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Most economical way to rebarrel a Howa 1500

Someone beat me to it but Brownell's is famous for selling Howa barreled actions.
 
I would like to hear more about what tolerances you are seeing in PM.
Only Howa knows what tolerances are allowed for every dimension in their rifles.

All you get when measuring parts is part to part variation. They could all be consistently out of specification for all you know since you don't know what the blueprint nominal value is nor the allowable variation (aka tolerance).
 
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Having measured barrels, ill echo what @308pirate said. Unless i have a HUGE sample set, like 100 barrel, you wont have a correct measurement set.

REally need manuf spec to clarify, but you arw able to get VERY close.

As for arguing on the internet... no offense here.. im aussie, take more than a stern word to get me fired up.
 
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Rebarreling a Howa on a budget:

1. Take your factory Howa barreled-action to a local gunsmith and have them remove the barrel, should be less than $50 and is worth every penny compared to fighting with removing it yourself (unless you happen to own everything needed for a worst-case-shit-it's-not-moving scenario).

2. Go to Crown Ridge Barrel Works and order an X-Caliber barrel with one of their barrel nuts: ~$400.

3. Spin the new barrel on in your garage/basement. Interestingly, since a Howa 1500 has a square bottom, you don't even need to buy a barrel vise, a regular bench vise will do.

I've had 2 of them for Howa and both shot as good or better than anything I've ever had from Proof or Bartlein.

Howa + CRBW MTU (zoom in to see the barrel nut installed):
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Guys,

I'm bringing this bread back up to see if there is anything new. Crown ridge barrel works don't have anything in stock at the moment.

Has anyone used these criterions?

Or is there any shop that you guys know of with howa barrels and barrel nuts ready to go out the door. I'm not finding much online. I need a 6.5cm barrel.
Sell it, and buy something that uses prefits and a 700 footprint & triggers. You can build it at home, no gunsmith required.
 
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Guys,

I'm bringing this bread back up to see if there is anything new. Crown ridge barrel works don't have anything in stock at the moment.

Has anyone used these criterions?

Or is there any shop that you guys know of with howa barrels and barrel nuts ready to go out the door. I'm not finding much online. I need a 6.5cm barrel.
Criterion barrels are good to go.
McGowen, Shilen and Carbon Six also make them, but I believe they are made to order.
 
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Yep! I'm extremely happy with mine. I've ran it in two regional prs matches so far and it's held up as well as my custom barrel from last year. I've been able to squeeze .3 moa out of it running dasher with virtually no load development. Oh and the best part...mine was delivered within two days of ordering! No crazy lead times to deal with (y)

Edit: one caveat I should mention is - my criterion dasher barrel didn't like alpha brass for whatever reason. I suspect it's because the neck diameter was .272 vs .274 which didn't allow the neck to expand enough causing over pressure, but I'm not 100% sure. Nothing crazy, just slightly cratered primers, occasional heavy bolt lift, and higher velocity for the charge. Once I switched to peterson brass the issue went away.
 
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