Sharps Heatseeker Ruger American Short Action Chassis

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Sharps Heatseeker Ruger American Short Action Chassis

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$459.95 $436.95

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SKU:: SBC02
UPC:: 850869008804
Brand: Sharps Bros.

Description

Heatseeker is an innovative, affordable chassis system for your bolt action rifle, allowing you to easily upgrade a traditional factory rifle stock for improved versatility and a sleek, modern appearance.

This 1lb, 3 ounce chassis is machined from billet (solid block) high-strength 6061-T6 aluminum and includes a 10 ounce, 14" handguard cut from a unique extrusion shape exclusive to Sharps Bros. Both the chassis body and the handguard are finished in a matte black Cerakote. The handguard features MLOK slots on 4 sides for various attachment options (light, bipod, night vision, ARCA rail...) and two quick disconnect fittings per side for sling attachment.

Add your grip of choice with Heatseeker's standard AR15 grip interface.Heatseeker's built in AR buffer interface allows you to further customize your rifle with your preferred AR15 type stock.

This offering is for the Ruger American Short Action (calibers: 308 WIN, 6.5 Creedmoor). The Ruger American is a great, low cost, good quality rifle that is phenomenally accurate for their low price point. With Heatseeker you can easily and affordably convert your Ruger American short action into an enhanced magazine fed system. Heatseeker's sleek contemporary design will completely transform the look of your rifle, with no need to visit a gunsmith: our simplified instructions and functionality makes installation a breeze.

This Heatseeker model for the Ruger American is compatible with AICS short action magazines from Magpul and Accuracy International.

Customer Reviews

Awesome!
5
Posted by CJ PETTY on Jul 17th 2021

Perfect fit amd easy to install!
Quality upgrade
4
Posted by Excellent chassis, some helpful tips on Jun 14th 2021

I love the look and feel of this chassis. Solid construction, the mag release is excellently placed, the handguard provides excellent stability, aesthetic, and mounting options, and when using the recommended Magpul AI mags I've not had any feeding test issues (my 5&10rd Ruger AI Pmags do not feed properly, feeds too low and stops the action without slight modification to the mag).

Something to watch out for however, the manufacturer's description is rather vague about what AR15 style stocks and grips are compatible, suggesting instead that you can use whatever your preferred parts are. For example, as per John Sharps himself, the chassis is NOT designed to accommodate grips with a beavertail. The clearance is fairly low above the grip mount as well so, bigger handed guys, you'll probably want a grip that doesn't naturally move your hand up too far. He specifically pointed to his Brazilian Cherrywood set or, "MagPul K grip, Hogue or Daniel defense" grips.

For stocks, the built in system is much more suited for tube/carbine style, it does not naturally take fixed style stocks without the use of an adaptor plate like the carbine-to-fixed adaptor by MDT (my hand doesn't properly fit between the grip and this adaptor however. Also the tightening bolt with the MDT adaptor has to be shortened to fit your stock snugly with this chassis) so I would suggest something like the MDT SCS stocks or similar tubelike style to maximize any handspace you may need.