ann brezinski
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I saw where they are going to market a rifle in 300 prc.any one ever have used one of there rifles.also I heard that weatherby vanguards are made by them.
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imartin
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I have only used them in Weatherby Vanguard form. In my opinion, one of the best guns for the money.
ann brezinski
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thank you.the action on the weatherby and the howa are the same ?
Blancoalex
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I too have one Weatherby Vanguard(Howa 1500) that I put medium Palma barrel on,Marksman stock, and tuned up the factory trigger. It is 300 Weatherby and good shooting rifle. I think the Howa' s are also good to use as switch barrel rifle with their built in recoil lug.
TC338
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I've got an older Howa 1500 that I just had a switchlug and bartlein barrel put on. It was a good shooter in factory form, but is an absolute tack driver now.
David Emerson
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Ed will not like me for this but the vanguards I have had were way more accurate than the mkv,s
In my useless opinion, the Howa products ought to be top-notch stuff. They are made in Japan, a nation that applies high-technology to everything they manufacture. Why buy a US-made production-run receiver machined to .001 inches when you can buy a Howa machined to .0005 inches-- and at a very attractive price? The Japanese get into the really hi-tech stuff because they love the supreme accuracy of it. American makers avoid the really hi-tech stuff because they do not want to pay the one-time cost to get into that arena. I think we can all see which is the correct way to go...
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My wife is not happy with you, because you've sold me on building another howa
I hate digging out my metric gears for the lathe though.... ughWhat would be dam-ned nice is if Howa machined its receiver mouths in UNF threading for those rifles specifically destined for US sale. But as we all know, "If ifs and buts were soups and nuts, we'd all have a very merry Christmas." I'm just gratified that we can get the Howa in the US. I have an M1500 in a stainless .223Rem & dropped into a lefthanded thumbhole stock. I like the rifle and enjoy shooting it.
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I'll be keeping my eyes on these pages in slobbering anticipation to see the final product. What would be triple icy-cool is to see some progress photos of it as it makes its way closer and closer toward the first trip to the range.
Yes. Weatherby imported Howas as an entry level rifle. Some had an accuracy guarantee with factory match ammo. Now they all have the same guarantee. Same action.
Just finished a 30-28 hybrid the other day. Once it's perfected, I'll get her started
