Comments on: New Howa Tactical Rig — Howa Chassis Rifle (HCR)

By: Denish

Denish — Sat, 17 Jun 2017 22:10:45 +0000

Regards to the wobbly buttstock. There is a hex screw on the left side of the buttstock that you have to tighten once you have your length of pull adjusted. After you tighten the screen there is no wobble.

By: Jason Buzzell

Jason Buzzell — Sat, 28 Jan 2017 19:46:05 +0000

I just received mine from buds. Pretty stout rifle, chassis is great quality, mating is solid. If I had one thing to complain about I would have to choose the but stock, there is definitely some movement which I feel kinda defeats the purpose of all the adjust ability. Mine also came with original Howa floor metal and trigger guard in case you wanted to install in a different stock.

By: Jeffrey Torevell

Jeffrey Torevell — Tue, 18 Oct 2016 08:12:46 +0000

I have the new Howa 15
00 with the multicam stock & heavy barrel in 6.5 creedmoor. Shoots one hole groups @ 100 yds & so far shot out to 1056 yds with 5 inch group. Load development will shrink that soon. Love the trigger.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 14 Aug 2016 19:11:41 +0000

I agree, these barrels are on crazy tight. Best option is to part them about .020″ in front of the action face. Metric threads too,… wish they would go to a 16 or 18,… or even a 20 TPI. that all being said,.. these are some awesome actions. feed super slick and very fast,… reliable. I wish Remington would take note.

By: DarkWater

DarkWater — Sun, 14 Aug 2016 17:00:43 +0000

@Barry, on a Howa rifle, removing the barrel is a nightmare. In my neck of the woods, most gunsmith will sacrifice the barrel original headspace by cutting a .08″ deep groove at the barrel/action junction in order to unscrew the tube.

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 14 Aug 2016 16:37:02 +0000

How does it compare to the Weatherby VANGUARD® MODULAR CHASSIS, or is it the same rifle just labeled and marketed by two different manufactures.

By: Nora

Nora — Sun, 14 Aug 2016 01:41:44 +0000

I’m a big fan of the Accu-Trigger also Rich! I love the one on my Savage 12 VLP .223 1:7″ rifle..

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 14 Aug 2016 01:40:46 +0000

I agree on the twist rates the .223 should be a 1-7 or 1-& wyde. The one thing that sets Ruger apart from the new prs style rifles I.e tikka t3x, mossberg new chassis system is Ruger barrels can be switched out much easier. Also Ruger bolt throw is better. The Ruger was also designed with the help of Frank Gali.

By: Rich Kayser

Rich Kayser — Sun, 14 Aug 2016 00:29:59 +0000

“better” than any other trigger is a very subjective statement.

First guy that can get it down to 2 oz like my Accu-Triggers, post it here.

Editor: This was designed for tactical games, PRS, and maybe some hunting. You do NOT want a trigger weight in the single digit ounces for those disciplines. Absolutely not. The HACT gives you a first and second stage, which most of the PRS shooters we interviewed preferred.

I’m skeptical (to say the least) of AccuTriggers supposedly “tuned” to 2 ounces. That’s way way under the factory recommended minimum and even with a spring change, 1.5 lbs. is near the safe limit. We had one guy at our club who had messed with his Accutrigger … probably got it down to about 4 oz. He was real proud of it until the gun fired twice in a match as the bolt was closed. First time was forgiven. The second time, that shooter was banned from the range and sent packing.

I honestly doubt that anyone who claims to prefer an AccuTrigger over the HACT has ever shot the HACT.

By: Rich Kayser

Rich Kayser — Sun, 14 Aug 2016 00:27:25 +0000

That aluminum chassis should be quite the thing for outdoor matches* if the sun shines…

Rich

* which is about 100% of them

Editor: I was at the PRS Finale Match in California. It was over 90 degrees. More than half the rifles that I counted had metal chassis, mostly aluminum. Nobody complained about hot hands. With anodized or coated aluminum This is a non-issue IMO.