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Who is MDT?
Modular Driven Technologies, like Lockhart Tactical, they're Located in BC, Canada.
Modular Driven Technologies Corp. (dba MDT Corp.) was founded in 2009. With input from a number of tactical competition shooters, F class shooters and others, MDT launched their first chassis; the TAC21. This revolutionary, 100% made in Canada, chassis which accepts any AR-15 buttstock and pistol grip, increases accuracy by as much as 28%!
Their manufacturing facilities are located in Chilliwack BC, Canada.
Over the last few years more chassis systems and other firearm accessories were added to the product line, and the company has grown to be a leader in the marketplace for manufacturing chassis systems for precision rifles. Our products are used by many shooting sports enthousiasts, Law enforcement and Military personel.
Our specialty is finding needs in the marketplace, and filling those gaps. We also manufacture products for other companies who need our knowledge in manufacturing and engineering. You can pick up their full array of products from Lockhart Tactical.
Whats a Chassis and why do I need one?
A chassis is the rifle component that holds the barrel, action, trigger group, grip, buttstock and accessories. You could say its the frame. Similar to a vehicle. The frame of the vehicle is what the engine, all body panels, seats ad more are bolted to. If you have a weak frame, no matter how good your engine is, your vehicle is going to have serious problems!
It must be strong enough to hold all the rifle components and not flex or come into contact with any part of the barrel when rested on any surface. A great chassis should also be light enough that you can packing it around with you all day if needed. Have you ever heard the term "free floating barrel"? This simply refers to the firearm barrel and weather or not it can ever come in contact with the chassis. A free floating barrel is optimal. All of our MDT chassis's feature free floating barrels. This is a must have for the precision shooter / hunter. If the barrel is not free floating, every time you touch the hand guards, you may actually be flexing the chassis a bit and causing it come into contact with your barrel. Contact between the barrel and anything else can change the barrel harmonics which can drastically change your bullets point of impact (POI) from your intented point of aim (POA).
From the moment that you pull the trigger and the firing pin strikes the primer, until the bullet leaves the muzzle, a series of vibrations begin in the rifle. All of these vibrations are transmitted to the barrel in various magnitudes. These include minor things as; the trigger sear releasing the firing pin, the firing pin moving forward, striking the primer, and the cartridge being moved forward. The powder then begins to ignite, and the bullet starts moving forward and engages the rifling.
Because of the twist of the rifling, the bullet while it is being propelled forward, begins to spin imparting a small but measurable torque, but more importantly as it traverses the barrel it also sets up a circular vibrational pattern, or arc. The heat of the burning powder along with the pressure wave generated by the expanding gasses start another vibrational pattern that is induced into the barrel. All of these movements cause the barrel to stress and vibrate with a number of different harmonic patterns which if not controlled by some means cause each projectile to leave the muzzle at a slightly different point in the vibrational arc.
Some people speak about the "whip" of the barrel, which would imply to some, that the barrel simply vibrates up and down. Although there are some of the vibrations that are traveling in this direction, the main vibrations are circular. If this were not true, then a 3 shot group from a rifle would always be in a vertical string. This would be because, one would leave at the bottom of the "whipping action", one would leave from the center and one from the upper travel of the "whip". As we all know this seldom occurs, and if it does, it is usually caused by the barrel being under a heavy stress, such as way to much pressure exerted against it, caused by improper bedding of the barrel (not free floating).
Most 3 shot groups you will see will be virtually triangular in shape, this is caused because as the barrel vibrates through its "circular arc" one bullet leaves the muzzle at say 12 o’clock, another at say 4 o’clock and the third at maybe 8 o’clock. The larger the arc of the barrel, the less accurate the rifle will be, and the larger the triangle. As a rule the less mass a barrel has, (the thinner) the more it is affected by the vibrations, this is the reason that a "heavy" barrel seems to shoot more consistently than a sporter barrel.
The two biggest key factors of repeatability is accuracy and precision.
If you're a professional pilot, but the plane won't fly, you won't have much luck doing your part of the process. The same goes for a firearm. Having a quality chassis, barrel and action, trigger group and optic are all crucial parts of building a solid rifle. Without that, no matter how much effort you put into learning how to shoot professionally, you simply won't be able to acheive more than the firearm's limit. You need each shot to land in the same place. Once a rifle is built properly, a new shooter should be able to fire the rifle and expect good results. This takes care of the precision part of shooting; Its the firearm itself.
Once the precision factor is addressed, the hardest part of shooting boils down to operator skill. Accuracy is a skill which is build on experience behind the trigger and learning to read your surrounds (wind, temperature, etc). Once that is mastered, you'll be hitting the V bull time and time again. The ergonomics of the chassis will help you acheive accuracy. The more comfortable, and easy your rifle is to use, the better you'll do with it. Period.
MDT Timeline
The TAC21, named Tactical (21st Version) brought style, ergonimics and increased to the market. Its beefy, stable and well weighted design makes it a perfect fit for tactical shooters, military and police agenices, as well as F class shooters.
The LSS (Light Sniper System) and LSS-XL (Light Sniper System Extra Large) came right after the TAC21 offering a lighter, more compact shooting chassis. These are perfect for both short and long barreled rifles. Weighing between 1.6lb and 2.1lb depending on size, it is one of the lightest, strongest chassis around! If you're a hunter or target shooter this is the chassis for you! The XL version is the exact same in all aspects except for length of the foreend and the buttstock connection. The LSS is for carbine stocks and the LSS-XL is for fixed stocks, but we do sell the adapter required to change it.
After the LSS duo were released, MDT prepared their HS3 - Hunter Sniper Three (3rd chassis MDT made). This was build for the avid hunter. The HS3 is a light (2.2lb) chassis system for bolt action rifles that allows use of fixed buttstocks and grips to suit your needs. It is machined from 6061 aluminum, hard anodized and finished with black or FDE side panels for color, grip and feel. It has the same length foreend as the LSS-XL an allows you to swap out different colored side panels to match your enviroment even better!
Everyone has a 22! But no one made a ultra high end chassis for them. Stepping up to the plate once again, MDT launched their LSS-22 (Light Sniper System for 22's). You guessed it! It's the same incredible chassis but scaled down slightly to fit the 22 caliber world.
in January of 2017, MDT launched their 6th chassis called the ESS (Elite Sniper System). This chassis is by far their most impressive, allowing users to totally customize their stock. You get to choose from nine (9) different foreends, ensuring this chassis fits your needs exactly. The foreend options are No rail in three lengths, NV rail in three lengths and the full rail in three lengths. The chassis body is unlike anything else, a built in serrated barricade stop has been added to the front of the magazine well and a polymer fore-end grip at the balance point adds comfort. Thumb shelves have been added to both side of the chassis for shooters who prefer an open grip. The ESS comes with a proprietary buttstock and MDT will have a folding apapter and AR15 style adapter in the upcoming summer of 2017.
There is more to building a firearm than just a chassis. You'll need some magazines, a pistol grip, a buttstock and an optic for sure. Other parts you may want would be picatinni rails which allow you to add other accessories such as a bipod, a sling slud or a flashlight. MDT offers a wide array of accessories to finish most of your build. For everything else, there is Lockhart Tactical. Luckily, we carry it all to make it easy for you. See MDT's accessories here
MDT is also excited to announce their new minimalsitic modular buttstock the Skeleton Carbine Stock. The Lite buttstock will retail for only $219, while the adjustable version will sell at $249.99. Four (4) different custom lengths of beefed buffer tube and stocks will be available to pair perfectly with all shooters. These stocks will now also fit the LSS series chassis without the need for an additional adapter.
Click the BLUE links above to read more about these Canadian made products that will increase your rifles out of the box accuracy, add comfort and ergonomics, and down right make them drool worthy. We all like win, win, win situations.
Lockhart Tactical is proud to carry all of these amazing chassis's and accessories. We also offer a full custom cerakoting shop, allowing you to pick the color and pattern YOU want. Order the chassis, accessories and cerakoting at the same time to save on shipping, hassles and increase the speed of finishing your new favorite rifle build.
