Howa m1500 Heavy barrel???

12gaugedave

Well lads,
Went for a gander today, held alot of 223s from remington, tikka, cz and howa. The one that felt the best was the Howa.
It had a really heavy barrel thats factory treaded, looks really well made,action was smooth and just felt right in my hands.

Its Priced at 950 for new rifle only.

How does this sound??

Any info greatly appricated.

Glensman

They are heavy as hell.

Is it to be a hunting rifle?
Up here you can buy a sporter weight one with scope, bases and rings for £750. They throw on a pred 8 mod for an extra £150 (normally £250). It's some offer that Howa are doing....

I have a Howa 1500 Sporter stainless- great gun, fantastic value.

12gaugedave

Glensman wrote: »

They are heavy as hell.

Is it to be a hunting rifle?
Up here you can buy a sporter weight one with scope, bases and rings for £750. They throw on a pred 8 mod for an extra £150 (normally £250). It's some offer that Howa are doing....

I have a Howa 1500 Sporter stainless- great gun, fantastic value.

I really like the weight, i wont be doin too much walking with it and 90% of my shots will be taken from bipod

Glensman

12gaugedave wrote: »

I really like the weight, i wont be doin too much walking with it and 90% of my shots will be taken from bipod

Aye but it didn't have a scope, bi-pod, sling and possibly a mod on it!

The only advantage of a heavy barrel is when you are taking a number of shots one after the other...

I'm not trying to put you off your choice- but I would def have a good think about it!

stick shooter

They are not a bad gun and millards bros are doing a good deal at the moment on them,You could do worse .;)

homerhop

Atlantic Sports in Carlow have a lovely Ruger MK77 Stainless .223 for around 750.

12gaugedave

homerhop wrote: »

Atlantic Sports in Carlow have a lovely Ruger MK77 Stainless .223 for around 750.

Thats where i saw the howa:), took your advice and went for a look, very helpfull there, held the ruger, it felt tiny in my hands.

12gaugedave

homerhop wrote: »

Atlantic Sports in Carlow have a lovely Ruger MK77 Stainless .223 for around 750.

stick shooter wrote: »

They are not a bad gun and millards bros are doing a good deal at the moment on them,You could do worse .;)

Where is millard bros??

stick shooter

In dublin 24 ballymount cross industrial estate there number is 014298645 .
just ask for george kelly

12gaugedave

stick shooter wrote: »

In dublin 24 ballymount cross industrial estate there number is 014298645 .
just ask for george kelly

Good man, any idea what deal they were doin??

homerhop

12gaugedave wrote: »

Thats where i saw the howa:), took your advice and went for a look, very helpfull there, held the ruger, it felt tiny in my hands.

Sean is dead sound and very helpful. Hope to be collecting my 223 someday next week off him

stick shooter

I could be wrong but tough george was doing a deal of gun ,mounts ,scope, sling and case for under 1k

12gaugedave

homerhop wrote: »

Sean is dead sound and very helpful. Hope to be collecting my 223 someday next week off him

Is it a tikka??

homerhop

yes

12gaugedave

stick shooter wrote: »

I could be wrong but tough george was doing a deal of gun ,mounts ,scope, sling and case for under 1k

Jesus that would be great, ill give him a shout on monday
Cheers.

Glensman

stick shooter wrote: »

I could be wrong but tough george was doing a deal of gun ,mounts ,scope, sling and case for under 1k

The same deal is everywhere. The scope is a Nikko Sterling.
Not pissin on it though, it's a good deal!

12gaugedave

homerhop wrote: »

yes

Held it in my hands today.
Serious rig, best of look with it.

stick shooter

Glensman wrote: »

The same deal is everywhere. The scope is a Nikko Sterling.
Not pissin on it though, it's a good deal!

Not bad at all,

LB6

Dave ya shoulda seen Homer last weekend - he was like the cat that got the cream last when he held that tikka

robertpatterson

€999 for the setup which looks good enough to get you on target
http://www.milbrosport.com/Contact-Details.html
Youll be able to see it better on the slideshow
I think tallaght rod and gun have a similar deal going with remington as well

12gaugedave

LB6 wrote: »

Dave ya shoulda seen Homer last weekend - he was like the cat that got the cream last when he held that tikka

He has every reason to in fairness. I would:D

12gaugedave

robertpatterson wrote: »

€999 for the setup which looks good enough to get you on target
http://www.milbrosport.com/Contact-Details.html
Youll be able to see it better on the slideshow
I think tallaght rod and gun have a similar deal going with remington as well

Good man
Thanks