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Its Howady Doody time!!!

Howa 243AI
Pacnor 1-8" 3 groove
Sako classic
Timney trigger
Talley LW's
NF 2.5-10x42

That's pretty snazzy.

I'm reminded of an article by one of the gun writers, can't remember which website,could very well be this one. It was an in-depth article as to why the Howa 1500 was the ideal action for a custom build. Howas don't get critized much.

This. I have two with the original factory tubes. I used the McMillan stock for the Sako and a Timney. Their stock triggers are hit and miss.

Haha. If I offered to sell that back to you, I lied. She's my favorite rifle by far.


Travis

Mine all wear Timneys as well. That Ranchland Compact may not, I'm not sure.

But all the new Howa's I have finger banged had good triggers.


Travis

I have a Howaguard in 300WM I need to put in a decent stock. I like them quite a bit.

Anyone ever ADL one? Is it possible?

I have had three; still have two and wished I didn't sell the third, which was a super accurate .257 sub-MOA. Great actions, super accurate and not as heavy as some think with custom barrel/stock.

My last one I bought was a .308 youth model Vanguard that was on close out out Cabelas when the S2s came out. Paid $299 and with Cabelas points, walked out with pretty much a free rifle. I bought a Bansner stock off the classifieds that had a poor bedding / fitting job for $100 or so. Mounted a cheap scope I had laying around in cheap Weaver mounts and proceeded to shoot clover leafs with 3 separate loads. Rifle and scope were around 7 pounds.

So, what did I do? Re-barreled with a Shilen no. 4 cut to 18.5" so I could mount a suppressor. Just picked up this morning and it looks great and weighs 6.5 pounds with Bansner stock. Still have the accurate factory barrel with 20 rounds through it also.

Some gunsmiths won't cut metric threads, but other than that I like them better than model 700s.

I bought one last year with the plan of making it into a 358 Winchester. Chambered in 243 I made the classic mistake of shooting it (had some old reloads) and it is almost a 1/2 inch rifle. Bet it will shoot even better with brass fired in it's own chamber which is somewhat oversize. Trigger was like dragging a tire rim over a gravel road till I blew all the trash and dust out of it before a cleaning and oiling, now it is good enough. It is the S&W version built with a detachable magazine back in 1982. The stock resembles the model 70's featherweight design.