Have been looking at a Howa 1500 in .243 today, seems lovely for the price.
Thing I can't decide on is what barrel to put on there, so many choices
Is there a real advantage to the fluted ones?
practicality is screaming stainless to me...
I can either go for a blued 20" fluted sporter weight, or a 22" non blued Stainless sporter barrel, I just can't decide between the two!
For reference, I'm planning to build up with wildcat mod, standard green hogue stock, bipod and I'll be putting my swaro 6x42 on top
if they did a fluted stainless then I wouldn't hesitate, but if anyone has experience of the blued fluted 20", I'd love to hear it
cheers in advance.