Thread: Howa good is your Howa? (picture heavy)

Originally Posted by Flyblown

I look at Howa like this…

You can buy a barrelled action for $700-1100 depending on sales / chambering / finish etc. Mine have cost me $875 on average. I tend to wait for sales. And I haggle a bit.

The Hogue stock with a couple of minor mods is a great workhorse for the rough and ready who hunt in all weather / mud / bulldust and use quad rifle holders or the footwell of the truck etc. There are excellent stocks & chassis available too, so if you settle on one action length you can pick a stock, and have several chamberings. On any given day you can decide which one you pick to best suit what you’re up to.

So, being a bit of a tight bastard, my calculations suggest that… For the price of one regular Sako 85 at say $3500, you can have a decent stock or chassis plus two barrelled actions and a mini-action. Or, for the price of a crazy “less is more” lightweight Sako at $4500+, you can have two short action workhorses such as a .22-250 and .308, and a .300 PRC in a really decent chassis and… wait for it… a mini-action too!

So for me, it’s a no brainer.

@Flyblown and seen as though the Humble Howa is based off a older Sako L4 series action you're basically buying improved Japanese Sako. Boy this will get the Sako boiis Rarked up