Additionally, the chassis system comes with a formed Kydex handgrip with a built in palmswell. The forend of the chassis system features Picatinny forward mounting surfaces of 3 o’clock, 9 o’clock and 6 o’clock, and a 12 o’clock one-piece machined top with integral rail. The pistol grip of the stock is an AR-pattern Ergo Grip, and is interchangeable if you so desire.
The chassis has a telescoping stock and an adjustable cheek rest to give you a perfect fit behind the trigger. The result is a stock that makes the rifle very compact, but also fully capable of being used with an optic. It has 5 points of adjustment in the stock and 9 points of adjustment for the check rest, so you can fit it exactly to your needs. The one I was able to purchase was the M14ALCS variant of the EBR, which features a telescoping stock with an adjustable cheek rest. The Sage chassis with the M1A SOCOM 16 CQB that would soon occupy it.Ī week later, it showed up on my doorstep. I smashed that “Buy” button hoping that it wasn’t a “buy now and then get an email saying it’s back-ordered” kind of thing. I did not give up, and one fateful day to my surprise there was one Navy SEAL Grey EBR Chassis in stock at Clyde Armory. I faced down that dreaded verbiage, “Out of Stock” over and over. Now, after dreaming of this rifle configuration for a very long time, it occurred to me to do a Google search to see what current prices were. The stock is machined from a solid billet of aluminum for light weight combined with strength, and is designed for a “drop in” conversion that does not require to permanently modify your rifle. Coast Guard, the Air Force and then the Army.įor those not familiar with the Sage EBR Chassis Stock System, it is a chassis that is designed to take the classic M14/ M1A platform and move it solidly into the 21 st Century.
In 2004 the United States Navy SEALs were the first to be armed with the M14 EBR followed by the U.S. They wanted a rifle that could still fulfill the DMR role as well as be deployed in confined spaces. In 1999, Naval Special Warfare, Crane Division approached Jon Klein for assistance in modernizing the M14 rifle.
Created for Naval Special Warfare, the Sage M14ALCS is an aluminum chassis with a wide range of features that civilian shooters will appreciate. military in some form or another since 1959, and towards the later years it was mainly used as a designated marksmen rifle (DMR). If you are a fan of the Sage EBR chassis, you will also know how hard they can be to find in stock, and at a reasonable price.īut let’s start out with a little history on the Sage International EBR Chassis and how it was created for some of the most elite military teams in the world. Ever since owning my very first M1A, I have been dreaming of one day acquiring a Sage International Enhanced Battle Rifle (EBR) chassis and transforming the already venerable.
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