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Got a Howa 1500 short action gathering dust in a factory stock? The MDT Oryx Sportsman is one of the easiest ways to wake it up. It replaces your factory stock with a single machined block of 6061 aluminum that runs from the forend all the way back to the buttpad, giving your barreled action a rigid, torque-free home. Drop the action in, snug up two screws that come in the box, and you've turned an ordinary hunting rifle into something that shoots and handles like a purpose-built precision gun.
The magic here is the bedding block. Your action sits on an aluminum V-block that cradles it front to rear, and the barrel free-floats above the channel so nothing touches it to throw off your groups. That combination is what most people notice first: tighter, more repeatable groups without touching the barrel or trigger. The mag well is cut for AICS-pattern magazines, so if your Howa came with an internal box, you've just gained detachable box magazine capability too. Magazines are sold separately, so grab the short-action length to match the well.
The integrated buttstock is fully adjustable. Length of pull runs roughly 13 to 13.5 inches, with an available spacer kit to stretch it further, and the cheekpiece raises and lowers so your eye lines up naturally behind an optic. The grip interface takes standard AR-15 grips (flat-top style, no beavertail), so you can swap in whatever feels right in your hand. Underneath you'll find M-LOK slots for bipods, weights, and bag riders, plus the forend accepts a full-length ARCA rail if you shoot off tripods or barricades. The mag well doubles as a barricade stop for prop work.
Built from MIL-Spec Type III hard-anodized aircraft aluminum in a sharp gray finish, the Oryx is beefy and stiff in a way that punches way above its price. Whether you're chasing coyotes and hogs, ringing steel at a PRS match, or just want your deer rifle to feel like a rifle instead of a two-by-four, this is a smart, no-fuss upgrade for the Howa 1500.
No, magazines are sold separately. The Oryx is cut for AICS-pattern magazines, so pick up a short-action length mag to match the well. MDT's own polymer AICS mags feed .308-based short-action calibers like .308 Win, 6.5 Creedmoor, and .243 Win, and Magpul and Accurate-Mag AICS mags work as well.
It's about as simple as chassis swaps get. Clear the rifle, pull the bolt, remove your factory stock, then drop the barreled action into the Oryx and tighten the two provided action screws to a quarter turn past snug. Most people have it done at the kitchen table in a few minutes with no gunsmithing.
Yes on both counts. The grip interface accepts standard AR-15 grips as long as they're flat-top style without an extended beavertail. The forend has M-LOK slots on the underside and is ARCA rail compatible, so you can run bipods, weights, bag riders, or set up on a tripod.
This specific model is inletted for the Howa 1500 short action, and it also fits the Weatherby Vanguard short action since they share the same action footprint. MDT makes Oryx chassis for plenty of other rifles too, including Remington 700, Savage, Tikka, and CZ, so double-check the model matches your action before ordering.
| UPC | 990482723583 |
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| Manufacturer Part Number | 106159GRY |
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