Hi been looking at a howa 1500 in .308 comes with a thumbhole laminated stock do you guys recon they are a good model as i dont know much about Howa
Chhers Al
Clearly shouted my love of Sako 75 before. The affection's still there, but seriously tempted to make Howa a 'close personal aquaintance'.
Everyone I've worked with so far has impressed. Some elements are not quite so average user friendly - like trigger adjustment - as the T3, but in honesty I prefer the Howa design over current T3. Will hold hands up that T3 is ok and likely I'm still harbouring a grudge over the change from the 595/695.
Only personal issue is the Hogue stock. Its absolutely fine, but the rubber finish just doesnt appeal. I can live with it. If looking at T3 budget, I'd likely choose the Howa with Bell & Carlson stock option.
Only limited experience with laminate & TH version - but if that floats your boat, suspect you will not be disappointed.
thanks for the feed back. I quite like the look of the laminated t/h stock. judging by the feedback I recon it must be worth a serious look. I will let you know if I do buy it
cheers andy, yes she is quite heavy i will need to weigh it some time but i was impressed with its accuracy and by what it did to your flimsy steel plate at that range lolSandy S 2 was over on Sunday to take up the Intro course he bid for on the Auction for Leigh.
As discussed with Sandy, I'll post up some pictures asap on a thread and he can take it from there. Relevance - he brought along a stainless varmint barrelled Howa witwhat it did h laminate thumbhole stock in 223. Aside from the fact that no 10mm plate steel is safe within 200 yards of him and he's clearly got much bigger biceps than I do, it performed faultlessly. He declined my suggestion we dump it in the Lossie to test weather resistance though - so no further forward on that question...