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Thanks, I'll look that up.

My Daughter called it "The Pumpkin" the first time she saw it, right after I put it together.

The name has stuck. I don't normally name rifles, but everyone in my hunting circle calls it that.

It's the rifle I carry the most, so it sees a fair amount of use.

It weighs seven pounds nekkid. Sling and 4 cartridges aren't real heavy.

Howa's definition of Lightweight is a little different than others, and I don't like them too much lighter.

I took a Howa Lightning 308 with a fixed 6 weaver and 3 shells and a sling bedded into a high tech specialties stock and on a postage scale the gun weighed just a touch under 7 lbs. The whole gun felt a lot better after the stock change and was worth the expense.

That sounds like a good weight, for carrying and shooting, both.

All hail the Pumpkin!!

Yes. Hogue overmolded stocks need to go away forever.


Okie John

Hi Everyone,

I'm new to posting to this forum, but have been reading and getting helpful info from here for awhile... Does anyone have an idea on the weight of the Vanguard 2 "griptonite" stock? I was pleased to find out that these are available to purchase directly from weatherby. I have a Howa 1500 6.5 creed that I bought a few months ago. Great rifle. Shoots the barnes 127 gr LRX into nice little groups. However, as everyone has already said, the hogue stock sucks. I bought the rifle with the plan of replacing the stock but haven't yet. If the "griptonite" would save me 6+ ozs. it might be just what I'm looking for. If not, I'll probably go B and C.

As an aside, the Howa I got was the Kuiu version, which is available with the light contour 20" barrel, and the milled out bolt knob and receiver. This makes the usually portly Howa action a little more svelte. And it comes from the factory with cerakote. Also, the hogue stock is dipped in a Kuiu camo, which I could care less about, and I'll probably be selling once the new stock is determined. Cool thing is, this is exactly the Howa Alpine Mountain rifle, just without the nice light Banser/LAW stock... But for $499 from sportsmans warehouse... Worth checking out if anyone is in the market.

Thanks,
Andrew

HS precision has a few options available for the 1500. Might be worth checking out.

340,

I have two Sako Classics in standard fill and one Sako Hunter in EDGE. I much prefer the feel and weight of the Sako Hunter EDGE to the other two. But the Classic looks more better. Either way you won't end up with a horribly light gun though.

That being said, the Basner/Do It Yourself thing would be pretty tempting. irfubar has a couple and they're nice.

Even more tempting would be to trip your current rig and buy an Alpine in the 6.5 Creed.




Travis

I fight that impulse every day.

I handled one at Whitakers the other day, and it almost went home with me.

Travis,
Thanks much for the info. Lots of options out there, more than I would have thought.
As far as my Howa 6.5 Swede goes, I love the caliber, and the rifle, other than that blasted stock, is very impressive. However, I might just buy a 6.5 Creed at some point anyway?

Then I would order a McMillan or hope to find a used one.

I take it you need a LA?




Travis

I have a 1500 in that dang Hogue stock. It's like carrying a heavy 4x4 post around. But the damn thing just is an incredible shooter. I am scared to mess with anything, sure as hell if I so much as pull it out of the stock once it'll be an ordinary MOA rifle and I just cannot make myself mess with it. The damn thing will almost produce round hole groups when I have a good day.

Yessir, though I still always have a hard time thinking of the 6.5X55 as a 'long' action cartridge? I mean, when I think 'Long Action'' I think something on an ought-six case and the Swede is sort of a 'inbetweener' that way.