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The History of HS Precision

The history of the HS Precision brand began in 1978. After working in the chemical industry in New York, Tom Houghton Sr. transitioned to the weapons sector. Together with his wife, they founded HS Precision as a small family business. Initially, the business was located in Arizona, but it relocated to Rapid City in the 1990s.

Historically, Tom Sr. was recognized for his innovative idea of integrating an aluminum bedding block into a fully synthetic rifle stock, which marked an important shift in firearm stock design globally. As the first company to do such a thing, HS quickly gained government contracts and has partnered with numerous renowned brands such as Savage and Remington. Soon after, they started with the production of their own rifles as well, although they never converted fully to mass production. They introduced models such as SPL, PLC, PHR, STR and PRO-Series, offering two action lengths.

Even today, the HS Precision uses their Pro-Series stainless steel action, an aluminum bedding block composite stock, a fully adjustable trigger, a stainless steel 10-x cut rifled barrel, and their own detachable magazine feeding system in all of their rifles. Ever since they first started production, the company has engineered and also manufactured every component in their factory which is located in the USA. Since moving to South Dakota, they've increased the size of their production facilities by nearly five times. As of 2023, the company is led by Tom’s son Tim Houghton, daughter Tricia and Tom’s wife Vivian. Along with stocks, premium rifles and barrel blanks, they also offer ballistic test equipment, detachable magazines and various accessories on their website.

HS Precision LA Rifle Review

The South Dakota-based company HS Precision produces a variety of rifles with both long action (LA) and short action (SA) designs. The data in this review refers to the long action (LA) version of the HS Precision. If you are looking for more information on the scope mounts suitable for short action HS Precision, you can read more about it here.

The Remington 700-style action, which they produce in-house, serves as the foundation for the design of their rifles. Their rifles come with an aluminum bedding block composite stock and a Pro-Series stainless steel action. The stainless steel 10-x cut rifled barrel, detachable magazine feeding system, and fully adjustable trigger are all made at their South Dakota plant. Due to identical hole spacings on the receiver, the Remington-style actions enable the interchangeability of the scope mounts on HS Precision's LA models. Two large forward locking lugs are incorporated into the bolt design, ensuring a solid lock-up with the action housing.

The standard safety lever, which is found on the back of the receiver stops unintentional discharges by blocking the bolt and trigger. Pulling the bolt handle up and backward and then activating the bolt stop release removes the bolt assembly. Additionally, there is a lever on the front of the trigger guard that makes it simple to remove the magazine. 3- or 5-round magazines with optional extension magazines and modification kits are the standard options.

HS Precision LA, chambered for .300 Win. Mag.

Figure 1: HS Precision LA, chambered for .300 Win. Mag. (Source: https://safariclub.org/h-s-precision-stock-revives-rifle/)

HS Precision LA Calibers

The rifle can be chambered for the following calibers:

  • .220 Swift

  • .257 Roberts

  • .25-06 Rem.

  • .257 WBY Mag.

  • 6mm XC

  • 6mm Rem.

  • .264 Win. Mag.

  • 6.5x55 Swedish

  • 6.5-284 Norma

  • .26 Nosler

  • 6.5 Rem. Mag.

  • .27 Nosler

  • .280 Rem.

  • .280 Ackley Improved

  • .284 Win.

  • 7x57 Mauser

  • 7mm Rem. Mag.

  • 7mm PRC

  • 7mm WSM

  • 7mm STW

  • 7mm RUM

  • 7mm WBY Mag.

  • .28 Nosler

  • .30-06 Spr.

  • .35 Whelen

  • .300 Norma

  • .300 RCM

  • .300 WSM

  • .300 Win. Mag.

  • .300 PRC

  • .30 Nosler

  • .300 H&H Mag.

  • .300 RUM

  • .300 WBY Mag.

  • .30-378 WBY Mag.

  • .33 Nosler

  • .338 Norma Mag.

  • .338 Win. Mag.

  • .338 RUM

  • .338 Lapua

  • .350 Rem. Mag.

  • .375 Ruger

  • .375 H&H Mag.

  • .375 WBY Mag.

  • .416 Rem. Mag.

  • .416 Rigby

  • .458 Win. Mag.

  • .458 Lott

  • .378 WBY Mag.

HS Precision LA Variants

The rifle is available in the following variants:

  • HS Precision LA Black

  • HS Precision LA Black-Blue

  • HS Precision LA Black-Brown

  • HS Precision LA Black-Grey

  • HS Precision LA Black-Olive

  • HS Precision LA Black-Pink

  • HS Precision LA Black-Pink Camo

  • HS Precision LA Black-Red

  • HS Precision LA Black-Spruce

  • HS Precision LA Black-Tan

  • HS Precision LA Black-Tan Camo

  • HS Precision LA Black-White

  • HS Precision LA Black-Yellow

  • HS Precision LA Brown-Black

  • HS Precision LA Desert Camo

  • HS Precision LA Granite

  • HS Precision LA Grassland Camo

  • HS Precision LA Gray-Black

  • HS Precision LA Green Camo

  • HS Precision LA Green-Tan Camo

  • HS Precision LA Olive-Black

  • HS Precision LA Prairie Grass Camo

  • HS Precision LA Sand

  • HS Precision LA Spruce-Black

  • HS Precision LA Tan-Black

  • HS Precision LA Tri Color Desert Camo

  • HS Precision LA Urban Camo

  • HS Precision LA Winter Camo

  • HS Precision LA Woodland Camo

  • HS Precision LA Burnt Bronze

  • HS Precision LA Gray

  • HS Precision LA Olive

The receivers of the HS Precision LA rifle come with four drilled and tapped holes which can be used for scope mounting purposes. There are two holes on the front and two on the rear mounting surface.

HS Precision LA, chambered for 7mm Rem. Mag.

Figure 2: HS Precision LA, chambered for 7mm Rem. Mag. (Source: https://www.gunsinternational.com/guns-for-sale-online/rifles/hs-precision-rifles/h-s-precision-pro-series-2000-la-spl-7mm-rem-mag.cfm?gun_id=100452989)

HS Precision LA

A: 21.9 mm

B: 113.9 mm

C: 15.3 mm

BHU: 2.9 mm

Ø: 6-48

R1: R51

R2: R17

Scope Mounts Interchangeable With HS Precision LA

Rifles That Have One-Piece Scope Mounts Interchangeable With HS Precision LA

The necessary condition for rifles to have one-piece scope mounts interchangeable is that the mounting surfaces of these rifles match in every dimension. Rifles that have one-piece scope mounts interchangeable with HS Precision LA are the following:

Rifles That Have Two-Piece Scope Mounts Interchangeable With HS Precision LA

For two-piece scope mounts to be interchangeable, the mounting surfaces of the rifles must match in every dimension except the action length which can vary. This is because the distance between the two pieces of the mount is not fixed. Rifles that have two-piece scope mounts interchangeable with HS Precision LA are the following:

Best Scope Mounts for HS Precision LA

Fixed Scope Mounts for HS Precision LA

Are you thinking about buying a single scope for your HS Precision LA rifle? The American company Talley's two-piece aluminum mount is one of the best options. It is strong and built to take even the strongest rounds.

Detachable Repeatable Scope Mounts for HS Precision LA

This two-piece steel mount system from Rusan lets you quickly switch between optics. It’s made in Croatia and backed by a 10-year warranty.

Picatinny Rails for HS Precision LA

The Picatinny rail from Warne is tough, recoil-resistant, and offers versatile mounting. Made of aluminum and backed by a 10-year warranty, it's designed for the HS Precision LA and can also fit the Remington 700 SA due to matching hole spacings.

Help Us Build Our Riflescope Mounts Database

If you happen to own this or any other rifle, we would appreciate it if you could help us expand our database by sending us some photos of the rifle receiver (the bare mounting surface of the rifle without the scope mounts installed). For your help, our company offers a fair return in terms of practical rewards.

Please send us an email for more information. You can contact us here: [email protected]

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Introduction

In recent years we can observe that a trend of Picatinny rail has become widespread and global. It is driven by the NATO standardized rails, more commonly known as the Picatinny rail standard. Picatinny rail being the New Jersey Arsenal that developed it in 1995.

These mounting options are revolutionary. The biggest and best advantage being that the Picatinny rail can be used its entire length and not bordered to a few pre-designed slots like for example the Weaver rail standard was before.

The other main advantage is the ease of use and interchangeability. If a product is meant for a Picatinny rail design it will fit all Picatinny-rails, no matter the manufacturer or date of production.

Picatinny/Weaver Rail

Picatinny Rail and Weaver rail profile

Design

The Picatinny rail is almost exclusively crafted from a single piece of metal (in some cases aluminum). In this manner, the axis of the Picatinny rail is perfectly straight and aligned with the axis of the firearm. Therefore the rifle scope which is mounted onto this kind of configuration is certainly aligned with the rifle / gun and the trajectory of the ammunition.

Weaver rail design on the other hand is usually manufactured in two separate pieces, greatly increasing the possibilities for the axis to be crooked, overlapping, and out of line.

It is always harder to align two separate pieces to a third line than it is to align one piece to another. In this way, the lapping of two mounting rings on a single-piece Picatinny rail is no longer required.

The single-piece rail will assure that both rings are perfectly aligned to each other and that no unwished stress is transferred to the riflescope.  

Picatinny compare to Weaver Rail

The Picatinny rail itself is an evolutionary step forward from the older Weaver rail. The main difference between Picatinny rail and Weaver rail is the spacing of the slots. Picatinny rail design has them evenly placed exactly 5.23 mm from one slot to the other, 3 mm deep. For this reason, the mounting options are repeatable and the same as other firearms using the Picatinny rail standard.

Interchangeability was a major driving force in the development of the new standard as different NATO armies need to be compatible with each other.

Weaver rail has 3.8mm wide slots and these slots can be placed anywhere on the Weaver rail and in any number that the producer wished.

Advantages of Picatinny design

A big advantage for using the Picatinny rail design is the ever-present recoil stop. Furthermore, the manufacturing of the rail is not very technically demanding and can be done without the use of state-of-the-art machines which greatly reduces the cost of the finished product, making it very affordable.

The Picatinny rail is easy to mount and usually, this type of configuration does not transfer negative stresses and forces from the fired weapon to the rifle scope.

In addition, the Picatinny rail with its very long useable surface works well for mounting longer rifle scopes or to achieve optimum eye relief.

The durability and toughness are other big pluses for this solution.

Manufacturers of Popular Models

A majority of the Picatinny rings are fixed, but a number of best rated European manufacturers (EAW, MAK,..) have, in recent years, put a lot of effort into the development of detachable ring with100% repeatability, with which it becomes easy to remove the scope from the weapon without the use of tools.

No re-zeroing is needed with such mount options, but these models tend to be expensive. 

Weaver and Picatinny Rings

Picatinny rail and weaver rail share one more thing. It is possible to use the Weaver ring and the Picatinny ring on the Picatinny-rails, but it is usually impossible to use the Picatinny ring on the Weaver base. The reason being the above-mentioned positioning and spacing of the slots.

  • Picatinny mounts have a 5mm recoil stop that goes into the rail slot and since
  • Weaver rail only has 3.8mm wide slots such rings do not fit on Weaver rails.

Due to this reason, the Picatinny-rails are popular and prevailing on the market in recent years and eventually, these options will completely oust the Weaver rail from the market.