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Hope everyone is doing good! I wanted to ask if anyone here had any experience with a Howa HBar rifle in 223? Howa has a lot of good writeups from what I see on the internet. A local guy has got such a rifle. He is thinking about selling it he says; but, then again he's not for sure. I told him I may be interested in it down the road if I can swing it.
The rifle comes with a Pentax 4x12x40 scope. He said that he has only put 5 shots through it to zero it in. He is not sure how much he wants if he decides to let it go. I just wondered if anyone here had any experience with this company. Thanks!

Price, dictates everything.

I have a pdog shooting friend who has a heavy barreled Howa 1500 in 223 with a 4-12x40 Redfield Revolution that he likes a lot. The condition and model of scope and scope mounts would dictate price.

JEff

I own two and will likely buy more.

Never had to deal with any warranty work so can't speak on CS.


Travis

These guys are right. All of them....

I wore one out Pdoggin', the barrel, anyway.... Fine shooting rifle before I abused it Pdoggin'. 23.5 H-322/50 SPSX would drill under .3" when I pulled the trigger right.

The only hassle I had with it, was the pivot screw holding the bolt stop in place, on the left side of the rifle. It's a very fine-threaded, and frail, piece of equipment, and it snapped when I was putting the action in a new stock I thought I needed. Had I left it alone, I wouldn't have had to chase down a new screw. Beyond that, though, it was a very good rifle, and I sometimes wish I'd just rebarrelled and kept it. Oh yeah, and the trigger was no joy, but now Timney makes a good replacement.

Thanks for the comments!