Howa Superlite, 308, 16", aluminum bottom metal, detailed stock review and bedding

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Some additional photos.

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Gun weight without rail and with factory plastic bottom metal, no mag. The aftermarket aluminum bottom metal with mag body can be seen in the background.

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Stock color with added brown and gray sponge design.

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Chips (?) in the stock that were painted over. Seems to me that as long as Stocky's is painting a stock and not leaving it with a smooth carbon finish they are fine with whatever cosmetic defects the stock has. Their website sells blemished carbon fiber stocks (always out of stock), but I bet they use the majority of them for their textured paint jobs since they won't be too noticeable.

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The top rail that comes with the gun, scratches on it from where it rubbed against some part of the barreled action. It comes taped near the barreled action, both on a piece of cardboard within a box, wrapped in a couple of places with cellophane like packaging. It weighed 1.7oz if memory serves, so almost the same weight as both Talley rings alone.

Thanks for your time! Again, I hope it's helpful.

Hi, thanks for this post. Got the superlite in 308 and having some issues with the stock. When I place the barreled action in the stock there's probably a quarter inch teeter that causes the barreled action to slip maybe too far into the stock when fully torqued to 30 in lbs. This causes the barrel to have some pretty significant contact with the forend of the stock. Would you have any suggestions for this situation? Howa said I could send back to them but it will take at Lear 3 months, could send it to Oregunsmithing, that's a month but sounds like they have a lot of experience with superlites, or I could try this myself. I can sort of wrap my head around the glassing but not sure how to add mass to the front action screw area so it doesn't dip into the stock. Was thinking shims, washers, something like that. But this could be a terrible idea.

Thanks!