Thread: New DPT Hunter chassis

How are folks finding their new chassis? Have earn a lot of brownie points lately and could get one, the major benefit being that I wouldn't need to bed at it in. Have folks noticed an improvement in accuracy over the factory plastic stock?

Might be a bit of a silly question...but do these fit a Sako A7?

I'm not sure if the A7 and TiKa have the same bottom metal shape and configuration?

Thanks

What have folks done for the butt / recoil pad?...

@Beaker

Originally Posted by Tahr

Might be a bit of a silly question...but do these fit a Sako A7?

I'm not sure if the A7 and TiKa have the same bottom metal shape and configuration?

Thanks

No it doesn't so it wont fit our chassis.

Originally Posted by 223nut

What have folks done for the butt / recoil pad?...

As it comes from dpt.
Looks good as to me - still haven't shot it, but I have no plans on changing.

Not a sales pitch, but it is a very well made bit of kit, and holds real well - just need to shoot it.....

Originally Posted by Beaker

As it comes from dpt.
Looks good as to me - still haven't shot it, but I have no plans on changing.

Not a sales pitch, but it is a very well made bit of kit, and holds real well - just need to shoot it.....

Showed up yesterday, only has the hard plastic on the rear end and was thinking it needed something else, maybe I just need to take a concrete pill and go see what it's like!

Hi Darren
I’m keen to give one of these a try as I can’t hold my standard stock properly anymore due to a wrist injury. I’m local so when I get a chance I’ll come in to try one out. Are they still the same price and if I’m keen should I bring my rifle with me to fit up?
Cheers mark

Originally Posted by Nighniz

Hi Darren
I’m keen to give one of these a try as I can’t hold my standard stock properly anymore due to a wrist injury. I’m local so when I get a chance I’ll come in to try one out. Are they still the same price and if I’m keen should I bring my rifle with me to fit up?
Cheers mark

Hi Mark,

Yes price is the same, come in any time between 8 - 4:30 week days and try one out, feel free to bring your rifle and we can fit our chassis to it.

Darren

@DPT, Hey Guys, any chance you might be interested in developing one of these for a Howa Mini Action?
I would be happy to drop in a New 6.5 Grendel Barrelled Action on Monday to get you started.
I need to get it threaded (maybe shortened) for a DPT overbarrel at some stage anyway.

Hi,
Yes bring your rifle and we can suppress it for you.
You can talk to Darren about your chassis project then,but I doubt that it will go ahead due to the lack of market (sales) , the high cost of development and also because the oryx chassis for the Howa mini is coming out at a very competitive price.

It is a shame Nick that you guys can’t expand the range for these Hunter chassis. But I totally understand the economics of that, these days. I love mine and wouldn’t swap it for anything.

I did a side-by-side test with a standard Tikka with my mate a couple of weeks ago. He shot my Hunter chassis (18” .308, 165gr @2,560fps) and he couldn’t believe how the chassis handled the recoil. Mine does not have any form of padding on the butt, because it doesn’t need it. The straight buffer tube and aluminium butt work extremely well.

Then we dropped my barrelled action into his plastic stock, and repeated. There was a marked increase in felt recoil, for both of us, despite the factory stock having the soft pad.

Then he shot a 3 shot group his standard T3. 308, using Federal PowerShock, then repeated the test with his barrelled action in my chassis. The second group was roughly 1/2 to 2/3 the diameter of the plastic stock group. My Hunter chassis rifle will shoot half MOA reliably and repeatedly from a good rest, whereas when it was in the laminated factory stock it could only just make 1 MOA on a good day. I had to add aluminium pillars and epoxy bed that laminated stock, and epoxy bed the bottom metal, to get it to shoot acceptably. After I’ve done all that I tried the chassis, and just stuck with it!

The Hunter is a great product and a really good option for an all weather, all conditions carry rifle.

Originally Posted by Friwi

Hi,
Yes bring your rifle and we can suppress it for you.
You can talk to Darren about your chassis project then,but I doubt that it will go ahead due to the lack of market (sales) , the high cost of development and also because the oryx chassis for the Howa mini is coming out at a very competitive price.

@Friwi @DPT What is the turn around time on getting a barrel threaded?

At the moment just under a week, but that can change quickly with the roar just around the corner.

Hey @Friwi, have you considered doing a Tikka chassis that accepts AI style mags?