Kalix Teknik CR2 / Rainback Comb raiser owners!!!

[Muntybuck5803]

Hi all

I’m looking for opinions on the above setup please.
I was originally after a McMillan stock for a project rifle (Sako M995) but given I’m more likely to trip over rocking horse s@*t than find one I’m looking for alternative ways to get a decent comb raiser fitted to the existing and original factory synthetic stock.
I’ve emailed the lads at the website but I’m awaiting a reply.

If you get five to type a few words with some opinions, pros, cons and costings I’d be grateful. Cheers

 

[monarman]

Got 2 kalix on my tikkas.... work a treat!....

 

[steveford1]

Had a Michael Rainback combe raiser fitted to a Blaser a very good job, for not a lot of money. Cheers Steve

 

[GrizZLy9]

I have handled one and was impressed. Be aware that if the butt of your stock is hollow, it will be filled with a compound which will add a bit of weight ( ~ 1/2 kg I think, although I guess it depends on the specific stock). There are a couple of videos on their facebook page: https://m.facebook.com/MA-Rainback-Ltd-760705064104168/videos/?ref=page_internal&mt_nav=0

 

[springbok787]

Had a Michael Rainback combe raiser fitted to a Blaser a very good job, for not a lot of money. Cheers Steve

How much out of curiosity?

 

[Muntybuck5803]

I have handled one and was impressed. Be aware that if the butt of your stock is hollow, it will be filled with a compound which will add a bit of weight ( ~ 1/2 kg I think, although I guess it depends on the specific stock). There are a couple of videos on their facebook page: https://m.facebook.com/MA-Rainback-Ltd-760705064104168/videos/?ref=page_internal&mt_nav=0

Thanks for the replies so for guys. And thanks for the heads up regarding the hollow stocks. I think, and it’s a guess, my M995 isn’t hollow as it doesn’t sound it and to be fair the extra weight wouldn’t be too much of a concern.
Can anyone recall a rough cost please?

 

[Uncle f]

Had one on a Mauser m12 £400 I think

 

[Muntybuck5803]

Had one on a Mauser m12 £400 I think

That’s very reasonable for what looks to be very high quality work
Thanks for the gen.

 

[Indlovu]

I had one fitted on my Merkel Helix Explorer (hollow) stock a few years ago. Kalix list a few smiths around Europe, such as Raincroft in the UK. Bo Bundsbæk in Demark was closest to me and he did an exceptional job. I’m very pleased with the outcome and the work was done at the time for about EUR 400 incl. kit, labour and postage.

 

[Muntybuck5803]

Sounds good. So hopefully around about 400 pounds/euros etc. See what they come back with soon hopefully and fingers crossed it’s not too much more with inflation etc.
Assuming most of you guys will have researched it before biting the bullet so to speak, did any of you come across any other options before going with the CR2?
Thanks again

 

[User00040]

'Adjustable' is a plain stupid idea if you do any serious fieldwork. They get bumped, stuff gets stuck underneath, makes things more bulky with adjustment wheels.

This USMC sniper knows whats up:

 

[Muntybuck5803]

Fair one, the rest of the USMC snipers must like to shy away from serious fieldwork with their adjustables, you know, in case their thumb wheel gets caught!
In all seriousness though, the roll mat and sniper tape is fine for some rifles, just not the route I want to go down for this rifle. I could be wrong but it doesn’t look like the rainback fit one has an exposed thumb wheel?

 

[fizzbangwhallop]

I’ve currently got 2 CR1’s on rifles… a standard off-the-shelf kit on a Blaser R93 and another on my Tikka 595 for which I adapted what was a Sako kit picked at random as they don’t do a 595 kit and the Tikka T3 stocks are different internally.

Both have been on the rifles for several years now without any problems and a way better solution than the slide on, lace up cheek risers. It takes half a second to drop the riser down to remove the bolts.

Only added the weight of the kit…..and that ain’t a lot! I paid around the £150 mark for the most recent kit.

Got another in a box waiting to go on my other R93 stock.

If you’re within striking distance of Watford then Lateral/Mark recently got one of the fitting jigs.

cheers
fizz

 

[Uncle f]

Fair one, the rest of the USMC snipers must like to shy away from serious fieldwork with their adjustables, you know, in case their thumb wheel gets caught!
In all seriousness though, the roll mat and sniper tape is fine for some rifles, just not the route I want to go down for this rifle. I could be wrong but it doesn’t look like the rainback fit one has an exposed thumb wheel?

No it doesn’t. It just angles in with some pressure and you push it down or pull it up to the place where it suits

 

[Muntybuck5803]

I’ve currently got 2 CR1’s on rifles… a standard off-the-shelf kit on a Blaser R93 and another on my Tikka 595 for which I adapted what was a Sako kit picked at random as they don’t do a 595 kit and the Tikka T3 stocks are different internally.

Both have been on the rifles for several years now without any problems and a way better solution than the slide on, lace up cheek risers. It takes half a second to drop the riser down to remove the bolts.

Only added the weight of the kit…..and that ain’t a lot! I paid around the £150 mark for the most recent kit.

Got another in a box waiting to go on my other R93 stock.

If you’re within striking distance of Watford then Lateral/Mark recently got one of the fitting jigs.

cheers
fizz

Cheer @fizzbangwhallop I think I’m gonna look into the CR2 version first but given the stock I’m looking to put it on is not a ‘modern’ stock I see there may be issues with it. If that’s the case I’ll definitely look into the CR1 version as that’ll also fit the bill Thanks mate.

No it doesn’t. It just angles in with some pressure and you push it down or pull it up to the place where it suits

Cheers @Uncle f Thats good to know and that’s what I’d assumed. Looks to be a very tidy setup

 

[Uncle f]

Yep it’s good and works well

 

[geoffw]

'Adjustable' is a plain stupid idea if you do any serious fieldwork. They get bumped, stuff gets stuck underneath, makes things more bulky with adjustment wheels.

This USMC sniper knows whats up:

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Agree. I liked the Kalix I put on a Sako 75 synth stock, but used a normal bolt through the side of the stock (rather than the side wheel)- I could adjust it at home but without the protrusion.
Regardless, being open underneath, the cheekpiece would catch on webbing/ pockets/you name it at every opportunity.
Eventually, with repeated catching, the plastic cheek piece separated from the posts
I then jury rigged it with Milliput (phase 2), which added a few months life, but wasn't a permanent solution
More recently I have completely underfilled the Kalix with Milliput, losing the adjustment (which I never used in practice) allowing a vertical taper so that it 'never' gets caught up. Foreshortening the cheek piece fractionally allowed for bolt removal.

 

[fizzbangwhallop]

This is the unit fitted in the 595 stock….
I flattened off the rounded shoulders off the internal rib as best I could…(although looking at the photo it appears I didn’t do much of that! )….. worked out the angles to sit the cheek piece flush with the comb and get the clamping section parallel with the comb…..cut a piece of a spacer with an internal right angle corner to the right height and simply cable-tied that to the end of the clamping section.

The top screw holds it tight against the internal rib (and it’s never moved) and from there I worked out where to drill the horizontal hole.

cheers

fizz

 

[Indlovu]

I had one fitted on my Merkel Helix Explorer (hollow) stock a few years ago. Kalix list a few smiths around Europe, such as Raincroft in the UK. Bo Bundsbæk in Demark was closest to me and he did an exceptional job. I’m very pleased with the outcome and the work was done at the time for about EUR 400 incl. kit, labour and postage.

Following @fizzbangwhallop ‘s great pics of the CR1, here are a few pics of my CR2, as well as (for comparison) a pic of my son’s Helix Alpinist, which is factory-fitted with the Kolvcam adjustable cheek piece and which has two thumb wheels.

1. The CR2 has no thumb wheels: a slight twist allows vertical adjustment; release it to lock it into place.
2. The required check piece is, in fact, cut out of the original stock (irrespective of whether it’s composite or wood). I wanted the result to look good, which is the key reason I didn’t want to DIY mine.
3. Both the cut-out cheek piece and the stock are then fitted with the CR2 bits and pieces, before being filled with resin and being finished.
4. Note that my Helix shaft had to retain a “tunnel” through the length of the the resin-filled shaft, so as to still be able remove the stock with the very long Allen key, if required.
5. Since Bo was doing all of the work, I asked him to replace the studs with the 6mm Halder Push-and-Go QR swivel studs (available through Amazon), in addition to fitting an additional Halder-QR-bipod stud on the fore-end.

If you want a pro finish and peace of mind, contact the Rainbacks in Dorset.

 

[Reg SJ]

Used the Sako 75 kit on a Tikka 695 without the included shims All good