Out of interest, has anyone had any issues with their Howa carbon stocks? I have two friends, one with a Superlite and one with a Elevate, that have had the rear swivel stud pull out of the stock. One at a very unfortunate moment.
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Out of interest, has anyone had any issues with their Howa carbon stocks? I have two friends, one with a Superlite and one with a Elevate, that have had the rear swivel stud pull out of the stock. One at a very unfortunate moment.
Shame, could have been a very good product.
Ya first problem is taking any notice of what Mr "Internet professor of Bullshit" has to say, a mate showed me a couple of his vids one night & the only thing they're good for is putting you to sleep, fuk me he likes looking down the lens & wanking on more than a Budgie with a mirror.
I skipped through most of the waffle but did enjoy his "two shot" group philosophy that's very scientific aye hahahaha what a cock.
I love my Howa SL, no problems with the stock, it's bedding ( pretty basic ) is fine for purpose & mine shoots great, I've never had an issue with my studs, but than have been working all the time since I got it so have only done range sessions & I don't use a sling ( I hate the farken things )
He's a post I made on the GunPorn section, sums up my thoughts
The Howa Superlight is an awesome rifle for the money if you're after the "lightest bang for buck"
Pro's - Stock feels great & has a decent LOP for a super LW, trigger is fine & breaks plenty clean enough for it's purpose ( it's a lw med - big game rifle, no a comp or varmint gun ), you can now get Talleys for it, mine shoots factory ammo just under an inch @ a hundy yards ( impressive for a cheap light weight rifle ) & best of all it's farken light - did I mention that already ?
Con's - Ditch the shit arsed looking rail ( wtf were they thinking ) butt pad rubber fit's a bit off, the plastic mag fitting is a little shite & the bolt slide is sticky az but for the dollars fuk me I can't complain
I was running mine with a real lw scope but now running something ( what may look a bit over sized but far more useful for what I want, still under six pound at 2.69kg with the 18x Z5i ) 20" 6.5CM
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I had a quick play with one and agree the bolt didn't feel anywhere near as smooth as my howa 1500 or weatherby vanguard.
@Pillipo."Ya first problem is taking any notice of what Mr "Internet professor of Bullshit" has to say, a mate showed me a couple of his vids one night & the only thing they're good for is putting you to sleep, fuk me he likes looking down the lens & wanking on more than a Budgie with a mirror.
I skipped through most of the waffle but did enjoy his "two shot" group philosophy that's very scientific aye hahahaha what a cock."
Agree with you on that one. What a cock. Don't own one but shot two of them now, one 308, the other 6.5 CM. No problems with them apart from caliber (6.5CM), both shot sub-moa @ 100yds off my bumbag for a rest. If I could get one in 223 I'd probably have one.
My.one has shot lights out from day one. That fella doesn't know how to shoot a lightweight rifle to begin with.
Sticky bolts need more shooting,round the edges off.
My original post was not about the overall merits of the rifle (if they made a left handed on I would probably own one) but specifically about the rear swivel stud. More of a warning han anything I guess. I only know two people that own them (one is a professional hunter) and both have had the rear stud pull out. In both cases Howa are replacing the stock but iif your Z8 lands square on a big rock when this happens Howa arent goiing to replace that.
So is Mr "Internet professor of Bullshit" wrong about the stock in addition to being a bore? The sticky action I might be able to live with.
Plenty of rifle stocks have issues with swivel studs pulling out over the years. Epoxy/Loktite the buggers in place if there’s any doubt about security. I don’t have much faith in carbon fibre after seeing how easy it breaks at times, but anything will break if you’re rough enough I guess.
Have a look at this. @Fishermans carbon stocks are very solid as well as light.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdJzwUj9ups&list=WL&index=2
Well iv never seen that befor,those stocks can take a beating befor they break.Very good.