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Howa 1500 Hinged Floorplate - Hunter1958 - 07-05-2021
I have a Howa 1500 in 6.5 Grendel with a detachable box magazine and have had nothing but issue after issue with the magazine falling out due to the placement of the magazine release. I have installed the flush mount upgrade and still same issue. Does anyone have any info on converting this to a hinged floorplate and if so where can find this conversion kit and what all is needed. Last thing I want to have happen is walk through the woods to my stand and the magazine fall out somewhere along the way. Thanks for any assistance in advance.
Howa 1500 Hinged Floorplate - rookie7 - 07-06-2021
Right now you can order one from Oregon Gunsmithing - oregongunsmithingllc.com
Jefferson Outdoors - Hokey Pokey Kid - is a member of this forum and used to make them. I have one of his, and it works perfectly. However, they are no longer on his website. Not sure what the deal is; maybe he will comment.
Good luck, because your fear of it dropping is valid. It happened to me a few hunting season ago while shooting at a coyote even with the DIP bottom metal and their mag release. Terrible design.
Howa 1500 Hinged Floorplate - hill37 - 07-06-2021
Hokey Pokey Kid is probably working on his new Howa bottom metal that takes CZ Grendel mags.
Howa 1500 Hinged Floorplate - HokeyPokeyKid - 07-06-2021
hill37 Wrote:Hokey Pokey Kid is probably working on his new Howa bottom metal that takes CZ Grendel mags.
I am working on my new CZ bottom metal in addition to another prototype project as well. I suspended production due to difficulty obtaining enough magazine springs for my flush bottom metal.
When people email asking about availablity, I direct them to Oregunsmithing as a viable alternative.