In July 2019, with much sadness, we learned that J.Allen had gone out of business, and one of the most winningest rifle chassis ever made, the JAE 700, would no longer be manufactured. This put a halt to our 6.5 Creedmoor Long Range Sniper Rifle Build Project. Fortunately, it seemed that while J.Allen was to be no more MDT purchased the assets and rights to the JAE 700 Remington 700 rifle chassis. It’s no secret I’m a fan of MDT, the company, and their chassis, and if there were to be a happy ending for the JAE 700 chassis, it would be under MDT.

I expected that MDT would get the JAE 700 to market somewhat quickly because the JAE 700 is darn good as is. It turns out I was wrong, my excitement turned to sadness as there was nothing but silence from Modular Driven Technologies. In fact, I became tired of waiting, and on more than one occasion, I started to look for JAE 700 alternatives from KRG (Kinetic Research Group) and Accuracy International.

Fast forward to January 28, 2022, I decided to contact MDT/JAE through the JAE dedicated website and see if I could get a status update. MDT has phenomenal customer service, and I was sure I would get a reply; I just wasn’t sure I would obtain helpful information. I was once again partially wrong. Below is their response.

Yes, we are getting closer to launching.  We had a few samples of the chassis at Shot Show last week and we are making some samples for testing.  Just making some final tweaks to the product before releasing.
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Thank you for your patience and have a great weekend!

JAE Customer Support

MDT JAE was also kind enough to send some JAE 700 pictures and a video from the 2022 Shot Show. See below.

It looks like our build project will be happening after all. I will be one of the first in line to order a chassis when they become available. Look for the JAE 700 to be available sometime in 2022.