Thread: Kiwi made Howa mini ultralight chassis a reality?

Originally Posted by gimp

Anyone put a folding stock on one of these? Sourced a 1913 folding stock adapter anywhere? Keeping a longer barrel & having a lightweight folding stock sounds vaguely appealing

I've fitted quite a few for customers. Ken's Sig stock knuckles can be fitted to the std elude stock.

Originally Posted by robhughes-games

I wonder if a takedown conflicts with the same regulations? Haven't looked at it too hard. Be an interesting thing to argue that when the barrels not attached it's not a rifle. Guess hardy does it too.

To my understanding if the takedown means that the fiream is inoperable (think bergara ba13 or hardys swap barrel) its fine...

A rifle can be as small and compact as you like if it is disassembled to the point it can't be fired when it measures anything less than 762cm.
With the barrel off it is just "rifle parts". The law is written to combat the easy concealment of a usable firearm

I did all the legal research and got Police advise at the time of designing the takedown. A quick release butt stock got the big "no can do".. it needed to incorporate the use for tools to remove the stock and the barrel has to be removed first.

Originally Posted by Wingman

A rifle can be as small and compact as you like if it is disassembled to the point it can't be fired when it measures anything less than 762cm.
With the barrel off it is just "rifle parts". The law is written to combat the easy concealment of a usable firearm

I did all the legal research and got Police advise at the time of designing the takedown. A quick release butt stock got the big "no can do".. it needed to incorporate the use for tools to remove the stock and the barrel has to be removed first.

Exactly.

So are there plans for an elude takedown option? Would turn a short barrelled 6.5 grendel into the perfect pack rifle imho.

Originally Posted by STC

Exactly.

So are there plans for an elude takedown option? Would turn a short barrelled 6.5 grendel into the perfect pack rifle imho.

There are already a few floating around

Re take down, as far as I'm concerned it's no different to the fact a standard howa mini is under 762 if you use tools to take the stock off. Same thing with more or less every rifle out there that only has one or 2 action screws and can still be fired as a barreled action out of the stock...

Originally Posted by robhughes-games

For all those with chassis and those that want them.
Have the bag riders done up. Come in at 30grams with the need cap screw. $60+postAttachment 245272

Hey mate, do you have any bag riders left? Will flick you a PM

Originally Posted by Sidetrack

It’s taken quite a while and a lot of searching for a suitably sized compact hardcase for the Mini. There’s a gap in internal sizing around the 600mm length. Usually cases top out at 245mm then jump to 700+ or they’re too bulky. Success came from a NZ Airsoft website and at $130.00 delivered, it’s just right.
An ideal job for an average Sunday mucking around with fitment.

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What do you call the tan bits in the fore grip?

They’re just standard m-lok covers. Got them in packs of 12 on AliExpress.

Hi to all just thinking on this folding stock design
if it was set up to fold to the bolt side one would have to lift the bolt to get clearance
thus rendering a no fire option . Plus it would be slimmer in overall as the bolt over the fold/stock
rather than the fold on the other side plus action plus ,plus the bolt sticking out
cheers

Well the deer were elusive this very wet weekend but used the opportunity to test the Targex 120gr HP rebated boat tail hunter projectiles on soft targets.
Also tested a few Nosler 90gr balistic tipped Varmageddons which also grouped very well at 100m.
A lot of rain fell which also confirmed how durable the choice of materials and finishes on the Elude are. The rifle was wet for days with not a spot of corrosion to be seen.
I highly recomend the lighter and corrosion resistant Titanium screw kit if you run your Elude's in the wet weather.

Originally Posted by Wingman

Well the deer were elusive this very wet weekend but used the opportunity to test the Targex 120gr HP rebated boat tail hunter projectiles on soft targets.
Also tested a few Nosler 90gr balistic tipped Varmageddons which also grouped very well at 100m.
A lot of rain fell which also confirmed how durable the choice of materials and finishes on the Elude are. The rifle was wet for days with not a spot of corrosion to be seen.
I highly recomend the lighter and corrosion resistant Titanium screw kit if you run your Elude's in the wet weather.

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Where can I buy the screw kit from?
Rob don't stock it and I can't find quality ones on Ali..
Cheers

Originally Posted by riflegus

Where can I buy the screw kit from?
Rob don't stock it and I can't find quality ones on Ali..
Cheers

Nothing wrong with the quality of the Ali bolts, take a guess who makes the worlds supply of Titanium..

Originally Posted by Mintie

My Elude out doing Elude things. Have owned it quite a while now and it is by a country mile the best bush setup I have ever used. It currently has my Pard thermal scope on top but I have a small Leupold 1.5-5x20 that normally lives there. Video in the link is my son head shooting a small goat at 225m, which is a pretty good effort given its a low magnification and old tech thermal scope! You can only just see the tiny black dot of the goat fall down on the opposite hill.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Kzpm1a3E9vhC3ptw7

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Looks mint. What barrel length is that?

Originally Posted by Project17

Looks mint. What barrel length is that?

12.5"