11-09-2021, 01:33 AM
The plastic stock is gonna be an is-what-it-is, but the 20" HB is a god rifle.
I had one, sold, then bought another so am back into it.
I've pretty much budgeted an after mkt stock for each howa (exc for a 300BO that is working ok in plastic), and I definitely favor the mdt, just the plain one, LSS I think. I have other pieces so putting it together wasn't hard.
And Vortex scope, good choice. If you want to play around with the trigger a little you can smooth it out and cut down on pull wt a bit, mine breaks now just over 2.5# which is great. I put a clamshell clamp on oversize bolt handle over the little one it has (epoxy/o ring) which makes the opening stroke a lot easier. Getting older I guess..
Since it is a bolt action you can sometimes get to that "next node" up on the MV scale.
Good shootin'.
I had one, sold, then bought another so am back into it.
I've pretty much budgeted an after mkt stock for each howa (exc for a 300BO that is working ok in plastic), and I definitely favor the mdt, just the plain one, LSS I think. I have other pieces so putting it together wasn't hard.
And Vortex scope, good choice. If you want to play around with the trigger a little you can smooth it out and cut down on pull wt a bit, mine breaks now just over 2.5# which is great. I put a clamshell clamp on oversize bolt handle over the little one it has (epoxy/o ring) which makes the opening stroke a lot easier. Getting older I guess..
Since it is a bolt action you can sometimes get to that "next node" up on the MV scale.
Good shootin'.
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