Howa mini stocks?

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William Suter

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Most of you know by now that I'm not a big fan of plastic stocks. My Howa mini came in a plastic stock and it's fugley and I need a replacement. Its got a carbon barrel so I'm looking at options. I'm not a big fan of the Oryx and don't really want to use Boyd's. Stocky's has a carbon fiber stock but it's a little pricey. Are the any budget friendly stocks out there that I'm missing?
 
not sure about your budget but HS-precision has one sort of affordable, and yes it's synthetic but that brand usually doesn't have that Tupperware feeling which is why I linked it ...
hsprecision.com

PSS161 – Howa 1500 Mini Action Right-Hand

Fits Howa 1500 Mini-Action Right Hand with Carbon Fiber Sporter/Varmint Barrel Contours.
hsprecision.com hsprecision.com

Jtac has a offering which is one i've never seen until I went looking for you ... not sure about it or if appealing to your taste
jtacindustries.com

Elf Owl Chassis - JTAC Industries

The Elf Owl Chassis, is a compact, affordable and modular Howa Mini Action chassis. Perfect for bolt action pistol and compact bolt action rifle builds.
jtacindustries.com jtacindustries.com

Hurley welding has a offering in a chassis that is priced well I think within reason is it worth the look IDK ....

(I looked closer at the Hurley offering may not have been a good choice to link to , but let you decide.. personally regardless of what they say the materials is sort of IDK not what I would prefer . But you might?? like it .)
 
Stocky's have a carbon fiber stock that I really like but its about $650. Accurate Mag has a chassis for $300 but it's a blem. I kinda like it to but similar to the Hurley I'd have to furnish a buffer tube and rear stock but that's not a big expense. Really leaning towards the Stocky's. I have the same stock on my Tikka 6.5 PRC and its a nice solid stock. It's just a buy once cry once deal. I wanted to add a Jard trigger and a better scope at some point. Just trying to budget it all in on a fixed income gets tough. Thanks for the links. It gives me options.
 
Well I got my stock Friday. That's fast shipping, but it did just come from Kansas. Its the Target/competition model with adjustable cheek piece. It was a 10 minute job replacing the stock and fit like a glove. Very solid with the full aluminum bedding block. I was a little hesitant if I made the right choice at first, but after receiving it, I think I made the right choice. Future plans are a Jard trigger and better optics but not until the gun money builds back up.
 
I don't care for cheap plastic stocks. It's hard to believe Howa puts a cheap stock on a $1000 rifle. Mine has the carbon fiber barrel and I just think it will do much better with a good solid stock on it.
 
William Suter said:
Well I got my stock Friday. That's fast shipping, but it did just come from Kansas. Its the Target/competition model with adjustable cheek piece. It was a 10 minute job replacing the stock and fit like a glove. Very solid with the full aluminum bedding block. I was a little hesitant if I made the right choice at first, but after receiving it, I think I made the right choice. Future plans are a Jard trigger and better optics but not until the gun money builds back up.
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I think you made the right choice on the stock. I went with the Stockys on my 20 vartarg and I’m not a huge fan of the shape on the forearm. It does not ride the bag on my rest well when shooting prairie dogs.

As far as the triggers go, I went with a jard. The first trigger I got from them had what seemed to be the wrong safety lever installed and when you put it in the stock it would not come off safety. I sent it back and they returned one immediately that had a different, or modified, safety lever installed. Put it in and it fits like a glove. I believe mine is set at 10 oz.
 
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Here is mine. You can see how the forearm tapers pretty aggressively.
 

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I recently bought a used Tikka T3x super lite in 6.5 PRC. It looks to have the same stock as yours. The fore-end is pretty narrow but it makes for a nice light weight rifle and the recoil is very moderate. The B&C has a much wider fore-end and IIRC they said it was 2-3/4 pounds. With the carbon barrel, it isn't to heavy, at least to me. Almost all my rifles have heavy barrels so I'm not a good judge of weight.
 
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