08-06-2020, 10:01 PM
JSH...no one will disagree with you on everything from the trigger upward on a howa. The metal is a gem, the action is a gem, barrels shoot lights out, trigger is great for the price range, my beef with the trigger is mostly feel, it's pull and break are great...its feel sucks a bit. The CZ trigger has the best feel and it's a bomber little rifle, not a perfect push feed like the howa but a true controlled round feed mauser that should not be compared to a push feed like the howa for smoothness. But you can slick those cz actions up pretty damn nice.
Howa could really change the game in this segment if they do 2 things.
1. above all else, redo the magazine and bottom, metal magazines that are reliable, efficient/compact...like the competition! dumbasses
2. bring the stainless over like Australia has access too...don't bother bringing stainless until you sort out #1.
And at least for number 3...one can replace the trigger with better. Only would i consider that if 1 and 2 were sorted out, then it would be a truly worthwhile higher level rifle and it would pay more for it to boot. Howa only went 50% as far as they needed too, they didn't realize how important the bottom half of the rifle really is. Go ahead, take your money and run...or...step up to the plate, listen, and dig in, you're only building half a rifle and that's simply not good enough.
Howa could really change the game in this segment if they do 2 things.
1. above all else, redo the magazine and bottom, metal magazines that are reliable, efficient/compact...like the competition! dumbasses
2. bring the stainless over like Australia has access too...don't bother bringing stainless until you sort out #1.
And at least for number 3...one can replace the trigger with better. Only would i consider that if 1 and 2 were sorted out, then it would be a truly worthwhile higher level rifle and it would pay more for it to boot. Howa only went 50% as far as they needed too, they didn't realize how important the bottom half of the rifle really is. Go ahead, take your money and run...or...step up to the plate, listen, and dig in, you're only building half a rifle and that's simply not good enough.