO, to do it correctly you need a completely different approach..Think like Uzi did when they designed bolt carrier for their mini Uzi SMG...

Well...I do agree that a ground up bullpup weapon would be best. However the whole point of this chassis is the average shooter can turn their bolt action into a bullpup without a gunsmith, with no crazy modifications. It cuts about 10" off the OAL of the your gun and adds a whole bunch of adjustability features.

Pete, that would make a good "next" project for Ty after he's perfected this for several common actions, and made some money off them.

I'd be interested if it came with 80% receivers and easy barrel swaps such as on an AR or Savage.

So what are you thinking the price would be for a Rem 700 conversion?

$1200-$1500, depending on options and such. Similar in price to other premium chassis systems...except this one makes your gun 10" shorter and with a bolt extension the controls are in a familiar place.

Little suggestion that will make your design more relevant and more successful. Make certain it can work on both right and left hand actions. Design it where one can block off either the right or left side of the bolt. It should be pretty easy to accImplies this feature.

At your price point, if it's not ambi your product will just be an also ran chassis that costs an lot. With 10 percent more effort in design you can develop an product that will cater to the 12-15 percent of the market that doesn't get addressed much and production cost will be basically the same. If it can be done with an self loading unit like the Tavor, it should be an piece of cake with just an chassis for manually operated bolts.

That is a previous suggestion I am taking into account. V2 is already ambidextrous, has a bolt slot on each side, as well as holes for the cheekpiece on either side. The safety is accomplished at the trigger, and is hooked up to an operating rod in a similar fashion to the trigger linkage.

Good to hear. I would also keep it light as possible. It may be compact but it needs to be fairly light if possible.

V1 was 6.1 lbs with a barreled action installed. That was missing a few pieces, but I'm expecting around 10lbs for a reasonable setup. Obviously a 20" pencil barrel and lightweight scope, or 32" truck axle with a Nightforce on top will change things a lot.

Bullpup hunting/target rifle = deaf quick

Hunting with ear plugs can be done but I typically hear the critters before I see them coming in the woods. Now if one was spot and stalking or glassing etc would work.

Now if you supress giggle giggle

Neat design I could see myself owning one if you got it down to the 500 range, certainly not the 800 or over range.

Why not get a Remington XP 100?

Did you have to bring the Xp up !