Howa / Smith and Wesson 1500's

Thanks Mickey!:) I agree about the quality...once you get the !!*#@ barrel off....
 
I've never been able to break a Howa barrel loose with just an action wrench and a four foot cheater bar with the barrel clamped in a plumber's vise (that's a vise with toofies!)
They don't use Loc-Tite but they must let a 1,000 pound go-rilla tighten them. I always have to cut a pressure relief groove in the barrel just in front of the receiver and then they come loose pretty easily.
 
Weatherby Vanguard actions ?

Are these actions also used for the Vanguard rifles ?

A. Weldy
 
Lucky Shooter said:
Are these actions also used for the Vanguard rifles ?

A. Weldy
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Can't say about the current ones but at one time Howa made the actions for Weatherby is my understanding. Both the Mark V and the Vanguard. A few years back Weatherby moved their operations to the U.S. I traded for a late model Vanguard a few months ago thinking it was a Howa but the action was much heavier than a Howa and, to my way of thinking, not as nice as the Howa. It was a heavy rifle and had a sporter weight barrel on it.
 
MColeman said:
I've never been able to break a Howa barrel loose with just an action wrench and a four foot cheater bar with the barrel clamped in a plumber's vise (that's a vise with toofies!)
They don't use Loc-Tite but they must let a 1,000 pound go-rilla tighten them. I always have to cut a pressure relief groove in the barrel just in front of the receiver and then they come loose pretty easily.
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Wish I'd thought of that! Next time.....

Brian....Starting to get the "metric" mindset,different gears,cant disengage the halfnut, been practicing that on Rems, works OK

Lucky...Yes same thing. Nicely built rifles.
 
When you cut the groove chuck the barrel in the vise and only leave enough room for the parting tool. Cut the groove within .010 of the receiver or closer.
 
Peter said:
.010 in front of the receiver, gotcha. How deep?
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Only have to go as deep as the threads. Somewhere around .050 should do it. There are times when I have to do this same thing on some of the earlier Remingtons that had the locking adhesive (gorilla snot) on the threads.
 
Howa action threads are metric..????

Mickey...is that true...that Howa actions have metric threads...or is someone joking...:eek:
I would like to know...before I take one on for rebarreling...



Eddie in Texas
 
eww1350 said:
Mickey...is that true...that Howa actions have metric threads...or is someone joking...:eek:
I would like to know...before I take one on for rebarreling...



Eddie in Texas
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That's the gospel truth. They are metric but my Grizzly lathe is easily changed to thread metric so I don't dread them.
 
I use a Howa action for a heavy gun in long range comp. and seem to be able to hold my own. Always had good luck with them.
 
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