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i would never be rebarreling my .243 howa- when i test fired it, it shot tiny little groups and there was zero copper fouling and the barrel came clean with just a few patches.

weird. apparently they know how to make barrels over there at howa.

i know howa makes their own barrels and weatherby uses kreiger barrels on the vanguards. so apparently howa just takes their actions and krieger barrels and slaps them together and ships to weatherby?

seems odd. when i need a new tube i am not sure where i would go.

-Matt

C'mon Now.......Using Kreigers????? They just give you a free action with the barrel? If you believe every thing you hear than you will be in trouble. Wow. Oh yeah the Nosler being a howa?? Again WOW! They werent 3 years ago any ways. They are cast. They are cast at the same place as some other name brand actions that are not nearly as expensive. But Howas....NO! Worth the money they are getting??? I would say not. But I may know abit more than the guy with the money that wants the name? I just worked there.

Jason

Jason

Thought I would resurrect this old thread..

Any tricks to reducing the weight of the action itself?

Anyone add a 3 position safety to the Howa?

Newer Howas have a 3 position safety, albeit a side and not on the shroud ala Winchester.

ive got a s&w 1500 in 223. very nice little rifle but heavy. i didn't know about the howa barreled actions sans stock do they sell the actions only? cause i see a 223ai in my future

Yes they do, I've built a few off them.

cool, you have a link?

You can look on their site and see where they list just the barreled actions.
http://www.legacysports.com/products/howa/index.html

All you need do is find a distributor that deals in them.

thanks

actually they are kreiger, you can call weatherby. and when you do you can kiss my ass for being rude.

the twist rates and contours and lengths ALL differ from howa. it seems odd that Howa would set up to make 2 different styles and twists, etc. i'd say its because they didnt.

-Matt

They aren't "real" Kriegers. They are Krieger Criterion barrels (button rifled). That being said, they usually shoot great, but it isn't a three hundred dollar cut rifled Krieger tube. That's almost as much as the entire rifle costs.

yeah. all i said was that they were kreigers. i knew they weren't the high dollar one. that's common sense, since the whole gun costs $399.

I was just adding the info since the original poster seems unfamiliar with them.

gotcha. thanks.