Howa Superlite 16in Part 3
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- čas přidán 22. 06. 2024
- Today we continue on our journey with the Howa Superlite 16in barrel rifle and test some budget factory ammo loads. We find one good load and one decent and 2 horrible loads. This ultra lightweight short barrel rifle is a great option for the backcountry hunter! My current go to mountain rifle.
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Definitely appreciate the series on an interesting little rifle. My brother was looking at that line of rifles but in 6.5 Grendel
For the price point of these rifles Howa could definitely clean things up a bit. I’m not crazy about the safety, it’s just not comfortable, the machining on the bolt causing the zipper sound, and the inletting of the stock. For just under $1k I expect more.
Thank you for the comment @shawncoleman2280! Hope you subscribed haha. I’ve heard guys say the machining keeps enough space so if dirt gets in the bolt will still run. But I’m with you the zipper sounds bugs me and that trigger should run better. I’ve also heard people are having feeding issues, personally I haven’t. Thank you for the comment and the support!
@@JustAnotherGuyAdventures that machining has nothing to do with tolerances inside the action for dirt and debris. I have a 20” in 308 and I lubed the bolt with Tetra Gun Grease and just ran the bolt. It helped a lot! My bolt was binding when I was pushing the bolt forward, after running the action it smoothed out.
Gotcha have you thought about polishing the bolt. I’ve seen videos where guys were doing that to their ruger Americans. Seen a bit ridiculous you have to do that to a $1000 rifle if you ask me. Do you know what kind of velocities you are getting in that 20”?
@@JustAnotherGuyAdventures I’ve thought about it, but I don’t want to scrape the finish off of the bolt. I haven’t chronographed it yet. Mine did come with a thread protector and a muzzle brake.
Love the content❤
I like the Barnes Vortex 129 gr bullets the shoot great in my rifle. I added glass bedding mine I went back three times with the epoxy to get my rifle to group tight. I also changed the trigger out.
Is yours in 16in? Yea I think I’ll end up swapping that trigger out. I’ll add that Barnes to the ammo test list!
Barnes 120 gr.
Awesome!
Thank you!
I suggest you hold the rifle the same way each time you squeeze that trigger. All Howas with a 20" plus length barrel are cabable of ½MOA groups. Furthermore, shooting at 100 yards is an exercise in futility, the projectiles don't stablise until the 250m mark, so I suggest you try that distance first, to make an impression on youtube.
I appreciate the feed back!
Also that’s the new 16.25 in barrel not 20”
Thanks for the video, I hope you come out of surgery strong! I liked that I could see where bullet landed because of light coming through.
What bipod are you using? buffalo River swivel bipod? I’ve never used bipod that goes on stud: do you like it? Looking forward to your 4th video on Howa Superlite!
@30-06 surgery went well thank you! Glad you like the camera angle oh the shots? I usually just use a Harris bipod but most of the time shoot off bags or a backpack! I appreciate all the love you’ve given my channel! Is there a factory offering you’d like to see?
Does the stock it comes with have pillars in it for the action screws? Also, what are the action screws coming up against when you torque them? Is it against the polymer trigger guard or against metal?
I believe the stockys stock has integrated aluminum pillars. I could be wrong I’ll have to double check. As for the action screws I believe they come up against the polymer trigger guard.
I bought one 20 inch 7 mm08 on the third box of hornady white tail ammo it blew up in my face.Barrel.and action sepeeated and the stocks in twenty pieces.
Holy cow. That’s a nightmare!
You are getting near same velocities as a 6.5 grendel in a 20-22” bolt gun.
That’s really good to know! I thought about going with the 6.5 Grendel or 6 arc before they came out with the superlite.
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Those are some terrible numbers on account of the 16 inch barrel.
Right! I was hoping for just a little better.
@@JustAnotherGuyAdventures I am just starting to load for a 7mm-08 with a 20 inch barrel. I'm hoping to get 2900 with a 140 grain Barnes ttsx. I've read it's been done, so hopefully I can see that with mine.
@@BorealEDC good luck seems according to the book you’ll be on the high end. That’s why I went with the 6.5 vs the 308 in the 16in I figured those high bc bullets could make up for the velocity. I wanted to go with the 7mm-08 and see how fast I could push a 162. I’m curious to hear how fast you get those 140s going!
Ah look dude, 3 shots groups, you're way behind the times. Three shot groups are a complete & utter waste of time & ammo.
If you up your groups to 10 we can take something from them. Otherwise, not a lot to see here.
If it groups with 3 it will group with 10.
No need to waste ammo
@@DECA94 You are correct. If this rifle is to be used for hunting (otherwise why the f*ck buy a lightweight rifle?) no one is shooting more than three consecutive rounds hunting!
10 shot group? This is not a f*ckn battle rifle, it's a hunting rifle.
@@randallflores-qr8cs 😂exactly
@@randallflores-qr8cs The point isn’t that it’s a battle rifle or a hunting rifle, the point is that a three shot group basically doesn’t give statistically significant data.
It will tell you that you are approximately zero’d, but it doesn’t tell you how precise your rifle is.