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I have a Howa 1500 in .308 Winchester. It is the compact model with the Hogue overmolded stock and the 20" barrel. When I'm doing my part it will shoot 3-shot groups into less than an inch off sandbags and every deer I've shot with it has dropped with one shot. What more do I need?

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I have a Howa .308 Win with the 20" barrel and the short Hogue overmolded stock. It will shoot 3/4" 3-shot grooups from 100 yards and has never failed to drop a deer with one-shot. My neighbor, who is ex-Army Special Forces, had the same rifle and dropped an elk with one shot from 550 yards with it. Don't think I need anything else.

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I have a Howa 1500 in .308 with the 20" bbl and Hogue youth overmolded stock. It has done great on medium-sized game (a total of 15 whitetails, Fallow, and a 200-lb feral hog--all with one shot). I don't even notice the recoil and it will shoot 1", 3-shot groups at 100 yds off a bench as long as I do my part. I wouldn't hunt the big bears with with, and maybe not even a moose, but I'd use it for anything else in North America. I slipped and fell on a rocky slope a couple of years ago, dinged up the scope, and broke the plastic spacer between the stock and the recoil pad in three places. In the center break it pushed the spacer in about a quarter of an inch. I pulled it out with a paper clip, glued the three breaks tight and took it to the range expecting the worst. Shot a 3/4" group! I may buy other rifles in other action types and calibers, but this one stays with me forever.


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