Nope, no Howas for me, I did however stumble into a NIB 700ADL 243 for next to nothing. Gotta figure out now what to do with it.
On the subject of Howas....
I picked up an MDT LSS a couple years ago during a sale for an old stainless Howa that I have. Trouble was, it was a 24-inch heavy barrel varmint model saami slow-twist 22-250. Balance was crap so I started thinking a rebarrel was in order. But then I picked up a KRG Bravo over a black Friday sale, and the balance was perfect. Still thinking a rebarrel is in order but now leaning towards a heavy 7mm-08 similar to Stick's. I'd been looking at Criterion and McGowen, and leaning Criterion since people seems to love them. Hadn't seen preferred, I'll have to check them out.
Saw the cheap 6 Creeds when they were in stock and thought pretty hard for putting in the original MDT Stock. Held off because what I really want is an older 223's from before they came out with the mini action to drop in the MDT. They were standard short actions weren't they? Twist would be wrong (minus a barrel swap), but it seems like it would fit the lightweight MDT pretty slick.
I picked up an MDT LSS a couple years ago during a sale for an old stainless Howa that I have. Trouble was, it was a 24-inch heavy barrel varmint model saami slow-twist 22-250. Balance was crap so I started thinking a rebarrel was in order. But then I picked up a KRG Bravo over a black Friday sale, and the balance was perfect. Still thinking a rebarrel is in order but now leaning towards a heavy 7mm-08 similar to Stick's. I'd been looking at Criterion and McGowen, and leaning Criterion since people seems to love them. Hadn't seen preferred, I'll have to check them out.
Saw the cheap 6 Creeds when they were in stock and thought pretty hard for putting in the original MDT Stock. Held off because what I really want is an older 223's from before they came out with the mini action to drop in the MDT. They were standard short actions weren't they? Twist would be wrong (minus a barrel swap), but it seems like it would fit the lightweight MDT pretty slick.