Good looks only run skin deep.... - WOOX Exactus Precision Stock - Tikka T3/ T3x Chassis

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 standard button screw with a tiny little washer. It's pretty much inevitable that the bolt head is going to cut into the wood and make the entire thing loosen up over time.
I ended up hand fitting the mortise and boring out the bolt hole to accept a flange head screw and fender washer. I'm keeping an eye out on the crack.

The cheek riser hardware is pretty atrocious in fit and finish as well. Mill finish aluminum rods that are undersized so you have to really go ham on the tightening screw to get it to stay in place. The recessed screw to adjust the cheek riser is a pain in the rear as well. I ended up replacing the screw with a custom spacer and wing-bolt so I can change the height in the field.

The mini-chassis was not deburred before anodizing, so there are raised burrs on many of the flat surfaces. Nothing too bad where the action interfaces with the chassis, but anywhere else and there is probably a big old burr waiting for you. I used a carbide scraper and files to knock down the edges.

Everything else is good enough. The forend does flex under load and the amount of epoxy used to hold it in place doesn't fill me with confidence in the fitment. It hasn't fallen out yet, so that's a plus.

For what they are asking for one of these new, you are infinitely better off buying a KRG or MDT. If you're willing to put in the work to fix the design flaws from the factory, I will say it looks pretty good. I am happy with the final result, but i wish Woox had put the money towards QC testing and design, rather than custom stamped bolt-heads and sending a free one to every influencer on the internet.