Thread: Howa 223 not shooting well and my quest to fix it

Originally Posted by andyanimal31

I have had issues with most new howas re bedding.
By the time you pay to get it bedded and get a trigger job done just go buy a tikka.
I'm sorry but it's the truth!

There's nothing wrong whatsoever with the barrelled action. You might have seen what mine do on some of the videos. What's let Howa down in the past is the stocks. If you have 5 mins, take a look at the current Legacy Sports catalogue, to see what they've done about that.

But there are some wonderfully OTT expressions of nonsense about what to do about them. Like go buy a Tikka, that's quite a good one.

The Hogue stock needs the application of a scalpel for about 2 minutes to fix. It's already pillar bedded. Just trim off the overmoulded rubber at the tip of the forend. Job done. You can pull down on the forend with a bipod as much as you like, ain't gonna touch after that. And try go hunting in mid-winter rain and mud with the rubber coated stock - I love them for their grippiness and toughness.




I own Tikkas too. Both laminated stocks needed pillar and epoxy bedding as they shifted around enough to chew the lip of the silly alloy recoil lug. Which needed replacing with a stainless steel or titanium one. And the bottom metal sorry plastic is prone to compressing the laminate, so I've had to epoxy bed that too.

Both plastic Tikka stocks I own required pillar bedding.

And who pays for bedding jobs anyway? Easy as, just take yer time.

Just sayin'....

Nothing's perfect mate.

EDIT

OH YEAH! I almost forgot. Get some lighter trigger springs from the Gunbloke for $15. Job done.

Originally Posted by Flyblown

There's nothing wrong whatsoever with the barrelled action. You might have seen what mine do on some of the videos. What's let Howa down in the past is the stocks. If you have 5 mins, take a look at the current Legacy Sports catalogue, to see what they've done about that.

But there are some wonderfully OTT expressions of nonsense about what to do about them. Like go buy a Tikka, that's quite a good one.

The Hogue stock needs the application of a scalpel for about 2 minutes to fix. It's already pillar bedded. Just trim off the overmoulded rubber at the tip of the forend. Job done. You can pull down on the forend with a bipod as much as you like, ain't gonna touch after that. And try go hunting in mid-winter rain and mud with the rubber coated stock - I love them for their grippiness and toughness.

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I own Tikkas too. Both laminated stocks needed pillar and epoxy bedding as they shifted around enough to chew the lip of the silly alloy recoil lug. Which needed replacing with a stainless steel or titanium one. And the bottom metal sorry plastic is prone to compressing the laminate, so I've had to epoxy bed that too.

Both plastic Tikka stocks I own required pillar bedding.

And who pays for bedding jobs anyway? Easy as, just take yer time.

Just sayin'....

Nothing's perfect mate.

EDIT

OH YEAH! I almost forgot. Get some lighter trigger springs from the Gunbloke for $15. Job done.

Even cheaper option is a ball point pen spring cut to length and installed in place of the factory spring

Originally Posted by rambo-6mmrem

Even cheaper option is a ball point pen spring cut to length and installed in place of the factory spring

yeah nah I'll pass thanks mate!

Originally Posted by Flyblown

yeah nah I'll pass thanks mate!

Fair enough not for everyone
I still have the original spring I can put back in 2 minutes
But it seems to be perfectly good 1.8 lb on the Lyman trigger scales
Breaks bloody awesome and won’t go off when knocked hard trust me ive tryed hard to make it go without pulling the trigger I can’t get it to go off without my permission ie pulling the trigger

It’s probably not 100% drop safe I get that but 99% of the time it’s shot off a bench rest and single feeded off bags so chances of it getting dropped with a round in the chamber is arround 0.00%