The way I use mine I'm seriously considering ceracoating the stainless
The bits not ceracoated would stain up first use if it was blued
The howa also has a heavy barrel so that makes me like it less
As a kick about rifle the ruger American is hard to beat as a ready to go option
Ar mag fed is really effective in that action my hunting mate has one and I always go back to if I would have been better off with one of those with a ceracoat and just treated it like a hunting rifle
For the money they are hard to beat and from the one I have seen they are very accurate with both the sub-x and 110 hornady vmax
They cost total what a rebarrel will so are worth a think how much total you want to spend on a sub 150m gun
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