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Originally Posted by Crawdaddy
TitleII,
Please share some of the specs on your Howa build. I have an itch to build a bolt whisper/blackout to go along with my AR, and just picked up a Weatherby Vanguard .223 to start things going.
I'm thinking of a medium to medium/heavy countour, relatively short barrel to keep it as handy as possible with a can, 1 in 8" twist, etc.
Would be a great sub-gun as well as a youth doe gun with supersonic loads.
Trying to do this on a reasonable budget and thinking of using the hogue stock.
This will be my first custom build, so any recommendations would be very helpful, and of course pics would make it that much better!
Crawdaddy
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Spook did mine as well, although I got him to spin on a stainless 1-9.5 twist barrel I had laying around since 1-8 really is not needed with 220 and below. #7 contour threaded 5/8x24tpi and 17" oal. Have a 2-8x scope on it now and awaiting a few thing to finish before load deveopment next week. He may have some 1-8 twist tubes laying around he can sell you if you want him to do it. I have a ffl/sot in alabama if you want it ceramic coated like mine also.
The thing with a howa/weatherby action is that you have to cut a relief to get the barrel out and then switch your lathe over to metric to cut the threads, as spook said the other day when I was talking to him it is more than what most smiths want to do with a build.
pic of howa.
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