jmccracken1214
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Just bought one from a member on the Grendel forum.
Anyone else have any experience with the Howa 1500?
Anyone else have any experience with the Howa 1500?
I’m hoping for the best with mine. Will be putting a rifle basix trigger in it thoughI have been very impressed with the two I have.
I’m hoping for the best with mine. Will be putting a rifle basix trigger in it though
I got mine with a oryx chassis. So shouldn’t have any flex issuesI actually really like the factory HACT trigger. The only gripe I have about mine is that the Houge stock on my .308 tends to flex and put pressure on the barrel when using a bipod. Planning on swapping it for a B&C at some point.
I got some hornady black, custom and federal match 130 bergers. Prob shoot FridayI’d like to see how it shoots, my primary AR is 6.5
Wasn’t all that amazed with how it shot today. It shot the hornady custom really well. The black was 1-1.5” and the federal Berger was about an inch. The factory barrel is pretty thin, looks even worse in this chassis, so I may throw a heavier barrel on it and run 22-24” instead of 20
I like the cz but this howa has impressed me with the quality of it, the bolt.. the trigger. It’s nice. Factory barrel may shoot my loads better but I want a heavier profile. I had a flyer, and 4 shots in under half inch with the hornady custom.Shoulda bought a CZ.
My varmint is like cheating when I do my thing. I was getting <1” groups with freaking $9 Russian Wolf ammo. Better with Hornady. I can only imagine what a skilled reloader could do.
I like the cz but this howa has impressed me with the quality of it, the bolt.. the trigger. It’s nice. Factory barrel may shoot my loads better but I want a heavier profile. I had a flyer, and 4 shots in under half inch with the hornady custom.
I just want to push these 123’s at 2700+FPS
Ignore the mess, just a quick photo of how she sits now
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I’m going to do a trigger job on this. Seems to get it around that same weight. The howa also has zero creep. But it’s around 2# now. Too heavy for me. My other rifles are at 10 ozI have heard they are decent rifles. On the 6.5 grendel forums there are lots of fans. But my CZ with the set trigger is about a 1 lb pull with zero creep. Crazy nice for bench shooting. Without setting it it’s about a decent 3lbs.
I’ve never had a rifle shoot it good out of the 6 Grendel’s I’ve had. A friend has a 20” PSA grendel and it’ll group the black at half inch.Hornady Black has been hit or miss for a lot of people, most are seeing better groups with wolf.
I cant seem to find any of their 300 win mag actions... I see them at their site, but everywhere else says discontinued. Id love to pick one up and make it into a 300PRCI've picked up a few Howa's from Brownells. They run some good sales once in awhile and some calibers are offered with heavier barrels.
https://www.brownells.com/rifle-parts/receiver-parts/receivers/barreled-receivers/index.htm
Her's mine in 6mm CM with the ORYX stock. I added a Basix trigger set at 14 oz in lieu of the HACT and topped it with a Sig Tango 4. I really like the Howa's for the money.
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Got my 3-15 viper mounted. Just waiting on the new barrel
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I was going to put a 26” Wilson barrel on it but got aggravated with not being able to find mags for it so I traded it for a rprWhat kind of barrel are you putting on there?
I was looking at the heavy barrel 20” action that brownells has on sale last night, kinda itching for it.
I’ve already got the CZ 527 in Grendel but I kinda want a gun I can beat around, the CZ is too pretty to scratch up
Yeah if bummed me out. I called Legacy and they didn’t know what another shipment would be here.Dang, I haven’t tried to look for mags for it yet. Looks like they are nowhere to be found. Glad I didn’t pull the trigger yet
I’ve got 5 mags for my CZ, but that’s between two guns. The other CZ is in 7.62x39