Howa 1500 builds **post them**
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Yeah those are impossible to find it seems like. The first link is OOS and the 2nd is just a reference.
I've looked before and never any luck.
Midway has the #23 in stock. Not sure if it would work on a .300 BO or not...
Nevermind. I'm an idiot. I saw #23 on their chart, but then realized all of them have #23 on the right hand side. Duh
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Lemme go check it out and do some research.
Thanks for pointing that out.
If anybody else has some other suggestions, I'm all ears.
Yeah, I have one in .223 and .300BO. I'd rather have one that will fit both, but I'm not sure. I contacted PH, but I'm not holding my breath on a response...
Well technically they both use the same bolt face diameter so I think they should work for each other. Unless the rod guide extends all the way forward to the neck case of the chamber. In which case, the 300BO would most likely not fit in the 223, and would not fit on my grendels.
I never saw one advertised back when I started building rifles on the Mini action, so I bought some 6061 T6 aluminum tube & white delrin rod, and a brass bolt, set stuff up in the 3-jaw on my lathe, and turned one out for myself. More or less copied the commercial ones I've seen for Rem 700 actions, just scaled-down to fit the smaller Howa Mini. That was several years ago - I'd have thought someone like Possum Hollow would've started making something for them by now??
My Howa in .243, just got my first hits at 1 km+ last weekend, which was probably the last shots through this barrel.
2 hits in a row on a <1 MOA rock at 1260 meters (1377 yards), which I'm very happy with, especially considering the limitations of a 10" twist .243 barrel and the bullets I can stabilize.
Used 95 grain Berger Classic Hunters, as they are the highest BC bullets that I can stabilize, and my barrel really liked them.
Will get it rebarreled sometime before fall, probably in 6.5x47 or maybe Creedmoor, ammo cost is about the same here in Norway, so I'm leaning towards the 47.
2 hits in a row on a <1 MOA rock at 1260 meters (1377 yards), which I'm very happy with, especially considering the limitations of a 10" twist .243 barrel and the bullets I can stabilize.
Used 95 grain Berger Classic Hunters, as they are the highest BC bullets that I can stabilize, and my barrel really liked them.
Will get it rebarreled sometime before fall, probably in 6.5x47 or maybe Creedmoor, ammo cost is about the same here in Norway, so I'm leaning towards the 47.
Picked up a used howa 308 in a grs berserk. Stole scope off my ar to test. Eventually will get a krg bravo or xray for it and get a 30cal can next year. Needs a 20moa base and better rings here soon. I like the stock but i like chassis's more
It looks sick but is it me or does that scope look just like an arken lol?
From what I hear it's nearly identical and/or made by some of the same people.
It's made in same factory, based on same OEM, but supposedly the DNT has better glass.
I'm pretty sure all the barrel channels from B&C line up. If the stock says sporter barrel, the sporter Howa barrel will drop in. I have their 'heavy' barrel with B&Cs 'heavy' barrel channel and theres a perfect amount of clearance. Dont be intimidated about hogging out a barrel channel on a B&C stock either; I've opened up MANY barrel channels and I gotta say, the B&Cs were the easiest. I mean REALLY easy. So easy I'm actually scared of this stock falling apart lol. I sware mines made of a dense foam lol. I do still love the value of their stocks though.Does anyone know if this barrel will fit in this stock? The barrel is listed as "medium ci tour" by Brownells. The B&C stocks come in standard or heavy barrel fit. The one below is standard, would assume the heavy contour stock is too large but not sure if the standard is too tight or not.
HOWA M1500 Barreled Action 300 Win Mag 24" BBL 1/2"-28 Blued SKU: 100053474
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I'm on my third Howa now and every one of their factory barrels have shot great with my handloads. All 3 of them are half inch guns with Jard target triggers in them. My last one was a barreled action I got from Brownells and I mounted it in an unbedded hogue stock. Still shot excellent.
I cant get enough of these actions. When they're on sale at Brownells (got the last one for 340 dollars) I buy them and turn them into something else. I have my own barrel vice and action wrench, and after I've experimented with the factory barrels for science's sake, I twist off the barrels, send them out for a barrel of my choice, then rebuild them into something cool. For ME, there's now downside. The money I save over an action that costs 1100 dollars more, I spend on a high end optic.
