bigfellascott wrote:Their plastic stocks, wouldn't own a plastic stock if you gave it to me, reminds me of when I was a kid playing cow boy and ingens
I love the fact they have a good range of aftermarket parts to tart em up if that's ya thing,
I love the fact they don't cost a fortune
I love the way mine shoot
I love the fact they function without hassles ever
I love the fact I can't lose the mag
I love the fact it can be single feed without any bobsled thing or mag mods
I love the fact it isn't full of plastic parts that you pay a premium to buy
I love the fact I own em
I love the fact I payed about 1/2 the price of a Tikka and got wood and metal, not plastic and metal
Westy wrote:bigfellascott wrote:Their plastic stocks, wouldn't own a plastic stock if you gave it to me, reminds me of when I was a kid playing cow boy and ingens
I love the fact they have a good range of aftermarket parts to tart em up if that's ya thing,
I love the fact they don't cost a fortune
I love the way mine shoot
I love the fact they function without hassles ever
I love the fact I can't lose the mag
I love the fact it can be single feed without any bobsled thing or mag mods
I love the fact it isn't full of plastic parts that you pay a premium to buy
I love the fact I own em
I love the fact I payed about 1/2 the price of a Tikka and got wood and metal, not plastic and metal
One Word Xanax Scott you need it and The Doctor has it!!!!!
Do yourself a favour and stay off my threads your opinion isn't wanted
Combat_Wombat wrote:Yeah even my sporter barrel weighs a tonne but I didn't buy it for a walking around gun.
Die Judicii wrote:I just love mine for the following reasons;
* Didn't cost me a fortune (new) like some other brands would've.
* Its reliable (never had any problem with it)
* Its accurate
* Its Stainless
* It doesn't have a plastic magazine (plastic magazines belong on toys)
As for weight,, that is one more thing that I like about it.
It was bought mainly for "sniper" type use, and thus I don't have to carry it far anyway.
Mine weighs in at 5.6 kgs (scope/bipod/thumbhole stock etc all inclusive)
In my belief, the weight actually helps with regard to accuracy
My main dislike is that I only own 1 Howa.
Chronos wrote:Wait, what? Your rifle weight 5.6kg? That's more than most target rifles. You must be mistaken. My .308 weighs 3.2kg.
PaWNTANK wrote:I know a lot of older gents and people of smaller stature don't like them because they weigh too much.
But I love the Howa 1500, I will be getting a T3 CTR in the coming months. Both great rifles but the Howa cost me $580 and the CTR is set to cost me $1600. For a thousand dollar difference the Tikka aught to be better (I would hope)
Chronos wrote:PaWNTANK wrote:I know a lot of older gents and people of smaller stature don't like them because they weigh too much.
But I love the Howa 1500, I will be getting a T3 CTR in the coming months. Both great rifles but the Howa cost me $580 and the CTR is set to cost me $1600. For a thousand dollar difference the Tikka aught to be better (I would hope)
Safari had CTR's listed at $1425 but I see other stores listing them at over $1500. Not sure what the deal is there.
BFS those weights sound much more on the money, from memory bith the soorter and varmint howa's are about 100-200gr heavier than the tikka equivalent barreled action. A 5kg rifle isn't such an issue shooting from a vehicle or off the bonnet but as a walk around gun anything over 4kg seems unnecessarily heavy.
Chronos
Chronos wrote:Wait, what? Your rifle weight 5.6kg? That's more than most target rifles. You must be mistaken. My .308 weighs 3.2kg.
Chronos wrote:Safari had CTR's listed at $1425 but I see other stores listing them at over $1500. Not sure what the deal is there.
Die Judicii wrote:Pic > So it does happen
VICHunter wrote:RRP doesn't mean anything around here.
I have 3 locals, For something common like a Tikka there is a $200 spread in price between them.
melanie wrote:Is that masking tape or cloth or something?
What's the deal there?
bigfellascott wrote::lol: that explains the weight diff nicely - top little setup mate,