Thread: Howa 1500 S/A lightweight stock options

Originally Posted by Steelisreal

You're correct, it is the #1 profile on the 20" lightweight. The Alpine was designed around this action and barrel profile.

The stock I got had a fair bit of excess paint on the action bedding blocks (aluminium machined and bonded into the stock). There was even more in the underside where the bottom metal fits. Once this was tidied up it fitted okay, but certainly wasn't perfect. I shot it and it went okay bolted straight to the metal bedding inserts.

I took it hunting just the once set up like this. A bit of time pushing through gorse and various other rubbish led to the rifle being very odd the next time I had it down the range trying to find out what sort of diet it liked. I pulled the stock off and a whole load of shit fell out of the area around the action - too much space for crap to wiggle in. So it got a bedding job as I knew it inevitably would and it's been great since.

Thanks alot. This is exactly what I was wanting to find out for a long time.