Thread: Hi Tech Composites stocks on Howa 1500

Originally Posted by CBH Australia

Cool,
Where is Stuff when you need him? I think he found it hard to compete in the market on a small scale and make it viable.


Is Ken Hi Tech composites?

I looked Kiwi Composites previously, I think they were renamed

law change is what killed it for stug I think real bummer too as I always wanted one of his when he was selling them pre law but never had the money avalible

Originally Posted by CBH Australia

Senator stocks might have have been bought out by an Aussie.

Thats the bugger. A mate had one when they were NZ based, the fit and finish wasnt that great i thought.

I have one of Ken's stocks on my Howa mini action, it's and awesome stock and makes it a sweet little rifle.
The finish is perfect and yes he can now inlet it for the Howa 1500 SA

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Not to take anything away from Ken but it looks like Howa got together with Stocks stocks to offer a C/F stocked rifle.
I see they now offer a C/Wrapped barrel on a new action too.

Do Hi-Tec have a retailer in Australia?

Originally Posted by CBH Australia

Not to take anything away from Ken but it looks like Howa got together with Stocks stocks to offer a C/F stocked rifle.
I see they now offer a C/Wrapped barrel on a new action too.

Do Hi-Tec have a retailer in Australia?

I think ken ship's direct to the customer but I'm not 100 on that

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Originally Posted by Bill999

law change is what killed it for stug I think real bummer too as I always wanted one of his when he was selling them pre law but never had the money avalible

Same,
Didn't mean to call him Stuf
Yeah I think I looked into his stocks as few years back.
I'm over auto correct, ahh.

Originally Posted by CBH Australia

Not to take anything away from Ken but it looks like Howa got together with Stocks stocks to offer a C/F stocked rifle.
I see they now offer a C/Wrapped barrel on a new action too.

Do Hi-Tec have a retailer in Australia?

They did but the stock it’s self I wouldn’t mind betting is 650grams ish on the factory carbon howa not many go sub 600 and only a handful go sub 500 that iv seen its a real bonus as you can buy howa barreled actions put it in a KH stock and sit somewhere a little more than other factory rifles for a darn good rifle nice solid actions real bottom metal great triggers I had a creedmoor and man it shot well

Interested to see how these carbon stocks (the NZ High Tech and the Howa factory offering) compare to the Banser (confusingly, also called Hi Tech at one time!) which came on the Howa Alpine.

Have the Howa Alpine and it's mint.

Originally Posted by caberslash

Interested to see how these carbon stocks (the NZ High Tech and the Howa factory offering) compare to the Banser (confusingly, also called Hi Tech at one time!) which came on the Howa Alpine.

Have the Howa Alpine and it's mint.

The Howa Alpine is mint, however I found it to be very short L.O.P hopefully the hitech ones are a little bit longer.

Just got a senator stock custom made, tikka inleted for sako 75 WSM in nz, very happy, much nicer to shoot and carry

You prefer the tikka design over the sako 75?

That’s like preferring reineck over Heineken


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Originally Posted by Bill999

You prefer the tikka design over the sako 75?

That’s like preferring reineck over Heineken


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Does not matter what ot says on the side, what matters is under the hood.

I drink Singha or Tsingtao

Originally Posted by CBH Australia

Senator stocks might have have been bought out by an Aussie.

https://www.senatorstocks.com/about-us

Originally Posted by dannyb

The Howa Alpine is mint, however I found it to be very short L.O.P hopefully the hitech ones are a little bit longer.

with arms like average bull gorrilla its no wonder some folks find L O P a tad short!!!!!!

2 weeks bud,2 more weeks.

Originally Posted by CBH Australia

Wow, that's light.
My answer to the OP would have been you can save about a half a kg with a C/F stock over a factory sporter stock. Approx.
I looked at t a few brands, options. It seems about a half a kg save is about right
Making a stock that comes in at only 520grams is lighter than any I researched.

It's a smaller than average stock. It's very nice but is based around a smaller stock for the mini. Howard have just released a 4lb 7oz rifles though that's supposed to be dort cheap.