11-09-2021, 01:01 AM
I hope your Howa is a better fit in the HTI stock than mine was. The barreled action in mine leaned to the left. The barrel was touching the stock at the end of the barrel channel. I loosened the stock screws, placed a 1/16" thick cardboard shim between the barrel & stock & re-tightened the stock screws. It was still leaning to the left but I was now able to slip a dollar bill between the barrel & stock. After doubling the shim thickness, the barrel was closer to being centered but still had a slight lean to the left.
I figured I could do one of two things, bed the HTI stock or buy a MDT or Oryx chassis type stock. I didn't wanna spend a whole lotta bucks on this rifle so I elected to bed the stock with some Brownells steel-bed compound. I also replaced the crappy plastic trigger guard with a DIP aluminum trigger guard. I had to replace the trigger guard 'cause the instruction manual said the stock screw torque was 55 inch lbs. The rear screw hole broke! After a call to Legacy Sports, I found out the manual should have said "No more than 35 inch lbs."
https://www.diproductsinc.com/Detail.asp...&CAT=12462
I figured I could do one of two things, bed the HTI stock or buy a MDT or Oryx chassis type stock. I didn't wanna spend a whole lotta bucks on this rifle so I elected to bed the stock with some Brownells steel-bed compound. I also replaced the crappy plastic trigger guard with a DIP aluminum trigger guard. I had to replace the trigger guard 'cause the instruction manual said the stock screw torque was 55 inch lbs. The rear screw hole broke! After a call to Legacy Sports, I found out the manual should have said "No more than 35 inch lbs."
https://www.diproductsinc.com/Detail.asp...&CAT=12462
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