I don't own one, but I've sold them, along with Remingtons, Brownings, Tikkas, Marlins, etc.
They are excellent guns. If you haven't seen other posts yet, Howa makes the Vanguard for Weatherby. It's an excellent rifle, accuracy as good as most others, and I've never heard of any problems mechanically with them. For the money, you can't do much better. We were selling the synthetic/blued version for 359.00 and the stainless/synthetic for 399.00. That was a little over a year ago.
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Very well made rifles. For what they cost they are about the best in their class IMO. I would buy a Howa over any Savage or Remington and a good bit of Rugers and Winchesters too.
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I own a How 1500 varminter supreme, .223. The action cycles smoother than any Remington or Winchester varming rig I've handled. The gun is more accurate than I'll ever be, but I keep trying. BB's built a custom gun off a Howa action. Looked really cool, I don't think he's given us a range report yet though.
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Obama=The Fourth Reich,
Just look at the parallels of the Nazi regime and the Obama Administration amazingly similar arent' they.
No range report yet. I am waiting on the tax return (yes I procrastinated[8D]) for a Leupold VX-III. It's really hard not being able to shoot it yet.
I only got two rounds through it in the test booth as of right now.[&:]
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"The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency........... Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president."
They are the same gun with only minor cosmetic differences.
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"The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency........... Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president."
Howas have been around for quite awhile. In addition to the aforementioned Weatherby connection, and before they went with just Howa's name on it, they were made with the Mossberg name for at least a couple years (I think in the mid to late 80's), and before that they were stamped with the Smith & Wesson name for a number of years.
i have a smith and wesson that i got new in 1982, in 30-06. i replaced the wood stock with a ramline. with handloads i have gotten 3/4" x3 shot groups at 100 yards. good rifle at a good price.
howa?
