The UNIC universal carbon fibre stock for all long guns from FBT. Modern materials for an even more precise shot.

... or to put it another way: MORE Ergonomics, MORE Precision, LESS Weight with your standard weapon!

To the overview of all available UNIC carbon shafts

The barrel shoots and the stock hits, as the old saying goes. Today, barrel manufacture has become state-of-the-art technology a process that many manufacturers have mastered very well themselves, or they buy the barrels for their guns from external barrel manufacturers.

For which Production method Whether you decide to use cold hammering - button pulling or classic tension lifting pulling in the end has to do with many factors.

Many rifles are very well made. Barrel, receiver and bolt, everything is impeccably finished. When it comes to the rifle stock, things are often different.

We often had the impression that the Topic Shank Much less focus is laid. Some of the Shafts manufactured at very favourable prices and sometimes warped. Others, on the other hand, are very well made, but some of them are also very heavy.

The Noble shafts made of different qualities of wood are perfect, marvellous to look at, but due to the high price they are often sammer pieces and not in rough use.

This is perhaps also the reason why there are some specialised After market socket manufacturer who try to get the maximum out of a gun concept with the stock. Perhaps these stock manufacturers do things better than the gun manufacturers?

UNIC - Universal Carbon Stock - the NEXT LEVEL gun stock from FBT

One of the companies experimenting with state-of-the-art materials is the Austrian company FINE BALLISTIC TOOLS from Schladming.

A few weeks ago, we had the pleasure of equipping 3 weapons with the new UNIC Universal Carbon Pinhole Stock test. Namely the Blaser K95 break-action rifle and the Straight pull repeater Chapuis Rols and Blaser R8.

Conclusion: The rifles were turned into the New FBT UNIC perforated shanks completely new products with a light weapon weight that is downright staggering.

Our FBT UNIC shaft conclusion: Forget everything you thought you knew about carbon shafts.

Here are a few facts from the conversation with Moritz Rainer from FBT

WHY have you focussed on the hole shaft in the UNIC shaft development?

Especially the Perforated shaft in combination with the steep pistol grip results in a Ergonomically very favourable shaft shape which is an advantage for long and precise shots. Just think of the intuitive, even and comfortable weapon stop. Simply place the weapon in the shoulder and everything is stable. Doesn't that make sense?

The shooting hand and the arm always have a relaxed posture. The "thumb hole" enables the Consistent impact from shot to shot as the joint of the thumb is quasi "positively guided" and always forces the shooter to use the same weapon position.

WHAT is the universal UNIC construction and what exactly does UNIVERSAL mean?

The UNIC long gun stock is FREE - it is not limited to the use of bolt action rifles, but allows the integration of various weapon systems such as break-action rifles, shotguns, etc.

The UNIC carbon shaft offers all the well-known advantages of a lightweight carbon fibre stock and can be adapted to any gun model. Regardless of whether it is a bolt-action or break-action rifle, an old or new rifle model.

One example: think, for example, of the many outstanding old Steyr Mannlich weapons with a set trigger have been passed down through generations and can now be presented in a completely modern and NEW way with a new UNIC thumbhole stock and a new extractor.

As a Revolution thumbhole stock, it offers perfect ergonomics for both right-handed and left-handed shooters. In addition, the Material combination in interaction with the construction excellent recoil damping.

The principle behind the UNIC shank ("Universal Carbon") is the use of universal stock parts (buttstock and fore-end), which are the same for every weapon system, in conjunction with the centre stock adapted to the respective weapon system.

Interim question: Can we already speak of a measured approach at UNIC?
With the UNIC shaft you can Infinitely height-adjustable jaw shank via grids and there are different butt plate lengths. If you are exceptionally tall or short, or have very long or short fingers and arms, it will probably always be better to have a customised socket made.

How did you realise the interestingly priced production of the UNIC shaft?

The UNIC rifle stock is a hybrid construction made of 3D-printed plastic with Carbon fibre reinforcement (the buttstock and fore-end are made of carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP)) and parts manufactured in an autoclave.

The fore-end and buttstock are therefore always the same part.

The The centre section is always different. The centre stock or the connecting parts for split gun stock systems are 3D printed. The centre stock is additively manufactured in a 3D printer from microfibre-reinforced plastic with continuous, printed carbon fibre.

This also enables us to Small series of weapon models to produce a carbon shaft in the usual FBT quality.

This results in a very interesting reduction in manufacturing costs for all universal parts. Just like the favourable customisability of the centre shaft with regard to the relative position and alignment of the rear shaft, as well as the design of possible side plates on the centre shaft.