I've seen a bunch of Howa 1500 with laminated stocks and they were on the heavy side.
Weatherby sells the V2 stocks for around $130 and I think that they may be the best injection molded stocks currently being factory installed, far better than the Hogues. I've had a 1500 in 6.5x55 for awhile that went through a few different after-market stocks before I settled on a V2 take-off.
