This looks like a great series. Haven't shot for 15 years and having found your channel 6 months ago, ive just found myself trying to join the local range. look forward to getting into it and listening to your very helpful advice. keep up the great work. shame the UK doesnt have endless space!
Fantastic build! Love my XRS and skye pod, fabulous ergonomics, decent weight, and great versatility. I only have a Tikka in 6.5 barrel, but it puts 1/2 moa groups down all day long. She will be coming hunting with me this fall.
It looks unreal!! Have taken up shooting from watching your videos, got my self a wee 22 to learn but want to pick up a 223 to train with, would you ever do a video on your 223 rifle and set up? Would love to make something smilier =D
I know the video hasn't premiered yet, but I will go ahead and say, Thank you so much for making this video, I have the same rifle (in heavy steel barrel and the same stock) I am looking for a good bipod but can't afford MDT and nor can I afford the muzzle break. I just invested in Vortex Venom and am easily able to make shots to 300 yards but want to go beyond - need to find a range that I can use to shoot over 1000 yards.
@Fidhle007 thanks for the encouragement.what bullets are you shooting? I just zeroed mine again yesterday with hand loaded 120Eld-M the powder is H4350
Thanks for being cool and i bet YOUR Sponsor is Happy beyond words and a Hunter Stock w m-loc for what Brownell's says 295.00 Howa owners such as myself 22-250 that's considered short action right rail on top separate like rail on bottom is.
My Howa also loved piercing primers and after some measuring we found that the firing pin protrudes further than most rifles. I slowly filed it down bit by bit and now it fires reliably and I have not pierced a primer since.
Should be a fun series. I'm very happy with my build that was inspired by a lot of your videos. Really convinced me to go MDT for my build. Finally added the mirage shield this last week. I'll have the short video edited to release this week. I had to add something in red!! It was too much black. If you saw my recent videos on my Stealth Arms Platypus build, you'll know I'm all about Black and Red color combos. It turned out pretty well I think. I'll be showing it off on Thursday night with that mirage shield on!! Learned a trick to get MLok installed on tight fitting pieces like that mirage shield!! Have a great week, Piet!!!
I had thought about getting a howa mini action in 6mm ARC (Because I have plenty of brass) and using that as a trainer but think if I'm going to build a trainer I might as well just build another comp level rifle,,,, just in 6 ARC. lol Yes, I have a love for that cartridge. I have other bang sticks for hunting so for builds I'm keeping it to competition level rifles.
my understanding is the larger pocket weakens the brass more than the small pocket does. initially all 6.5 CM was large pocket, but lapua (i think) said small rifle primers will work fine and keeps more material around the base of the brass where problems can occur. Now it's kinda up to the person what they choose to shoot large v. small. Personally, I've reloaded and shot both and I can't really tell a difference. They shoot about the same so if you can get more reloads out of a small pocket than go for small. If all you have is large pocket, do that.
Ever seen the head of a cartridge Crack me either. Lots go wrong and that's not one of them in my experience. How about you. Have you received you tickets to the Ball?
Love your channel and it inspired me to build a custom rifle with the mdt chassis, but unfortunately I am a left handed shooter and can't find any left handed mdt chassis in south africa. Will really appreciate any guidance 🙏
Piet, if I want a rifle build to do hunting and some competition, what would in your opinion be the best middle priced option in terms of caliber and manufacturer, obviously would have to fit an MDT stock/chassis. I was looking at 6.5 PRC but have no clue on what manufacturer is good. I don’t mind swapping things like trigger, etc. but would like to be able to buy barrel and action and put it directly in Mdt Chassis as I would never shoot with the standard chassis.
I’m currently running a 308 and looking at a 6mm creedmoor in the XRS stock then I can swap out the barrelled action and see what the 308 is really capable of.
Question - do you feel it necessary to blueprint these Howa actions? Bush the bolt face? Seems like you transfer the barreled action to a chassis, add scope, clean the rifle of course, then develop a load for it. You must feel satisfied that the action is concentric, etc. Thanks.
I'm thinking about getting a Howa action with an XRS stock to take the place of my Scout, so my wallet started sweating when this notification popped up. Lol Also, Field vs XRS vs TIMBR? 😢
Hi Pieter. Is dit rerig no dig om die moa rail op te sit? Of help dit vir daai lang afstand skote? Jammer as dit ñ dom vraag is. Dankie vir al jou lekker videos. Ek geniet almal. Hou so vol.
Is a factory howa worth it to buy for a first gun or should one tend to look more towards tikka? Or even maybe rem 700 as these 3 dont seem to be the most pricy?
Where I live, howa are the most budget friendly option, then bergara then tikka- which are almost as good as a custom action All will do the job, just depends on your budget.
The carbon fiber makes up the majority of the thickness of barrel. The best way I can think to describe is take a regular barrel put it in a lathe and turn down the thickness to a couple mm or so then laminate your layers of carbon fiber reinforcement back up, or most likely a pre preg carbon fiber reinforcement, until the original barrel diameter is achieved. The steel core with the rifling and the the laminated carbon fiber shell gives the strength and rigidity of the original barrel but with the weight savings carbon is known for. I’m not a gunsmith so I don’t know if you would actually turn down a pre existing barrel or start from scratch and drill, rifle and thread a a barrel specifically with the outer dimensions needed before the carbon process. I’m thinking the latter for mass production and the way I described for more one off custom jobs. This is not a tutorial I just had a carbon ruger 10/22 barrel years ago and seeing its construction up close along what know about composites and guns, this is how I’d go about it if I had to do it myself.
Can’t wait to see this one come together! I appreciate your commitment to bringing content that will present value to most of us. I have a couple custom rifles, but this is much more attainable:)
@@IMPACTSHOOTING yeah I kinda expected that side of the argument to be mentioned, and It should me noted I 100% agree with it, it's just hard for guntubers these days. Same as its hard for NZ citizens like me to even enjoy the sport. I would just suggest maybe slowing down a little on the algorithm preaching. It's the 2nd consecutive video where I feel somewhat cheated by youtube tyranny as someone who loves the practice. I love the content and cannot get enough of it, please try not to starve me because of factors outside of my control, I already share your channel religiously among my like minded friends/family.
Unrelated but I'm not sure where to place this. I discovered a channel that is stealing your video content to promote fake products. I reported the channel to try to get it shut down but maybe youtube will listen to you more. Its @thermalhunting001 youtube channel
Got a Howa 6.5 build because of this channel. Did my first range day and man it is a shooter.
Perfect timing on these videos. I've been looking at the 6.5 howa but havnt pulled the trigger on it yet.
Do it 👍
This looks like a great series. Haven't shot for 15 years and having found your channel 6 months ago, ive just found myself trying to join the local range. look forward to getting into it and listening to your very helpful advice. keep up the great work. shame the UK doesnt have endless space!
Gonna be nice, I wish MDT had more options for the Howa Mini
Agreed, they are so much fun.
I can't wait for the rest of these videos. Am getting a Howa rifle, and your choice gives me confidence I made a good decision. Thanks.
I just ordered a Howa 1500 6.5cm long action on the MDT oryx chassis. Looking forward to getting it.
Looking forward to following along with this build. Your excitement is contagious !!!
Welcome aboard!
Picking mine up on Saturday
Fantastic build! Love my XRS and skye pod, fabulous ergonomics, decent weight, and great versatility. I only have a Tikka in 6.5 barrel, but it puts 1/2 moa groups down all day long. She will be coming hunting with me this fall.
As always, top notch content 👏🏽
Thank you for representing SA so well Pieter 👌🏼
Keep it up 🎉
Much appreciated!
Looking forward to this build evolving
This is a lot of fun. I can't wait to see the rest of the series. I would think you would have 2000 likes in a second.
It looks unreal!! Have taken up shooting from watching your videos, got my self a wee 22 to learn but want to pick up a 223 to train with, would you ever do a video on your 223 rifle and set up? Would love to make something smilier =D
Carbon and camo would look amazing
I know the video hasn't premiered yet, but I will go ahead and say, Thank you so much for making this video, I have the same rifle (in heavy steel barrel and the same stock) I am looking for a good bipod but can't afford MDT and nor can I afford the muzzle break. I just invested in Vortex Venom and am easily able to make shots to 300 yards but want to go beyond - need to find a range that I can use to shoot over 1000 yards.
@Fidhle007 thanks for the encouragement.what bullets are you shooting? I just zeroed mine again yesterday with hand loaded 120Eld-M the powder is H4350
Thanks for being cool and i bet YOUR Sponsor is Happy beyond words and a Hunter Stock w m-loc for what Brownell's says 295.00 Howa owners such as myself 22-250 that's considered short action right rail on top separate like rail on bottom is.
My Howa also loved piercing primers and after some measuring we found that the firing pin protrudes further than most rifles. I slowly filed it down bit by bit and now it fires reliably and I have not pierced a primer since.
Should be a fun series. I'm very happy with my build that was inspired by a lot of your videos. Really convinced me to go MDT for my build. Finally added the mirage shield this last week. I'll have the short video edited to release this week. I had to add something in red!! It was too much black. If you saw my recent videos on my Stealth Arms Platypus build, you'll know I'm all about Black and Red color combos. It turned out pretty well I think. I'll be showing it off on Thursday night with that mirage shield on!! Learned a trick to get MLok installed on tight fitting pieces like that mirage shield!! Have a great week, Piet!!!
I had thought about getting a howa mini action in 6mm ARC (Because I have plenty of brass) and using that as a trainer but think if I'm going to build a trainer I might as well just build another comp level rifle,,,, just in 6 ARC. lol Yes, I have a love for that cartridge. I have other bang sticks for hunting so for builds I'm keeping it to competition level rifles.
Would definitely like to hear what you do to improve the bolt/trigger on a stock Howa. Looking at getting my first Howa.
Awesome series Piet, I'm going to grab some Federal popcorn and get comfortable
Been looking at those howa carbon barrels. Great idea!
Piet you should try JARD triggers if you gonna swap out the trigger
I'm interested to see how this will turn out. Hoping to see impressive results!
Great video.
Would be nice to add the ball park pricing of each item for the rifle, including bipod 😊
Hi Piet, can you speak a bit more on small vs large primer cases and why you opted for small please?
my understanding is the larger pocket weakens the brass more than the small pocket does. initially all 6.5 CM was large pocket, but lapua (i think) said small rifle primers will work fine and keeps more material around the base of the brass where problems can occur. Now it's kinda up to the person what they choose to shoot large v. small. Personally, I've reloaded and shot both and I can't really tell a difference. They shoot about the same so if you can get more reloads out of a small pocket than go for small. If all you have is large pocket, do that.
Ever seen the head of a cartridge Crack me either. Lots go wrong and that's not one of them in my experience. How about you. Have you received you tickets to the Ball?
Love your channel and it inspired me to build a custom rifle with the mdt chassis, but unfortunately I am a left handed shooter and can't find any left handed mdt chassis in south africa. Will really appreciate any guidance 🙏
6.5 Creedmoor Lapua small primer pocket case take more pressure than large, even in loads that are from powder manufacturer reloading manual
You can make an old man’s dreams come true by sending him a nice setup such as this her in the States if you’d like.
Yasss as always the watch game is strong🤣
Piet, if I want a rifle build to do hunting and some competition, what would in your opinion be the best middle priced option in terms of caliber and manufacturer, obviously would have to fit an MDT stock/chassis. I was looking at 6.5 PRC but have no clue on what manufacturer is good. I don’t mind swapping things like trigger, etc. but would like to be able to buy barrel and action and put it directly in Mdt Chassis as I would never shoot with the standard chassis.
Looks awesome 😎; hope you’re doing well, man!
I’m currently running a 308 and looking at a 6mm creedmoor in the XRS stock then I can swap out the barrelled action and see what the 308 is really capable of.
Question - do you feel it necessary to blueprint these Howa actions? Bush the bolt face? Seems like you transfer the barreled action to a chassis, add scope, clean the rifle of course, then develop a load for it. You must feel satisfied that the action is concentric, etc. Thanks.
Is the SABATTI ST-18 in 6.5Creedmoore any good?
Pete,
Did you ever complete your earlier Howa build videos?
I'm thinking about getting a Howa action with an XRS stock to take the place of my Scout, so my wallet started sweating when this notification popped up. Lol
Also, Field vs XRS vs TIMBR? 😢
You usually shot International barrels right? Love my Howa but re-barreling a Tikka T3xTac A1 and looking into different prefits
Good to see a affordable build, 👌
Hi Pieter.
Is dit rerig no dig om die moa rail op te sit?
Of help dit vir daai lang afstand skote?
Jammer as dit ñ dom vraag is.
Dankie vir al jou lekker videos.
Ek geniet almal.
Hou so vol.
When are you painting the xrs? You said you were going to make it camo
What muzzle break was that on the Rifle you picked off the back rack?
Which magazine will work with this setup? I have ordered everything else, I can't wait to build it. I went with the Arken EP5 scope..
MDT poly/metal mag is the one to get for this build with no mods needed.
Hey Pete how do we get one of your shooting bags you use all the time here in the USA?
Is a factory howa worth it to buy for a first gun or should one tend to look more towards tikka? Or even maybe rem 700 as these 3 dont seem to be the most pricy?
Where I live, howa are the most budget friendly option, then bergara then tikka- which are almost as good as a custom action
All will do the job, just depends on your budget.
Did the Howa barreled action come with the carbon fiber wrap from the shop, or did you have it wrapped somewhere?
The carbon fiber makes up the majority of the thickness of barrel. The best way I can think to describe is take a regular barrel put it in a lathe and turn down the thickness to a couple mm or so then laminate your layers of carbon fiber reinforcement back up, or most likely a pre preg carbon fiber reinforcement, until the original barrel diameter is achieved. The steel core with the rifling and the the laminated carbon fiber shell gives the strength and rigidity of the original barrel but with the weight savings carbon is known for. I’m not a gunsmith so I don’t know if you would actually turn down a pre existing barrel or start from scratch and drill, rifle and thread a a barrel specifically with the outer dimensions needed before the carbon process. I’m thinking the latter for mass production and the way I described for more one off custom jobs. This is not a tutorial I just had a carbon ruger 10/22 barrel years ago and seeing its construction up close along what know about composites and guns, this is how I’d go about it if I had to do it myself.
Build a fast twist 243 Winchester
Beautiful Gun definitely on my wish list
Pieter how do i become part of the binoculars giveaway 🎉
Can’t wait to see this one come together! I appreciate your commitment to bringing content that will present value to most of us. I have a couple custom rifles, but this is much more attainable:)
I want the KRG bravo…
Where did you purchase the barrel?
XRS 👍
What barrel length did you choose for this build?
Hallo Piet, as die reeks klaar is, doen asb 'n breakdown van all die kostes in rand asb?
Is the Howa action threads 6-32 or 8-40 on the receiver mount screw holes?
Exelente
What weight do all the components total so far?
Who is the Mnf of howa's cf barrel ?
Some say Japan and others say Reno Nevada 😂
a comment 😊
Shouldnt be so greedy with the likes, just make a youtube poll and stop cheating the most loyal viewers
Unfortunately part of the game we need to play with the algorithm.
@@IMPACTSHOOTING yeah I kinda expected that side of the argument to be mentioned, and It should me noted I 100% agree with it, it's just hard for guntubers these days. Same as its hard for NZ citizens like me to even enjoy the sport.
I would just suggest maybe slowing down a little on the algorithm preaching. It's the 2nd consecutive video where I feel somewhat cheated by youtube tyranny as someone who loves the practice. I love the content and cannot get enough of it, please try not to starve me because of factors outside of my control, I already share your channel religiously among my like minded friends/family.
Unrelated but I'm not sure where to place this. I discovered a channel that is stealing your video content to promote fake products. I reported the channel to try to get it shut down but maybe youtube will listen to you more. Its @thermalhunting001 youtube channel