11-27-2019, 02:20 AM
Frontier Gear Wrote:My Howa has the lightweight sporter barrel that I had cut down to 16". Before putting it in the Boyd's At-One stock it was in the LSI factory plastic stock. It was very nice and "handy". The At-One stock adds a fair amount of weight, but it collapses to about the same length as the factory stock. The Boyd's stock just really helped with my accuracy, so it was worth the trade off for me. Another advantage to having such a sort overall length is that a suppressor doesn't make it a real pain to pack in the field. The rifle does not suffer from cutting it the barrel down in my opinion. It is still good out to 300 yards for anything that I hunt.
Glad to hear yours worked out well. This will be purely a hunting rifle, so I think I should get acceptable accuracy from the factory stock. I just got my reloading dies in the mail, so I'll be looking for a good consistent load that works well in the 16" barrel.