You can place an order with HPS in one of several ways:

•  Phone us on 01452 729 888 if within the UK or International +44 1452 729 888
•  E-mail us on info@hps-tr.com or use the e-mail form found under
   Order from or Contact HPS
•  Fax us on 01452 729 894 if within the UK or International +44 1452 729 894
•  Mail us at HPS TR Ltd. PO Box 308, Quedgeley, Gloucestershire, GL2 2YF

You can also go through any one of our Dealers and Agents shown on our Agents and Dealers page.

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Yes, depending on what you order. Under UK Law, for firearms or their component parts, such as actions and triggers, ammunition and propellant powder, and outside the European Union even firearm accessories such as buttplates, bipods, handstops and other such items we need a signed original End User Undertaking (EUU). An EUU is simply a statement from yourself that you are licensed in your country to hold and use equipment for shooting sports. We provide the form of words for the EUU for you to transcribe onto your headed paper, sign and send back to us.

In some cases we will also need a copy of your Import License. HPS has what is called an Open Export License covering a large number of countries. Currently our Open Export License covers: Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Canada, Falkland Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Guernsey, Guyana, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad & Tobago, and the United States. If your country is on our list, we can have the goods away to you as soon as receive your signed EUU. If your country is not on our Open Export License list then we require a copy of your Import License, together with an original signed EUU. We then must apply for an Export License for the items you have ordered in order to be able to send them to you. This can take anywhere from 4-6 weeks after receiving your copy Import License and signed EUU. We do not charge our customers any extra for obtaining an Export License.

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The Free Rifle Buttplate and AKTIV Free Rifle Buttplate and AKTIV Standard Rifle Buttplate are designed to fit most makes of alloy, plastic, composite or wooden stocks:

a) All alloy and wooden Anschütz 14, 18, 19 and 20, Walther KK 200 series and Feinwerkbau 2600 series rifle stocks. Both will also fit many other makes of rifles.
b) Plastic or composite stocks provided there is sufficient material to insert captive nuts or similar fitting.
c) Wooden stocks provided that there is sufficient material in the stock to either insert captive nuts or use long woodscrews.

Contact us for details. Both the Free Rifle Butt Plate and the AKTIV Free Rifle Butt Plate are also available in 3P Sets (3 Positional - for Prone, Standing, and Kneeling Shooting) consisting of 1 carrier plate and one pair of rods and three butt assemblies to fit the carrier in order to reduce cost and the weight of your kit bag.

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Yes. The TR 701 and TR 702 stocks automatically come with the AKTIV Standard Rifle Buttplate but will also accept the AKTIV Free Rifle Buttplate if required. This is particularly useful for Match rifle or F Class shooters. The FR 703 stock automatically comes with the AKTIV Free Rifle Buttplate. The FC 704M and FC 704T stocks automatically come with the AKTIV Free Rifle Buttplate and the AKTIV Standard Rifle Buttplate respectively.

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We hold regular “Try the Gemini Days” whereby valid FAC holders can come to a designated range to try out the System Gemini. There is no charge. All you need to bring with you is your jacket, ear protectors, glove and sling. The rest is taken care of by HPS.If you are interested in attending one of our Try the Gemini Days, check our Home page for the latest scheduled date or call us on 01452 729 888 or e-mail us on info@hps-tr.com.

Hope to see you out there sometime soon!

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Generally you need to allow 3 – 4 working months from date of order with 50% deposit. This may vary depending upon stock availability and our current workload.

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All our System Gemini rifle stocks are made to customer specification. We try to keep a number of fullbore and smallbore stocks “in the white”, meaning machined up to a point whereby only the machining for the type of action remains to be done. Once a customer has placed an order, the stock can be machined for the particular action, and then bead blasted and anodised to the colour choice. This can take several weeks depending on the number of orders going through at any one time.

Machining for the action is done in house. The bead blasting and anodising are out sourced. To keep costs down, as both the bead blasting and anodising companies have minimum order requirements, below which the costs increase greatly, the stocks and any accessories to go with them, such as bipods and handstops, are sent out in batches. It usually takes a couple of weeks to have enough orders to make up a minimum batch. Once with our suppliers, we cannot unfortunately control how long it will take for the batch to be bead blasted and anodised as our suppliers have other customers too! Generally though, it takes around three weeks for a completed batch to come back to us.

Once we receive the parts back, we do the final assembly which includes the engraving and assembly of component parts such as buttplates, handstops and bipods, which takes approximately another one to two weeks depending on the number of orders going through at the time.

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All of the above applies but now we are into the realm of all the other parts required to make a complete rifle – barrels, actions, sights, etc. all of which come from other suppliers with variable deliveries which are not within our control. We do try to keep a stock of .22 and .300 Cal (.308) Lothar Walther and .300 Cal (.308) Krieger barrels, as well as RPA Quadlock actions, sights, triggers, etc. in order to smooth out delivery variations but it is hard to see into the future when ordering stock! Sometimes our suppliers have delivery periods that can be in excess of 4-5 months, as they too have to build to batches.

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Yes and no. If you have to start with a basic wooden stock and were able to add in the cost of an adjustable cheekpiece, an adjustable buttplate and an adjustable grip, the extra parts, the machining and finishing costs would actually match if not exceed that of one of the System Gemini stocks. With System Gemini, the adjustability is already built in. If you need to change anything the flexibility is there to do so. Moreover, if, for whatever reason, you need to adjust your position in the future, you can adjust it yourself – it does not require another trip to the gunsmith to shave a bit more wood here or there! Or worse, having to buy another wooden stock as remember – once wood if removed from a wooden stock – it can’t easily be put back!

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Too many shooters have to compromise their positions in order to suit an ill-fitting stock design. Typical modifications seem to include a towel wrapped around the butt, a lump of wood screwed to the rear of the butt and other such creative ideas! The benefit of the System Gemini stock and buttplate is the ability to set the stock and buttplate up to fit any size or shape of shooter and then to be able to make fine adjustments until the fit is perfect. Once set – that’s it! However, should you need to make a change, say for example on some ranges where the firing point angle may be different, a small change may be made to accommodate. You can make the change right there on the spot and change back immediately after the shoot. For this reason, we recommend you keep a record of your usual set up. This allows another shooter to borrow the stock, set it up for themselves and when returned to you, the original settings can be reset. No other stock is so versatile!

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HPS offers a set-up service to all System Gemini owners to help them gain the best advantage from their System Gemini stock and buttplate and we will show you how easy it is to do this for yourself. Even long after you have purchased your System Gemini, if you have a question – just give us a call or drop us an e-mail!

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We manufacture high quality match ammunition in .308 Win and .223 Rem in large quantities. These are available in either machine loaded for large batches or hand loaded for small batches. Other calibres are also available by special order.We offer ammunition loaded with Sierra MatchKing bullets as standard but are also able to offer Lapua, Berger or Hornady bulleted ammunition to special order.

In .308 Win we offer 155 grain, 175 grain, 190 grain, 200 grain and 210 grain bullets.
In.223 Rem we offer 69 grain, 77 grain and 80 grain bullets.
In 6mm BR we offer 107, 107 Moly and 115 D-TAC.

Other calibres available include but are not limited to:
6.5 x 55, 6.5 x 284, 7mm WSM, 7.62 x 39, 7.62 x 54R, .303 British, 300 WSM, 300 Win Mag, and .338 Lapua Magnum.

Many other calibres and bullet weights are possible; please contact us with your enquiry. We also supply all versions of ELEY .22 Rimfire ammunition.You will find that our prices for match ammunition are very competitive with other well-known brands. Please note, however, that we do not attempt to compete with Military surplus or low-end cheap ammunition. Our purpose is to provide maximum accuracy, not just noise!

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Loading your own ammunition is not for the inexperienced. We prefer not to provide too many details on our website regarding various loads of powder vs bullet weights, etc. as it is a complicated subject involving numerous variables such as the type of rifle, barrel and chamber you intend to use the ammunition in and for what purpose, the climate conditions in which the ammunition will be shot (loads that work fine in the UK need downgrading in very hot climates), etc. It is better for you to contact us so we can discuss you requirements in detail and provide help with where to find information and equipment.

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