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    Howa rifles

    Scot e, you are absolutely spot on with your comments regarding ammo. With my 243, remington factories were noisey, smockey and only reasonably accurate. A friend of mine created different loads and the ideal combination is remington case, winchester standard primer, 43 grns 209 powder, 87...
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    Howa rifles

    Hi, I run the 243 with the heavy varmint barrell, & find it excellent. I am in Australia shooting foxes I admit but would imagine that both pests would be similiar. The rifle has the swarovski 6-25x50 Z5 scope and is good for 200 to 650 metres consistently. I would recommend it.
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    Has anyone bought a Howa in the last year?

    Hi Big fella, the answer to your question is YES & am very happy. I purchased the HB 243,SS with the black hoag stock. My reasons for this is quite simply this is a working gun, not a mantlepiece special. the gun is extremely accurate over long distance & no silly problems like jamming or not...
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