Oldbloke wrote:"Old Bloke the Superlite is a Short action 308 (max coal is 72.5mm), best keep any comparison that way"
Doh. Assumed a 223. Should have read the blerp better.
That is bloody light for a 308. No fun over the bench.
Blade is right about magazine reports, I'm yet to read a negative one. 1.5 MOA is good enough for most hunting if it's bigger stuff.
Yes, and the early "reviews" simply reiterated the Howa blurbs and clearly didn't even have the rifle on-hand - that is not a "review" of any relevance.
I'm sure it's perfectly capable at close ranges on medium to large targets.
This is the only real testing I've seen, and it wasn't perfect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YS5o6iA7GUHe had significant feed issues (probably just a weak ejector spring), and his very rudimentary accuracy testing (shooting rocks on the hillside) didn't instil great confidence over its precision, though he probably did get it fairly warm. He has taken medium game with the rifle but still hasn't posted any actual accuracy testing. As long as it doesn't throw the cold shot too far from the follow-up shot it would be fine for its purpose. In 6.5Creed though, I would expect owners would want pretty consistent groups for knocking over smaller animals at longer distances, and probably putting more than two rounds on target consecutively.
He did say that Howa sent him ejector parts for a standard Howa bolt which don't fit, so there do seem to be differences that might mean there's not much compatibility with the more standard 1500's. It's hard to believe a simple ejector stud and spring wouldn't be interchangeable.