Thread: What do you think of this rifle in .308?

Originally Posted by MB

Howas are rust buckets aren't they?

Mine hasn't rusted yet....I have heard some horror stories but in fairness I've owned a few howa's including an alpine, blued and stainless 1500's and not experienced the mythical howa rust before your eyes phenomenon that others seem to harp on about.....

Originally Posted by dannyb

Mine hasn't rusted yet....I have heard some horror stories but in fairness I've owned a few howa's including an alpine, blued and stainless 1500's and not experienced the mythical howa rust before your eyes phenomenon that others seem to harp on about.....

the Brand New s/steel grendel I bought a few weeks ago has rust spots starting on the end of the bolt knob .... hasn't even left the house yet ...

Originally Posted by Ftx325

the Brand New s/steel grendel I bought a few weeks ago has rust spots starting on the end of the bolt knob .... hasn't even left the house yet ...

My safe is in a very dry and stable temp location probably helps, I also wipe down all my firearms with crc longlife before putting away in the safe, never had an issue with any rust on anything.

well I am happy with my tikka bushy . Factory barrel with carbon stock , cut back to 16" , with supressor and vx5 on board around 3.5 kg ish .
Worth noting that a carbon barrel isn't neccesarily lighter than the factory option in the lite contour either . If you are simply looking at the carbon barrel for weight savings I don't think you will find it actually saves much - if any - over the factory offering . The real advantage to carbon barrels is weight saving over a HEAVY barrel and more repeatability when shooting strings and the barrel starts to heat up .
Not worth the extra $$ if just chasing weight reduction ....
I built my tikka with everything done , inc titanium bolt handle , supressor and barrel chop , top rail , along with carbon stock for around or slightly less than the carbon tikka that started this thread . That said I did not flute the bolt (less gaps for the bush to find it's way in to the action I reckon - in theory) That includes a spare 5 round mag .
If you want a short barreled tikka just build one @MB .

Originally Posted by Ftx325

the Brand New s/steel grendel I bought a few weeks ago has rust spots starting on the end of the bolt knob .... hasn't even left the house yet ...

any chance of a photo? I use crc/wd40 and dont try all that hard and theres nothing in the year or more that hasnt rubbed off yet on mine

Originally Posted by MB

Howas are rust buckets aren't they?

they are about on par with my stainless kimbers or trueflight barrels for corosion levels
tikka are slightly better

when you say rust you mean the slight browning that happens on the lower parts of the low sheen finish right? because as with all stainless a rub with a scotch brite and crc takes all that off
stainless are stainless all the way thru unlike blueing thats just essentially a paint on the outside that once worn is gone forever

the bonus I see with howa and tikka are that you can rebarrel a tikka with the plethora of take offs from all the "custom" builds for very low cost, and howa barreled actions cost less than a rebarrel and they both shoot damn well
if you wanted to play musical chairs with calibers you could do quite easily without loosing a great deal in value

I live about 3km from the ocean down wind of the predomanant wind so everything corrodes here aluminum included, tikka, sako the lot all do just spray them with your favorite airisol oil and move on with life

Or a rem model 7 would be another goodie

Come to think of it @Sid had a very slick custom rem700 for sale pretty sure it never sold

Last asking was $3700 looks to be available and has had just about every lightweight mod you could think of built by the late great Robbie Tiffen. I doubt you will find anything nicer for the $$$$

https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co....ralight-79224/

Not sure why anyone feels compelled to buy a new rifle. Only one I have ever bought new was my .22, which was a dumb move on reflection

Originally Posted by caberslash

Not sure why anyone feels compelled to buy a new rifle. Only one I have ever bought new was my .22, which was a dumb move on reflection

People treat their gear like shit and want top dollar for it.

Just weighed my model 7 it’s bang on 3 kg less the bolt which I cant weigh as it’s up the farm in total it cost me $2010 less the scope that’s rifle talley rings timney trigger and a dpt mk11 magnum can, deducting the weight of the can and scope according to published weights it’s 2.2kg including the rings anyone no what a bolt weighs? 300grams? Should shave another 400grams with the new carbon stock

Originally Posted by Kelton

Just weighed my model 7 it’s bang on 3 kg less the bolt which I cant weigh as it’s up the farm in total it cost me $2010 less the scope that’s rifle talley rings timney trigger and a dpt mk11 magnum can, deducting the weight of the can and scope according to published weights it’s 2.2kg including the rings anyone no what a bolt weighs? 300grams? Should shave another 400grams with the new carbon stock

Plus with a (superior) model 7 you get a drop box max not a silly plastic mag you have to take out and load bullets into. You also get at true short action not a long action with a short bolt stop. Model 7's really are underrated in this country.

I still own my .308 Model 7, 16.5" barrel, DPT can, Swaro 3-9x33 scope, talley ultra low rings..... Can't be beat.

there is a howa..pretty much new .308 just popped up forsale at a VERY attractive price.....

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

there is a howa..pretty much new .308 just popped up forsale at a VERY attractive price.....

He wants an ultralight semi custom......a blued howa is not even close to being what he wants.....agree it's priced very well

Originally Posted by dannyb

He wants an ultralight semi custom......a blued howa is not even close to being what he wants.....agree it's priced very well

Blued might be less than ideal if he’s as ruff as me but I wouldn’t turn my nose up at customising a howa fantastic rifles light no you have me their stunning actions though