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UPDATES and NEWS . . .

This page is my attempt to give you a more efficient means of seeing what is happening in the KMW shop.  Any meaningful page updates, new products or news will be posted below with links directly to the main page associated with that item.

December 25, 2010

Yes, as a matter of fact, I am working part of Christmas Day.  And while mentioning that, I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday.

INTERNATIONAL SHIPMENTS:

It is with much frustration and dismay that I cease any international shipments of rifle stocks or other large rifle components.  This will be effective January 1, 2011.

Due to intense regulation expansion and government intrusion into many facets of our business, it has become necessary to stop direct shipments to our friends and customers outside the United States.  For now, U.S. states of Alaska and Hawaii will not be effected.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, along with our own Census Bureau (how silly is that?) are requiring strict adherence to all I.T.A.R.  (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) rules as set forth by our own Department of State.  Licensing and fees are prohibitively expensive and time consuming so this it is not a viable business option for KMW at this time.

Effective January 1, 2011, I will ask all international customers to provide coordination with a registered exporter that I can ship to or provide a physical U.S. address that I can ship to.

I appreciate all of my international customers and very much regret having to take this action.

October 25, 2010

All new KMW rifles will now include Robar's NP3 coating on the bolt body, firing pin and cocking piece.  Specific batches of rifles destined for tropical or coastal duty may have additional parts also included in this process.

This coating is an excellent all weather protection with added lubricity.  As this finish wears, the base nickel and PTFE layer is retained offering continued protection.  Appearance is a matte bronze type color.

October 24, 2010

All new production SENTINEL stocks will include an upgrade that allows the use of Harris type bipods as well as bipods needing a Picatinny 1913 Rail. 

This convertible bipod station was developed and refined for the M.A.C.S. project and worked so well that I decided it should become standard on the SENTINEL Combat Stocks.

        

The convertible plates can be switched by removing two T-25 Torx drive fasteners and re-installing.  Both methods continue to follow one of the original design intents of this stock which is low profile bipod attachement with the apex of the bipod legs as close as possible to the barrel axis.

September 22, 2010

M.A.C.S. is coming along.  Most major design elements are complete and tested, however there are several tweaks that need to be done prior to putting this product into general circulation.  So as not to have it categorized in the same company as Big Foot, The Loch Ness Monster and the President's place of birth, I have included some images from some of the BETA tests and proto-types.

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M.A.C.S. BETA tests

During testing of the I.M.B. for repeatability and accuracy during repeated removal of the barreled action from the stock.

August 8th, 2010

I have posted 1 rifle for sale in the RIFLES for SALE section.  This rifle is the last R700/A5 combination build that I will do. 

This is a new rifle and is on a totally remachined Remington M700 action.

May 27, 2010

We finally made time to take some detail images of some of the installed I.M.B. (Integrated Mounting Block). 

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Top shot of short action I.M.B.

Top shot of short action I.M.B. installed in a SENTINEL Combat Stock. This view shows how much surface to surface contact is available to the host action.

The KMW I.M.B. will also accomodate most known recoil lugs on the market.

Developed for the M.A.C.S. project, this system is working so well that I am bringing it into the SENTINEL stocks as an option.

Round Long Action, Badger M2008 Short and Magnum Action and Surgeon XL-CIP versions are coming on line during the year.  Pricing and availability will be posted as soon as we determine our costs and labor for the install.

At this time, the KMW I.M.B. is only being developed for the SENTINEL and M.A.C.S.  Variants compatible with other composite stocks will be developed as time permits.

May 23, 2010

I have posted 1 rifle for sale in the RIFLES for SALE section.  This rifle is the last XL/A5 combination build that I will do. 

This is a new rifle and is on a low serial number SURGEON XL repeater.

** SOLD 5/26/2010 **

May 19, 2010

We received the first test run of hinge systems for the M.A.C.S. project.  They look good and I will start on the fixtures needed to install them.  I hope to have some installed and ready to test in the next few weeks.   Photos and updates to the M.A.C.S. page will be added at that time.

March 30, 2010

One of the first live, away from home tests of the Integrated Mounting Block was completed this month at the 2010 Snipers Hide Cup at Rifles Only.  I took a stock we have been testing with my personal rifle bolted in so that I could get some realistic field use and feedback.  After each day of shooting, the rifle was removed from the stock and then remounted to test for zero shift or other problems. 

After 3 days of this, we found the Integrated Mounting Block to be very consistent and allowed my barreled action to be at least as accurate as when mounted into its normal pillar bedded stock.  No zero shift occurred and groups remained consistently small.  Last rifle shot of the competition was at a 1" dot from prone at 100yds.  My shot impacted center of the dot with the same scope zero/P.O.A/P.O.I. that I started with 2 days earlier.

This is our answer to a "no bedding" system that some contracts will require.  While this Mounting Block was developed for the M.A.C.S. project, it and several other features are working out so well that I will be rolling them into the SENTINEL stock as options.

These features and integrated components will allow this family of stocks to exhibit the same mission flexibility as most "chassis" type stocks on the market but without the AR-15 grips and aluminum skin contact suffered with their kind.

First production I.M.B.s will be in from anodizing shortly.  Mike at McMillan has already done an outstanding job on the inletting program for this part.  I will post some photos of the first installs and completed rifles by June.

 

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