Thread: Howa 223 Blued/walnut with Hardy Barrel

Hi all, anyone have any experience and opinions on these Howa 1500 with a Hardy barrel?

They are just down the road, I’m looking for a 223, be for gongs and the odd hunting trip, need it to be accurate for pinpoint shit placement

*Shot placement

(Guess AI has seen my targets and corrected me)

@dannyb had one I think

Originally Posted by trooper90

@dannyb had one I think

Yip there is a thread on it somewhere, originally they were 26" barrel I had mine chopped to 20" it was a very accurate rifle, I only ever used fiocchi 55gn sp in it and it printed those into sub moa 5 shot groups easily.
My only criticism would be the bore wasn't concentric to the barrel but this had zero effect on it's accuracy and to be fair I didn't notice, it wasn't glaringly obvious, my gunsmith picked it up and just made sure when he chopped and re threaded it that the thread was concentric to the bore. All in all a good rifle for the money.
If I was in the market for another 223 it would be high on my list for consideration albeit in a lighter stock, those walnut stocks are quite chunky

Have threaded a few now inc Danny’s and every one had a off center bore
When they were shortened and rethreaded the last one being particularly
Bad seemed to shoot ok but one of them was bad enough an over barrel can
Had to be run with no bush as it pushed it out of alignment

Ok thanks mate, that answers my question, I’ll try something else