I echo the previous post regarding the Howa 1500 Lightning's plastic Butler Creek Stock. My Howa in 6.5x55 Swedish Mauser would not keep 3 shots in less than 2 inches at 100 yards with any consistency until I replaced the plastic stock with a Boyd's laminated wood stock and glass bedded the recoil lug. I never did attempt to glass bed the plastic stock, so maybe it would have worked had I tried it, but it had major bedding issues as it came and although the laminated stock is quite a bit heavier I much prefer its' looks and the improved accuracy it provided. The Howa action seems great and I would not hesitate to rebarrel it once the factory barrel is shot out.