Theres nothing wrong with the good ol Howa shoots good how it is but....
I have a stainless heavy barrel .223 Howa , and no remington floorplate,
but the trigger guard is much nicer on the remington with the internal
floorplate release , also the rem 700 action has more custom parts than just
about any other . I know you can get the ugly detachable mags but I dont
like them , or detachable mags fullstop . I know it might not be a drop in
fit but to use the words of another on here" anything can be made to fit "
and dont worry Monty I wasnt gonna screw it down with tek screws
The winds stronger and its 40 now I might have a coldie now
Thanks fellas