Booth / first look: Shot Show 2023 walkthrough with Matty from Seekins Precision on the HAVAK Hit and Hit Pro — not a range T&E or owned long-term review. MSRP, lead times, and caliber list are as taped at the show and may have moved; verify current specs and pricing before you buy.
Squat Squad — long-range and PRS keep eating the firearms calendar, and production division is where a lot of us actually live: still an equipment race, just with a $2,500 MSRP ceiling (optic not included) that keeps the arms race from going fully custom. We’ve already walked Ruger, Bergara, and Christensen PRS-oriented guns on the channel. At Shot Show 2023 I finally got to the booth a lot of you kept asking about: Seekins Precision, for a deep dive on the HAVAK Hit and HAVAK Hit Pro.
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Hit vs Hit Pro — under the $2,500 PRS production cap
Matty’s first pitch was price and weight. Two SKUs as taped:
- HAVAK Hit — about $2,100 MSRP
- HAVAK Hit Pro — about $2,400 MSRP
Both sit under the production-division ceiling. Rifle weight called out around 11 lb — enough mass to help with recoil and stage stability once you hang glass, bipod, and rails, without turning into a pure truck gun.
Factory differences on tape:
- Hit — Timney Hunter Elite trigger, factory set around 2.5 lb
- Hit Pro — ARCA rail plus a TriggerTech Diamond (adjustable; Matty talked a very light lower end up toward roughly 3 lb)
Reminder from the booth chat: production rules generally want the trigger as it left the factory — so the Hit Pro’s adjustability is still within that “factory install” story, not a free-for-all aftermarket swap.
Chassis details that matter on a stage
Folding stock folds to the right, and Matty stressed stiffness — no slap, no wobble after thousands of fold cycles on show guns. There’s an integrated dust cover / dust door on the action (rare on bolt guns, common on ARs): mag out, bolt back, wind and grit blowing — close it and keep sand out of the raceway. It works open or closed.
Magazine catch is adjustable so the same rifle can take a wide slice of what you already own — single-stack Magpul PMags, AI / AICS-pattern mags, double-stack / double-feed options, and MDT-class mags were all in the “most of what’s out there will fit after you dial the catch” pitch. No proprietary-only mag hell.
Quick-change barrel — the real differentiator
This is the feature Seekins wanted on camera. Loosen with a T20, pull the barrel by hand, thread the next caliber on by hand, snug it down — Matty’s claim: about a minute thirty, one tool, no special torque ritual for their barrels. Want a .223 or .308 trainer and a 6 Creedmoor / 6.5 Creedmoor match tube on the same chassis? That’s the point.
Return-to-zero after a barrel pop for travel / case fit: Matty said typically within about half a mil — small tweak and you’re back. Replacement Seekins barrels were quoted around $550 each on the booth, which is how you treat 6 Creedmoor as a barrel burner without buying a whole second rifle.
Caliber list as taped (verify today’s catalog): .223, 6 Creedmoor, 6.5 Creedmoor, .308, .260, 6.5 PRC, with 6 ARC magazines coming, and 6GT already available on the Hit line (Matty had to correct himself mid-show-floor brain dump). .223, 6 ARC, and 6.5 PRC need a different bolt face — and that bolt-face swap is toolless (spin the shroud, pull the firing pin). Seekins’ own short actions swallow 6.5 PRC without forcing a long action, because they control the action geometry in-house.
Headspace: Seekins barrels are guaranteed headspaced for their actions — no go/no-go gauge dance when you order a replacement from them. Third-party barrels can work if the maker cuts to Seekins’ print.
Who this is for (and how you buy one)
Matty’s audience isn’t only match shooters. A lot of buyers are looking at a $1,000–$1,500 hunting/tactical bolt gun and wondering whether spending into the low-$2ks gets them a do-it-all chassis that can still hunt and also not embarrass them at a local PRS / NRL weekend. Weight and features sit in that middle: tactical/competitive enough, still packable.
Buying path: dealers are the fastest if they have inventory; otherwise lead time was quoted two to four months depending on caliber, color, and extra barrels. Custom / oddball chambers (e.g. someone who really wants a .22 GT) — custom-shop barrel path or send the action print to a barrel maker. More info: seekinsprecision.com.
Keep squatting.
Would you run the Hit Pro as a one-chassis multi-caliber PRS / trainer setup, or stick with a dedicated single-caliber production gun?
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