Thread: Kiwi made Howa mini ultralight chassis a reality?

Originally Posted by kiwi-adam

Paired mine up with a Backlanz, keeping to the theme of NZ made. Sling is more a rudamentry strap through the slots and the butt.

Originally Posted by kiwi-adam

Paired mine up with a Backlanz, keeping to the theme of NZ made. Sling is more a rudamentry strap through the slots and the butt.

I have fitted quick release receptors to rifle and the quick release sling swivels to canvas strap. I can remove sling in seconds if pushing thru tight stuff so no getting caught up

First pic is an m-lok fitting to front end

Originally Posted by Project17

Got the Elude back yesterday from Shooter Ready. Very impressed with the quality of workmanship. Beautifully made. What's kinda set ups you boys running for slings? Question two what y'all using as a decent lightweight bipod? Was looking at the magpul mlok ones...seen them in the flesh and it was ok as long as you don't need to pivot or pan the rifle much

I've got a Backlanz, keeping with the carbon/light theme.
Gotta be honest though, a dirty old Harris with pod lock is still nicer to use!

Originally Posted by Ftx325

I have fitted quick release receptors to rifle and the quick release sling swivels to canvas strap. I can remove sling in seconds if pushing thru tight stuff so no getting caught up

First pic is an m-lok fitting to front end

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Yeah something along those lines looks the go. QD would be with way forward for a sling. Have you just strapped the qd to the but stock?

Originally Posted by Project17

Yeah something along those lines looks the go. QD would be with way forward for a sling. Have you just strapped the qd to the but stock?

nah , it has a hole in the qd base and just put a screw and nut through the center and bolted to butt in pre existing hole

Looking into building howa rifle on elude chassis. Who makes short custom carbon barrel for howa in nz?

Got mine back from being glammed up with some cerakote, was starting to get some light rust on the stain-a-little-less barrel and action. Usually has a MTN bipod mounted or in the pocket, and if I use this rifle I generally dont bother with a sling, it's so light that it is hardly a pain to hand carry, and I don't have to worry about getting hung up in the bush

Hey all from the states. Any chance of getting the Elude over here? There aren't many chassis options for the Howa mini over here.

I've just got an Elude chassis and a Stainless Howa mini 223, setting up for pest shooting and for my son to be able to use. Are these short barreled ones in 223 anyone? If so how short can you go without loosing toouch accuracy and speed? It's a 1-8 twist, don't intend on using heavy projectile but just thought if could shorten barrel, it's very front heavy currently with suppressor

Originally Posted by Trumpet

Hey all from the states. Any chance of getting the Elude over here? There aren't many chassis options for the Howa mini over here.

Certainly could, the paper work on our end is easy, the paperwork on your side is the pain!

Originally Posted by Curtis27

I've just got an Elude chassis and a Stainless Howa mini 223, setting up for pest shooting and for my son to be able to use. Are these short barreled ones in 223 anyone? If so how short can you go without loosing toouch accuracy and speed? It's a 1-8 twist, don't intend on using heavy projectile but just thought if could shorten barrel, it's very front heavy currently with suppressor

This chassis was designed around using a 12.5" barrel in all the howa mini chamberings like the AR15 carbines.
I have built a lot in .223 and they go well at 12.5".
You don't lose accuracy with a short barrel, if anything it gets better due to less heat extortion and whip with these ight barrels. You will lose velocity, on average it's -25fps per inch removed. You can gain a bit back with good hand loads and terminal performance is retained by using lighter jacketed varmint/match bullets.
The Howa's 1:8" twist is good up to 80gr projectiles, my personal fav in them is the Sierra 77gr and 69gr TMK.
With 55gr projectiles in a 12.5" barrel you can still get 2700 to 3000fps with the right load.

https://rifleshooter.com/2015/12/223...s-to-6-inches/

@Jake77 here's the 16inch 223 with its first animal. Went with the colour scheme and it's not a deer so I'm tagging you here rather than the 223 on deer thread.

@Springy looks like a sweet set-up, thanks for posting!

16" grendel replaced bag rider with qd stud. going to build a carbon plate around the triangle hole in the stock to accept the qd stud then put the bag rider back on
great pack weight rifle

Im trialing a new butt design with inbuilt QD pocket and threaded hole that would be able to attach a slimg stud or a QD stud. Hopefully the aluminum can handle the QD with otu wearing out