Posts: 1,520 mj246- I just went to a neighborhood gun dealer and he was capable of order it for me. Due to the fact Howas are created in Japan they must be imported by Yet another organization.

Fantastic endorsements of Howa quality, I will certainly really need to check into Howa actions some far more. I'm no spring hen, but I am up to lugging a 10+ pound rifle through the woods for per week or two--that's Component of the attractiveness of hunting for me. I actually appreciate a perfectly built, resilient--and typically weighty--bit of equipment. I also delight in suffering to some extent. The earlier couple of years in CO have often prompted views of "lighter", but I'm hoping to move back again on the SE Coastline completely, so it's possible those feelings will not likely come back at sea degree--at the least for a couple a long time.

The test goal that arrived with it absolutely was about the dimension of a dime! And for $400, why not? Some rifles Value quite a bit extra and get equal efficiency success. Sure, there are many creature comforts in them you are not having with this particular, but In terms of precision, it'll put the spherical in which you send out it.

I purchased one of many early Vanguard Synthetic ( which is actually the same rifle). I understand nothing at all about manufacturing unit ammo. Amongst the rifles I possess just one has ever fired a manufacturing facility spherical.

Numerous Remington, Savage, Sako, Ruger, Howa on Gunbroker. I'd personally test to obtain one of several superior affliction 700s for less than a grand if I had the itch to get a 222 and help you save the expense of the gunsmith and new barrel.   rc

- The stock would be the Hogue Overmold(I think) It has a 1" recoil pad that did a great job of taming the three hundred earn-mag. The blows wore on me, only mainly because I am away from follow. It had been a big shove, as opposed to a pointy punch

It shot right all over 1 MOA. My ideal handloads bought it right down to three/4 MOA, which was loads correct to get a looking rifle. The one explanation I bought it absolutely was the load, which was designed even worse by my stock option. I might like to secure a howa 1500 308 hefty barreled Howa sometime and drop it within a laminate stock, stick a big fat scope on it and also have a benchrest/varmint rig. But as for something I'm going to carry through the mountain, I will pass to the Howa.

Darn fine guns and they don't really need to Perform second fiddle to anything I've observed recently! To start with HOWA I have owned but right after this it sure will not be the last. Are unable to hold out to have to the vary with them and see how they shoot.

Short of bedding, the excess space is usually taken up quickly by layering electrical tape along the sides of the action to tighten the wood to metal in shape.

Now as into the stocks over the Howa rifles, they don't seem to be great. The Hogue has a reasonably versatile forearm. In the event you pony up the money for among the list of Carbon Fiber stocked rifles they will not be as versatile because the Hogue. If you can find a Wooden stocked one It will be more cost-effective as opposed to carbon fiber stocked rifles.

After that, glass bedding and muzzle recrowning are at the very best of your to-do listing. Also must I be concerned about action screw torque impacting precision? It seems to me that an aluminum bedding block would make action screw torque not be as much of a difficulty. I dont own a torque wrench that may go all the way down to inch pounds, so I just acquired them fantastic and tight by using a one/four" ratchet. Must I worry about having them torqued to factory spec that is 50-fifty five in/lbs?   steveNChunter

Any concept in which I could get barreled actions? I really like the thought of ranging from the ground up and buying elements as I can save The cash, but I can't seem to locate any facts on who sells just the barreled actions that may ship to my regional preferred ffl.   mj246

I also utilized the Barrel Break in process for The very first time, I do not know if it lends itself to accuracy, but I'm an obsessive human being, so now I can rule that out Sooner or later.

Posts: 452 I have a Howa 1500 Stainless in .308 with the Hogue inventory. I like it quite a bit, it's a great shooter, and probably one of the better values/kept secrets in bolt guns in existence. This is pictures of mine: