Anyone have any experience with this rifle.

[rhino400]

I am looking for Pros and Cons of a Howa M1500 Axiom. I am really thinking of buying one as a gift for myself for my 21st birthday (not till October). Does anyone have one and if so what do you think of it?

 

[IndyGunworks]

good gun... will probably shoot... i have no personal experience with them however... just curious why are you picking that gun out of the many many tactical precision rifles on the market?

 

[rhino400]

Out of several tactical rifles I have shot I liked it the best. My friend has one in .308 and I love shooting it. I am looking at one in 30-06 because I have almost 100,00 rounds of military surplus.

 

[obijohn]

not that particular model, but the howa 1500 is a fine rifle. had one in 300WM that shot great, just beat me up too much...hehe.

 

[IndyGunworks]

want to sell some of that surplus? looking for some cheap stuff to give my dad for his birthday.... he bought an old 1903 and only 40 rounds of tracer....

and you can find many tactical rifles in 30-06 as well... BUT if YOU shot IT and YOU like IT then YOU buy IT....

Nothing beats a rifle that you like and you shoot well..... but if you shot it... then what specifically are you hoping to find out if anyone on this site has any experience with them?

 

[Backwoods]

The thing to remember is, when you shoot surplus ammo. You really don't know what the gun can do.

 

[2cool9031]

WOW...100,000 rounds of 30.06, you are a rich man in todays market!!

 

[dfa762]

Might want to think of less cost for the rifle, and use the $ for a good scope and ammo with the way the cost of ammo is going

 

[rhino400]

Nothing beats a rifle that you like and you shoot well..... but if you shot it... then what specifically are you hoping to find out if anyone on this site has any experience with them?

Since I don't own one I have never cleaned or field stripped one. So I was just wondering if there are any really cool features or really bad problem that don't make themselves known when shooting. I fully plan on buying it as soon as the funds for the gun and a good scope become available.

 

[Richard]

Howa makes a pretty decent bolt actioned rifle, but I have no peticular experience with the Knoxx Axiom stock.

I can tell you that from looking at the picture it'd probably be a nightmare to carry in the field due to all of the potential snag points, carrying a scoped rifle through the woods is bad enough as it is but that thing looks like it aims to take getting caught on stuff to a whole new level!

But that shouldn't be a problem if your going to be using it for precision target shooting from a bench though, but if your going to be doing that I'd also have to echo the suggestions about getting some good target/match ammunition to feed it, sure that surplus stuff will probably go down the pipe just fine but like everyone else said, it'll limit the potential of your new precision rifle.

I'll be looking forward to reading your first range report Rhino!