10-23-2021, 06:17 PM
Magazine fit in a howa has never been an issue with me. Smooth feeding always.
And now that they have modded the release it's fine. Rugers otoh, with the AR mag, I could never get it to feed reliably, and only 123 grainers if at all. Their little rotary mags were ok and fed ok, but seemed flimsy so you had to be careful.
But their AR well/feeding setup........ 50-50 at best. So I went back to a howa.
Except for my 300 bo (howa), I put them in a chassis b/c I like that fit-up and ability to get a good cheek weld out of it.
Now that plastic bottom "stuff" isn't great but fixable, which I always bake into any howa plans I've had. DIP, chassis, other guys' fixes, take your pick. And several tweaks available for the trigger, which I've tuned down to a bit less than 2.5#. The biggest accuracy issue (which isn't huge but it is there) is me, when I'm on my game it's 0.5-0.75. When not shooting as well it's 1.0-1.25"/100 yds.
As a hunting gun it's fine. If I want to go 300-600+ yds I pull out something else.
And now that they have modded the release it's fine. Rugers otoh, with the AR mag, I could never get it to feed reliably, and only 123 grainers if at all. Their little rotary mags were ok and fed ok, but seemed flimsy so you had to be careful.
But their AR well/feeding setup........ 50-50 at best. So I went back to a howa.
Except for my 300 bo (howa), I put them in a chassis b/c I like that fit-up and ability to get a good cheek weld out of it.
Now that plastic bottom "stuff" isn't great but fixable, which I always bake into any howa plans I've had. DIP, chassis, other guys' fixes, take your pick. And several tweaks available for the trigger, which I've tuned down to a bit less than 2.5#. The biggest accuracy issue (which isn't huge but it is there) is me, when I'm on my game it's 0.5-0.75. When not shooting as well it's 1.0-1.25"/100 yds.
As a hunting gun it's fine. If I want to go 300-600+ yds I pull out something else.
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