This Doesn't Feel Like A Budget Rifle...
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- In this video I showcase another budget precision rifle setup. However, this one really punches way up. Oryx Chassis, HOWA 1500 barrel, action & trigger (.308) and an Arken Optics EP5 5-25X56. Check out Arken Optics: bit.ly/44tJPPJ code "texasplinking" gives you the biggest savings currently being offered.
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In this video I showcase another budget precision rifle setup. However, this one really punches way up. Oryx Chassis, HOWA 1500 barrel, action & trigger (.308) and an Arken Optics EP5 5-25X56. Check out Arken Optics: bit.ly/44tJPPJ code "texasplinking" gives you the biggest savings currently being offered.
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Do they make it for the savge model 11 hog hunter the first gen
Would love to see this vs a bergara hmr same caliber side by side
Actualllyyyy it is a rifle you could buy...
"budget" means different things to people who have lots of money than it does to the average person. My home-built ARs from 80% lowers with a scope average under $500.
I'm on the ORYX website and they offer a Howa 1500 LA and a Howa 1500 SA. Brownells doesn't have any distinction between the 24" and 20" on their site. I'm guessing the 24" is LA and the 20" is SA? Any tips on clarification, this build is a great idea.
When you said budget build i was expecting 2k+. Other peoples idea of "budget" always seems like a lot for me. The barreled action and chassis price being less than 1k is definitely surprising.
You can go even cheaper and get a Ruger American and an ORYX for like $850
Take off that $60.00 magazine, $100 rail, $600.00 scope, $250.00 bipod, $1,200 suppressor (plus tax)....
Yes, I would buy that magazine.
The Howas are the most reliable and accurate actions you can buy for sub $500. My 223 immediately shot 3x groups sub moa at 100 from day one. Its only weakness is a slight tendency to over heat after a couple of dozen rounds. Slowing down will show best accuracy
@@lazybear236 i had the same results from a Ruger American predator and its got a thicker barrel from factory (.75 @ muzzle)
@@nunzionapoli6325 don't forget the $211 ring set
This is a build I’d like to do on my tight budget! Thanks for posting this. I’m definitely going to do some research on this set up
You don't even need to build it. Howa offers this exact barrel and chassis from the factory for under $1k. They're definitely listening to customers.
@@Uberragen21 I’ll look into it. Thanks
Did you end up getting it?
Are they combined? I haven't been able to find this build online@@Uberragen21
Who is selling it besides HOWA directly?
You can purchase a Howa 1500 that comes with a oryx chassis already. I got one in 6.5 creedmoor on buds gun shop for 731
I was planning on doing the same thing with a ruger American but I really like the idea of not wasting a generic hunters stock and going straight to the install. Awesome video
I like the ruger bolt throw over the savage
Yeah, i built a long range rifle off the ruger american 6.5, i threw a magpul stock on it
Bought a .300 Win Mag at a pawn shop and ordered this chassis for Remington, loves it. The hunting rifle had a luepold scope that has turned out to be fantastic
.308 for inventory consistency, 6.5creed for trajectory, 300 WM for power
I literally does just did the same damn thing except I bought mine from a gun shop carbon fiber barrel everything. The only thing it needed was a bigger muzzle breaker. Guns an excellent shape and it was worth about $7,000 and I paid under two. I haven't had a chance to shoot mine yet because I got all my money from my stolen guns back at one time and I went and bought over a dozen guns within 3 weeks. Now I got to buy the ammo to break them all in Good luck brother
"yOu cAN't sHuuuT 3o8 lONg rAnge In dA wInD?!" So nice to see somebody using a 308 instead of a 6, 6.5, or 7 and even nicer seeing you have a bit of wind during the shooting. Great shooting and enjoyed the vid using a nicely affordable rifle. Keep up the good work sir.
In a world of 6. Something and 7 (aka anti 6 something) or 300 win or bigger. I love the ole 30-06 with a good bullet and charge. For the price. And the benefit you get over 30-06 granted both of these ranges are absurdly unrealistic but at 2500 the 308 sounds like a coin being thrown at a plate. At 3000 the -06 slapped tf out of that plate like it was personal. Point being not range capability. But the force applied. It’s a tank. It’s the reason when in doubt a 30-06 will kill it. It’s not 300 win But it doesn’t have to be. It just freaking works. Which is why it’s still around and won’t die. Because they hype of new rounds comes and goes. But 30- just lives on. Because it just works. Been around too long to be trendy.
@@thomasmarchese2808 I have both a 30-06 and 6.5 CM and love both. I use the 30-06 for long range hunts on bigger animals such as Kudu and Eland. It is a underrated caliber for long range. I use 180Gr barnes TTSX
308 is overrated
One of my own favorite HOWA 1500 barrel action builds ... 308 and an Arken Optics EP5 5-25X56. It's difficult but not impossible to find 'select' heavy barrel actions for Howa calibers at Brownells. One consideration is Howa USA lack of customer service, although they do offer lifetime warranty! Love everything about this Howa build and it's become a popular choice for budget precision builders who want to enter ELR shooting. This Howa 1500 can reach out the mile some come to expect.
This combo can be purchased through Sportsman’s Warehouse with the Oryx. Great shooting rifle. I put mine together just like you did and a could of weeks later Sportsman’s had the mon the shelf for less than I put mine together. The Arken is a great fit for the rifle. I haven’t even adjusted the trigger as it is pretty good and set at about 2.5#’s.
What barrel length did you end up getting? I saw their site only had 20 and 24 inch barrels, and they are always out of stock :(
Where did you look?
Nice combination for that build. The Oryx is a great budget upgrade for cheap plastic stocks.
Can get the same deals in Australia too. Howa 1500 in 308
MDT Oryx for $1100-1700AUD depending on barrel
This to us is a great deal
I've got a howa 1500 .223 SS, its one of the most common bolt action .223 rifles in my country (aus), and for good reason. They sell for pretty much the same price as ruger american rifles ($800-1000) which leaves enough cash left to get an okay or decent scope for under 1500 bucks total. Given that they pretty much never break, are reliable as hell, simple and shoot straight, they're extremely popular. In the states those prices probably don't sound too good but thats just coz our dollar is worth less and shooting sports is generally more expensive here.
I was watching so many videos and have been absorbing all of this long range stuff but I didn’t even realize I’m not subscribed. Needless to say, I’m subscribed now.
Im an old comp. shooter and love the 308 the reason why is because it doesnt burn barrels up as bad as Creedmore, and.yet is very accurate!!!
Nice rifle mate
Love my ep5. Works really well for the price
I have this same rifle in 6.5 Creedmoor. It had a Vortex HST 6-24x50 SFP optic. But I used your code and put on the Arken. When the weather clears a bit, I’m going to dial this in and let you know how it went. I can say for certain that the Arken looks and feels like it should cost 2-3 more than it does.
Im curious about this setup...keep us updated please.
Do the Serial number go to the chasis?
@@charlesdarwindanao7158 it goes the the action
Lightweight?
This is my exact build just in .300wm. It kicks ass for both target and hunting.
Did you piece it together or buy it assembled?
Howa Kogyo Co., Ltd. was originally a company that manufactured Sakichi Toyoda's looms. Mr. Toyoda was forced out of the company he founded due to internal disagreements, but he founded a new company a short time later. That is the current Toyota Motor Corporation.This means Toyota could have been selling this rifle. Low cost and highly reliable.
You earn credibility. “Budget”, with other people, mean $3,000.00.
Love the fact that you guys in USA can freely showcase a gun with a suppressor. . . .
Here in Australia they are band . . .
In India, everything is banned for civilians...if you are some MLAs or have relationship with them, you can even keep an Ak47
Yeah i have the oryx Howa 1500 6.5 cm with a timney trigger. Rocking the sh4 in mills as well. It's a hell of a setup for cheap. Ohh and i think your gas forward suppressor would be better on something semi auto.
I've heard a bunch of people hate on the Howa 1500 rifles and barreled actions but I have a few now that freakin hammer... I have a couple really really nice chassis rifles that I shoot some local PRS competition with but I've shot my Howa rifles in competition as well. Cool setup and great video as always keepem coming brother!!!
I don't really know why people hate on them, they're excellent quality rifles.
@@velv33ta31 The haters are usually those who spent about $5,000 to have a competition rifle built on a trued actions with a match trigger and a bench rest rifle quality barrel and found out their rifle is no more accurate at hitting a metal target 1,000 yards away than the guy shooting next to him who had his rifle built on a $500 standard production Howa 1500 barreled action.
What barrel and action are in your really nice ones?
I'm glad MDT has come out with this chassis. I've purchased some of there other chassis from MDT and always been happy with the setup. Can't wait to get this for my bergara hmr
Thank you Brendan for helping Me make my mind up , I have just purchased the same Rifle Here in the UK , Very Nice. Awesome Video , Excellent Shooting *****
Could use a couple of wind socks at various distances to get a read on the wind. Great video.
I know Howa is a better quality, but i picked up a 6.5 in a Savage Axis 2 Precision rifle/cheap bipod/20 rail, threaded barrel, with the MDT chassis for 700.00. Same gun shop has another for same price a few months after i got mine. The can on mine isnt like this one (legal)😂 , i only have 500 yards to shoot, never shot that kind of distance before, and itll bang a 10" piece of steel every single time. Probably would mean nothing to 99% of people reading this, but, for me, it hooked me in, i want to learn more and try to increase the distance and improve my abilities. Told myself id never own a savage, but, after a burglary, everything gone, and a tight budget, im glad to have it.
We have a 300 Winchester Magnum R700 in this Chassis, one of our testing weapons. We love it!
Ants in your shoe....funny you left that in the vid hahahah
Great video - I bought a 6.5 PRC Howa 1500 Carbon barreled action frrom Brownells last year and put it in a Stocky's VG2 Stock, Warne rings and bases plus a Zeiss Conquest V4 4-16. Unfortunately seems as though costs on Brownells have gone up a good bit. I bought my carbon barreled action for 750 + 450 stock $100 rings + 750 scope. Been super happy with it. Shoots sub-moa and I've shot it to 600 on a 10" steel plate and had 1st shot impact cold bore. These "kit" rifles have come to be a greaet option for hunters and shooters.
This differently does not look or shoot like a budget build, very nice. Great marksmanship by the way.
4:30 - This is why you make a sector sketch/range card of your home range, and keep it in your logbook.
I built the exact same rifle but added a Vortex scope. Great rifle. I haven't taken out passed 100 yards. Looking to take it out to 1000 yards soon.
Just got my Howa 1500 in 300win and got the Oryx chassis. Thing is a beast, sub moa with some Hornady ELDX. Can’t wait to go on my hunting trip.
great shooting mate, great build too
Nice build, really enjoy the long range videos.
can you link to the components to this? I'd like to make the same !
👍🏾 that's great info, thanks. Budget Long Range gives the most rewarding shooting experience... Lag time to impact adds up to 🎉savings
This has been my plan. You just encouraged me to make it happen. I just got the Arken last week. Great review
Good shooting brother. That is a good set up. The wind was brutal. But head shots on the orange and white target at 550 yards? Wow.
God bless all here.
BassPro/Cabelas used to have a sale on the Savage 12FV for about $300 a couple of times a year. That's also a screaming deal in an Oryx chassis although they are heavy beasts with that 26" baseball bat barrel..
1000yrds is only about 600 worth of rifle now days. Before the "magpul edition rem 700" I built one for 645$. Bought a rem 700 varmint in 6.5 creed then bought the magpull hunter 700 stock. All u need is a scope from that point. I did add a muzzle break and adjusted the factory rem 700 trigger. Added a nikon bdc scope and on my first range trip I was hitting 800yrds with almost stupid accuracy. I went that day expecting to work for my hits at range but the budget rifle I built made it stupid easy. Your rifle looks way WAY better than mine though. Love that stock
I have that setup in 6.5 grendel and is ridiculously accurate out to 700 yards with handloads of the 129 interlock by Hornaday.
6,5 Grendel perfect cartridge !!! No recoil ,fast about 130 grains ...Zastava have now semiautomatic sniper in 6,5 Grendel . Must be a perfect weapon .
@@montecarlo2021 i hand load my rounds and they are going about 2450 fps with the 129 gr. I am happy with it. Its a solid but img rifle and never fails to put lead on target as long as I do my part.
IDK why it's taken youtube this long to get your videos to me but, you just got another subscriber! great videos!
Love how low the scope is mounted👍
Great vid! Goes to show how a good shooter can hit iron at 1K yards and you don't need a 10K rig to do it! Nice work.. Cheers
Bought one of these stocks, and the ergonomics improved my accuracy insanely.
3 shots is perfectly good
Howa sells the 1500 in a chassis including the 20MOA base. Although the
Oryx is a very nice chassis.
this is the first bolt action I've seen that I'd actually wanna get
Fixing to get one of these for my Savage Arms 110 in .300 Win Mag... can't wait to try it out!
I built mine in 6.5 creedmore on a Howa 1500 precision action with 26 inch barrel and muzzle break. The Oryx chassis is superb. It's topped with a 4-32 x 56 scope. Running a Harris bipod. Shoots great, but about double the cost here in Australia. It outshoots my 223 handsdown and that was way more expensive than the 6.5.
I am not rich this is making me want to build and this looks possible for me thanks for sharing.😊
The general low end for guns is so much higher than it used to be, that budget buying is more viable than ever. You can get solid barebones ARs from companies like Diamondback, and PSAs more "sporterized" versions are still solid, and many more companies for under 700-800 bucks. Hell, even some of the 400 dollar burner ARs aren't even that bad for their price. It's literally the era of the "just as good" guys
Great video. Will look into this build.
Couple years ago I printed a 13 inch group at 1200 yards with my Howard 1500 in a hogue overmold stock. Not bad for a hunting rifle. Since then it's in a LSS MDT chassis, but haven't took it out past 600 yet
Thank you for making this. Impressive shooting
Howdy, Brother! Defying the odds with our greatly appreciated Texas winds. Your time and effort is also appreciated. Nicely done!
Now HOWA has done it for us in the form of the HERA H7 for $855 here locally in East Texas. Chassis Mounted, Great Trigger, in 6.5PRC for that price and I’m in!
Impressive shooting in real time. Good shooting!
Brandon you should get a 16” 6.5 creedmoor barreled action from brownells and put it in this chassis for a part 2!
Awesome shooting Brandon as always!!!
Thanks Brandon. Good content as usual. BTW Driving through hill country was one of the best memories of my last visit to TX.
Dude!!!! I been looking for something like this for months lol thanks
I've got a Savage Axis II 6.5CM in an Oryx chassis and love it but lately I've been shooting my Axis .308 more. In August I took it out to 400yd in class and in a couple weeks I'll be taking another class and going out to 600yd.
I was looking at the Arken but went with the Swampfox Patriot 4-16x44 save their Sharpshooter Mil reticle instead.
I used to buy a Howa barreled actions for $150, drop it in a $50 Ramline stock, and routinely shoot 3/4" groups at 200 yards
when you get sponsored parts must be a very budget friendly build.
Nice setup something for a old shooter to think about!!!
Howa actually sells their action complete with an Oryx chassis.
Send a link
In case anyone is looking to go this route, I bought the Barrel, Trigger and Action from brownells, used a 10% off code - BOLT10 for $438.40 shipped
and for the MDT XRS chassis (MDT104690), rail (TMPSM252150) and mags (MGMPI579BLK) I ordered from Tactical Surplus USA, was 568.29 shipped.
This was the best deal I could find as od 03/2024 the Oryx was slightly cheaper if you prefer that chassis.
Dude, the gun on the dirt bike 👌👌
Great video! Thinking about putting this together for my next rifle
Awesome review and like you said "Genuine" as at least when you missed the target, you were honest with your reasoning which will help others with there choices / decisions making. Due to this review out of all the others I have watched, I decided to "Subscribe" to your blog 👍
I put my 6.5 creed moor Tikka CTR Tactical into a Oryx Chassis and its awesome
If yall are looking for a budget scope that's still really nice. Vortex makes some super solid stuff. I love em. I'll run them across the board. And the lifetime warranty is legit af and worth it alone for me.
Was shopping AR10s, then the Sig Cross, then see your set up, and I’m very inspired!
I bought one 1 year ago. Awesome rifle in a bugdet.
Let’s see more of the bike 😂 moto & 2a are my things 🙌🏻
really glad to see a 308 for a change
The three builds I see locally are as follows.
Action :- howa short action, tikka T3x, lithgow la102.
Stock/ chassis :- mdt lss xl gen2 or oryx, Boyd’s thumbhole or pro varmint or varmint thumbhole.
Scopes:- vortex strike eagle (mostly comps) Athlon Midas tac ( for a mix of comp and hunting) leupold vx3 HD (mostly hunting) usually in 4-16 or 6-25 ranges.
Rings a 20moa rail.
That I the build I see every body with…
If anyone has something different it’s a novelty and usually for a very specific reason.
Just for interest of anyone looking at this, as far as im aware the oryx will work with any short action. Mini is a slightly different chassis. In Australia we can get the entire thing in stainless varmint 24" or 22" for $890 or $430 for just the chassis which when you consider the barreled action by itself is $890 we are far better off buying the whole thing. Lovely low budget setup though and better than the ESS when running large optics off a zero MOA since the ESS on full enclosure can obstruct the scope.
I wound up going out and buying this rifle in the 308 version and for a budget rifle this is pretty dang amazing I must say I put probably over 700 rounds through it, then threw a Vortex scope on it changed out a couple things like the trigger or change that out changed out the bolt action threw on an MDT muzzle brake which was really phenomenal and through 500 Vortex scope on it so far this thing is banging out bullets and for me I've been buying random different packs of 20 online for $14 a piece I would say and I've been hitting my target every single time with it whatsoever 100% I might just buy another one of these
Switch to Ruger, built this gun a year ago. Awesome
“But but but Texas Plinking… everyone knows 308 is only good out to 600 yards! That’s what the inter web says!!!”
That seems like an awesome first build
I love my howa 1500 along with my mdt chassis
I like how you put the 1,050 yd target right Infront of the take off on the mx track!
Love this. This is above average video. Thank you from an 80 year old 3 combat tour Vietnam veteran.
I’m a detail whore though. It would have been good to include your MOA/MIL holds and how it compares to your ballistic application holds and kestrel wind data through the ballistic application. I know it’s a lot of work but I think the more detailed the video the more likes others are getting. Those types are getting a bigger name with sponsors.
🇦🇺😎👍Hey mate I’ve got one for my M18 Mauser ( I’ve been told it’s the only one ) ( you can’t buy them down here for M18s) . It feels good to use. Adds a little weight but it’s better than the M18 stock. As fo accuracy I guess I’ll have to do more shooting to find out but overall I’m happy…Good video 🏁….$539 down here. I picked mine up for $500 au.
It’s weird my grandpa bought a Model 70 chambered in .300 H&H for long range target shooting. Now we have this.
got to love those spikey bastards in your shoes, reminds me of summer camp at camp Rio Vista in '75 - the spider bites, Chigers and the random skunk ape stealing your pack and tossing it 30 feet into the trees, yea real Texas fun, BTW I'm from San Antonio, live in Carmel CA. and I miss the swamp of SE Texas.
You know I've watched a lot of Arken EP5 videos. This is not one but it has an Arken. They all shoot 100 to 300 yards. Thanks so much for distance out to 1000. The rifle build looks nice as well. Doable for a second rifle that you might want in another caliber to add to your gun safe. And a real shooter as well. Thanks!
Dude. Nice. Wish I saw this rifle 4 months ago lol.
Also living in texas, those damn fire ants 😂 I can totally relate to that moment!
Only scopes I buy is Arken all of them are outstanding
Love both of those brands, nice combination.
It’s not a branch of mdt it’s just one of their models. The MDT oryx chassis.
I have one of those Howa 1500s, but in 223 Remington mini action. I bought it in a Excel lite chassis, which is a reinforced polymer. 3-15x44 vx-5hd, Griffin Armament Explorr gen 2, and the thing is around 8.5lbs. I got some hand loads that I wanna take out and reach to 750yds. I think I can do it...
Awesome presentation!
Thanks. Nice vid. I'm doing this!
I really really wish Arken still did the combo packs