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I have an opportunity at a new Howa 1500 rifle, threaded heavy barrel for $675. How are the Howa guns for varmint/precision (non competition) shooting?



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I think they are underrated and are an excellent long range rifle. I bought an 24" barreled action and put it in a B&C stock, stuck a Mk4 lrt 4.5-14x50 Leupold on a 20moa rail and have shot it out to 1K and been very happy with it. I've taken all my deer and elk with it in the last 20+ yrs. 45 to 50 IIRC. Out to just -700yds. That was in Western Wyoming.
 
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I’d never heard of Howa until I got my dad’s 1980s S&W 12 gauge and researched it. Made by Howa. Damn fine shotgun. Hope their rifles are as nice. Got pics of it?
 
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I have two Howa's (.338 Win Mag and 6.5 Creedmoor) and one Weatherby Vanguard 2 (.270 Win) which is made by Howa. They all shoot well. The .338 and .270 are 24" hunting weight barrels. The 6.5 CM is a 26" bull barrel chassis rifle so it's more accurate due to the barrel, the better stock, and the better cartridge.






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I've owned several of the Howa built Weatherby Vangards. They're excellent rifles for the price.
 
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sold a new 1500 in 223 to a regular customer a few months ago,

he's a Master or HM shooter (service rifle/match rifle/silhouette)


he worked up a few light bullet loads and was getting some seriously tight groups out of his rifle at 100 and 200


sold a few in other calibers in the past few years to folks who also were getting good accuracy out of them,



HOWA has been around a long while, and has made a lot of firearms for other brands



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Thanks Lyman. I did know that they made a bunch of guns for other brands, and was aware that they had a good brand reputation.

The package that is for sale is this one. The shop is looking for $675 for the package. I recognize that the Scope probably isn't worth much, but I'm trying to find out if the rest of the package is a decent deal.



"I vowed to myself to fight against evil more completely and more wholeheartedly than I ever did before. . . . That’s the only way to pay back part of that vast debt, to live up to and try to fulfill that tremendous obligation."

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Howa not only still makes the Weatherby Vanguard, they used to make the Weatherby Mark V. Howa makes an excellent gun. Years ago I had a Weatherby Vanguard in .270 Winchester. It was an fantastic gun and I'm sorry i sold it.


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