New HOWA .243

[M0SAD 89]

Bought this on thursday and had to take it to the range on friday. Using Seller & Belliot 100gr Training rounds and zeroed at 100 yds. Sub 1" MOA and two shots to zero...pretty impressed with this rifle. Has a 1 in 10 twist rate so was told by the guy at the gun shop to put 80gr through it, for better performance. Shooting as it is already i'm not too concerned, but they're worth giving it a go aren't they? Any suggestions people?

[Stavross 15,876]

There’s some nice new hardware on here over the past couple of days and all in my favourite calibre, enjoy it fella, have you got any quarry in mind for it, deer/fox ?

[M0SAD 89]

4 minutes ago, Stavross said:

There’s some nice new hardware on here over the past couple of days and all in my favourite calibre, enjoy it fella, have you got any quarry in mind for it, deer/fox ?

Fox in the short term Stavross, hopefully some deer in the future.....only put about 20 rounds through it yesterday and by heck....243 is a very destructive round given it's size. Vaporises everything it hits practically.    

[Gav 1,708]

10 minutes ago, Stavross said:

There’s some nice new hardware on here over the past couple of days and all in my favourite calibre, enjoy it fella, have you got any quarry in mind for it, deer/fox ?

A lot going composite too man. Think with the modern composite now and the easyness of care more and more  are going this route rather than wood. I do like a wood stock but modern plastics now are sooooo easy

Cracking bit of kit too MOSAD, enjoy

[M0SAD 89]

4 minutes ago, Gav said:

A lot going composite too man. Think with the modern composite now and the easyness of care more and more  are going this route rather than wood. I do like a wood stock but modern plastics now are sooooo easy

Cracking bit of kit too MOSAD, enjoy

Thanks Gav, appreciated......308 on the ticket also, no major rush to get that yet though. My mindset around the composite stock was the durability out in the field in adverse weather conditions...as and when that becomes an issue of course    

[Gav 1,708]

13 minutes ago, M0SAD said:

Thanks Gav, appreciated......308 on the ticket also, no major rush to get that yet though. My mindset around the composite stock was the durability out in the field in adverse weather conditions...as and when that becomes an issue of course    

I've an A-bolt3 in .308, I was surprised to find its not glass bedded but my t-bolts 22lr an 17hmr are, I don't know if its just a good fit composite and doesn't need it, and I honestly can't fault the accuarcy out to 300 yards, haven't been out further than that really, but may just do it in the future and see if the groupings any thighter.

Edited July 27, 2019 by Gav

[M0SAD 89]

I've heard good things about the Browning A-Bolt3's mate. There is a rumour locally of a Remington 700 receiver with an AI barrel attached lovingly wearing a Tier One stock....that piqued my interest   

Edited July 27, 2019 by M0SAD

[Stavross 15,876]

Have a look at the Sako 70 grain ballistic tip for the fox, nothing runs off when hit with them, there’s also 90’s and 100’s SP gamehead for bambi, for me plastic is always the way to go, nice wood belongs on a shotgun

[Gav 1,708]

2 minutes ago, M0SAD said:

I've heard good things about the Browning A-Bolt3's mate. There is a rumour locally of a Remington 700 receiver with an AI barrel attached lovingly wearing a Tier One stock....that piqued my interest   

Ohhh see if you can get pictures, sounds very interesting, it would be like rifle porn too

[Sausagedog 7,381]

Glad your impressed and glad S&B ammo is being used too. How was the ammo on price?

[shovel leaner 7,650]

Hope you enjoy it Mosad . Welcome to the new gun owners club . I was surprised to see that you haven’t gone down the military style route ? Perhaps you are on a mission where you need to blend in with the civilian population. Anyway the rifle looks good and is grouping well for you . Let us know how you get on with the 80grn . I haven’t forgotten that I owe you a hobnob , don’t want to disappoint you but I’ve only got the Lidle tower gate brand “ Oaties” , times are hard in the Leaner house at the moment, the shopping budget has been cut to spend on Tikka rifles . ATB

[M0SAD 89]

Just now, Gav said:

Ohhh see if you can get pictures, sounds very interesting, it would be like rifle porn too

I will do exactly that my friend yes, a good kind of porn though  

[M0SAD 89]

1 minute ago, shovel leaner said:

Hope you enjoy it Mosad . Welcome to the new gun owners club . I was surprised to see that you haven’t gone down the military style route ? Perhaps you are on a mission where you need to blend in with the civilian population. Anyway the rifle looks good and is grouping well for you . Let us know how you get on with the 80grn . I haven’t forgotten that I owe you a hobnob , don’t want to disappoint you but I’ve only got the Lidle tower gate brand “ Oaties” , times are hard in the Leaner house at the moment, the shopping budget has been cut to spend on Tikka rifles . ATB

Oaties are good lmao...i figured not trying to look like Rambo or a frustrated commando might be the better option in the long run. I will try some 80grn for sure when im next out with it and will report in accordingly.

[nick703 447]

11 hours ago, M0SAD said:

Bought this on thursday and had to take it to the range on friday. Using Seller & Belliot 100gr Training rounds and zeroed at 100 yds. Sub 1" MOA and two shots to zero...pretty impressed with this rifle. Has a 1 in 10 twist rate so was told by the guy at the gun shop to put 80gr through it, for better performance. Shooting as it is already i'm not too concerned, but they're worth giving it a go aren't they? Any suggestions people?

Got the exact same one last week and a side winder , zeroed mine with superformance 58g also tried some cheap 90g , got to get a mod now , been using one off my 223 ase ultra in 25 cal works ok

[M0SAD 89]

9 hours ago, nick703 said:

Got the exact same one last week and a side winder , zeroed mine with superformance 58g also tried some cheap 90g , got to get a mod now , been using one off my 223 ase ultra in 25 cal works ok

I bet those Superformance 58g are absolutely trucking out at about 4000 ft/s...possible ballistic performance similar to a 22-250? I think the 1500's are great rifles and have ordered the Magazine kit for mine too. Enjoy your new rifle Nick