B. White
Senior Member
Sold the AR I had in 6.5 grendel and bought the Howa 20" heavy barreled action in the same caliber. Pieces all came in this week and put it together. I'm trying to keep it light and took the scope mounts and a VX1 off of a Remington. The VX1 weighs quite a bit less than a Vortex Diamondback I have. I'll move the Vortex to the 06. It needs a little recoil counterbalance anyway. The bases I pulled off the Remington fit, but didn't leave much room for adjustment. The rear base could only be oriented one way to not interfere with the bolt. Functions fine.
Considerably lighter and more compact than the Howa 1500 with a B&C stock I have with a 22" sporter barrel. I like the LOP in the Marlin lever actions I have and ordered this stock to match. Feels good, but we'll see if it shoots.
The action is not as smooth as the other Howa short actions I have and have also read that from others, but degree of smoothness doesn't matter much to me as long as it hits where I aim. I'll see if I can find range time on a rainy day when I'm not working or hunting to try it out. I have enough loaded to get it on paper and will see what it likes with ELDs and 8208 when I have time.
Considerably lighter and more compact than the Howa 1500 with a B&C stock I have with a 22" sporter barrel. I like the LOP in the Marlin lever actions I have and ordered this stock to match. Feels good, but we'll see if it shoots.
The action is not as smooth as the other Howa short actions I have and have also read that from others, but degree of smoothness doesn't matter much to me as long as it hits where I aim. I'll see if I can find range time on a rainy day when I'm not working or hunting to try it out. I have enough loaded to get it on paper and will see what it likes with ELDs and 8208 when I have time.