I bought this woox "mini chassis" system because it was the only aluminum chassis or mini-chassis that would take the factory tikka magazines apart from a manners mini-chassis in a traditional stock. By this time, Woox had already acquired a bad reputation for astroturfing and flooding the internet with free stocks for guntubers in exchange for favorable reviews. The only non-paid reviews were complaints that the stocks got loose very quickly and had poor durability so I knew what I was getting into. If you watch their shot show videos for their QD stock they recently came out with, you can actually see the whole stock sag as the sales person puts the gun on the table in the background. Ooops.
Anyway, the one I bought as new had clearly been returned a few times based on the many layers of sealing stickers holding the box together. It was also missing any literature or tools that should have come with a new stock.
The wood quality on the grey model isn't particularly good and the finish is pretty thin and not wear resistant. I ended up applying a layer of wax to the wood to help it wear a bit better. i assume the walnut ones have better looking wood.
The fitment of the wood stock to the chassis is very poorly engineered and executed. The wood-to-aluminum mortise was too shallow and the ears interfered with the seating so it was bearing on one side of the wood only. as a result, it was starting to crack in that area. Furthermore, the bolt holding it all together is a stand...
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