Thread: Shout out for Howa

Howa suck balls

Originally Posted by Gibo

Howa suck balls

Have you ever had your balls sucked? its kinda great

Most of these cheap rifles are a copy of something and unlike the rifles they copied, the automated machinery they are made on is unlikely to turn up with a hangover. The quality comes down to steel quality and how often they change to tooling and for cheap rifles, Howa (and most Japanese copies) seem to nail it.

Maybe just buy a Timney trigger? It is a first class action, a near enough barrel and somewhat downhill from there. Can I suggest it is a $800 rifle due to a shit trigger and a dubious stock and if you replace these you have something genuinely good. You could make the same changes on another brand of $800 rifle and I would say it would be a complete waste of time and money, but a Howa really is a Japanese Sako.

Originally Posted by Bill999

Have you ever had your balls sucked? its kinda great

Not by a rifle sorry

Originally Posted by Bill999

hopefully they arrive with the option of a drop floor plate and double stack by then as well as Stainless
Id be all over that if it costs the same as the 223/7.62x39 model

I look forward to seeing them

Hope so - have asked for a list of what’s arriving

Personally - howa pick action and barrell, grab a stock and timney - LEGO of bolt actions in a way
Why spend on a stock you never wanted so you can save by avoiding it in first place

Originally Posted by faregame

Hope so - have asked for a list of what’s arriving

Personally - howa pick action and barrell, grab a stock and timney - LEGO of bolt actions in a way
Why spend on a stock you never wanted so you can save by avoiding it in first place

as long as its not the houge the standard stock will do me long enough to work out if I like the rifle
the howa triggers Iv used in the passed were better than acceptable and were all factory with a little adjustment.
Im unsure if the spring was chopped or replaced but it was superb

Originally Posted by faregame

Hope so - have asked for a list of what’s arriving

Personally - howa pick action and barrell, grab a stock and timney - LEGO of bolt actions in a way
Why spend on a stock you never wanted so you can save by avoiding it in first place

Forgot to say that. What else can you buy as a barreled action? You don't see wood stocked Howas often, do they still make them?

Originally Posted by Apollo

Forgot to say that. What else can you buy as a barreled action? You don't see wood stocked Howas often, do they still make them?

Not that I know - laminate ones - GRS, Boyds for starters

I love howa, had a .270 and now have a .308.

As per Apollo's comment, I have added a timney trigger and a Stug stock. With a suppressor it's now pretty much (for me) a perfect rifle.

Still, even if you keep a Howa stock standard, it's the pick of the budget rifles in my view.

Originally Posted by faregame

Not that I know - laminate ones - GRS, Boyds for starters

Walnut stocks are available in Australia I believe they are a Boyds.

These are the best stocks available for Howa IMO if you can get them out of the IS.

http://www.legendaryarmsworks.com/pr...howa1500sa.htm


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Originally Posted by Spudattack

These are the best stocks available for Howa IMO if you can get them out of the IS.

Howa 1500 Short Action Stock w/ Cheekpiece


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Interesting. In the photos it looks like the finishing is a bit average...but maybe that's not the finished product?

Originally Posted by Strummer

Interesting. In the photos it looks like the finishing is a bit average...but maybe that's not the finished product?

Yeah, those are unfinished and require final fitting and the finish of your choice applied.

This is what they can look like, this is the High Tech Legendary Arms stock on the Howa Mountain Rifle with Limbsaver recoil pad, all factory.




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That looks awesome. Just trying to figure out the dollars on this...so it's $us330...assuming I can get a mule to bring it over to NZ...what are my extra costs going to be?

Originally Posted by Strummer

That looks awesome. Just trying to figure out the dollars on this...so it's $us330...assuming I can get a mule to bring it over to NZ...what are my extra costs going to be?

Customs have a calculator for that