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Howa sent Rokslide a new 16.25” barrels Superlite for a review. It was asked if I would eval it in the same vein as normal.
Rifle: Howa Superlite in 308win with 16.25” threaded barrel.
4lbs 9.3 oz without mag, but with included pic rail-
6.2lbs as it sits- scoped and suppressed with a SWFA SS UL 2.5-10x36mm and suppressor-
The detachable mag and bottom metal (it’s plastic, stiff- but plastic) are new versions.
Initial Thoughts:
It is of course very light. There is some function and fit issues out of the box. The included pic rail is functional, but ridiculously tall.
Issues:
First and most serious is that the rifle fails to feed about 30-40% of the time regardless of what is done. The bolt rides over the rear of the cartridge in the magazine-
The cause is that the bottom “metal” is not latching/locking the magazine fully.
Without mag, magazine latch fully flush-
With magazine, and latch will not lock-
No amount of fiddling would correct it in the 30 minutes or so that I played with it.
The bedding/inlet will need to be addressed, as there is about an 1/8” of movement when tightening the front and rear action screws.
The barrel is not free floated-
And finally when running the bolt quickly, the decent, to good two-stage trigger becomes a 6-8lb single stage. This is not unusual with Howa’s Two-Stage triggers.
To be continued…..
Rifle: Howa Superlite in 308win with 16.25” threaded barrel.
4lbs 9.3 oz without mag, but with included pic rail-
6.2lbs as it sits- scoped and suppressed with a SWFA SS UL 2.5-10x36mm and suppressor-
The detachable mag and bottom metal (it’s plastic, stiff- but plastic) are new versions.
Initial Thoughts:
It is of course very light. There is some function and fit issues out of the box. The included pic rail is functional, but ridiculously tall.
Issues:
First and most serious is that the rifle fails to feed about 30-40% of the time regardless of what is done. The bolt rides over the rear of the cartridge in the magazine-
The cause is that the bottom “metal” is not latching/locking the magazine fully.
Without mag, magazine latch fully flush-
With magazine, and latch will not lock-
No amount of fiddling would correct it in the 30 minutes or so that I played with it.
The bedding/inlet will need to be addressed, as there is about an 1/8” of movement when tightening the front and rear action screws.
The barrel is not free floated-
And finally when running the bolt quickly, the decent, to good two-stage trigger becomes a 6-8lb single stage. This is not unusual with Howa’s Two-Stage triggers.
To be continued…..
