Just recently looked into buying a howa 1500 .270. Went to the store looked at the gun kinda heavy but felt good and it had a Nikon scope that I really liked. Just curios have any of y'all tried or heard anything about these guns.

I've heard a lot like the Savages, not the most expensive but certainly serviceable and very accurate. I own 2 Savages by the way.

Made by Weatherby if I remember correctly.

I've got one in .308. They are built in Japan on the same equipment as the Weatherby Vangaurd. Legacy International imports the barreled actions and mounts them on a stock. Mine (and most I've seen) are on a Hogue oversold stock.

My gun shoots pretty nicely. Its not a 1000 yard gun but I can consistently shoot 1 inch or so groups at 100 yards. I will say the trigger is not the best but it is adjustable. I got mine decent with the adjustment but I'm wanting to swap it for a Timney.

Overall, the gun isn't and wasn't meant to be a show piece but its a solid gun and hasn't let me down.

Actually, a Weatherby Vangaard is a Howa. It's made by Howa.

I've never seen a 1500 in person, but the old Howa Golden Bear was excellent.

dad has a howa and I have shot it and it was very nice and smooth!!! action was amazing and very accurate

I shot my first brown bear on Kodiak Island with a Howa 1500 in .338 WM. They're well made, accurate, and have a good trigger. The retail price makes them a Best Buy.

A Howa/W. Vangaurd has some of the best features of many rifles. Check this out.
Best rifle for the money

Howa is the old Smith and Wesson type action, same as Weatherby Vanguard - I own a 25-06 shooting Barnes TSX bullets and getting 1/2"MOA at 100 yards; own a Howa 300 win mag shooting 180 Barnes TTSX, overlapping bullets at 100 yards - love mine!

The Howa 1500 is the same as the Weatherby Vanguard, dang good shooting rifle. My rifle is a Weatherby Vanguard .243, I dropped it into a Blackhawks Knoxx stock, it's a beaut. The Howa will work great for you.

My first rifle I ever bought was a Howa 1500 in 270 Win. With good ammo, it's a 1/2" shooter on a good day, and 3/4" on most days. I've bedded and free floated mine, with a slightly tuned trigger, and feed it good reloads. It shoots very well out to 800 yards.

I have three Vanguards. Have done a lot of research and talked to Weatherby. My understanding is the Vanguard has the Howa action but a different trigger, barrel and stock.

My brother's SIL bought a new Vanguard this fall, and I mounted a scope for him and did some load work-up as well. The barreled action appears to be the same as the standard Howa--receiver, barrel, trigger, bottom metal. The stock may be unique to Weatherby, however, but I can't say for sure.

Howa are great quality rifles, we have one in 243. They come with Hogue stock and are Japanese built. Howa manufactures the Weatherby Vanguard and only difference is the bolt as I recall. I would certainly buy another..

I have the Ranchland Compact in .308 and after this season it has become my favorite rifle. Highly accurate and it has the HACT trigger which is very nice. The Scope it came with was trash but after topping it with a Burris it is now my go to gun over the Tikka and Rem 700.

you cant go wrong with the howa or w. vanguard, i own several of each and shoot better then my high $$ stuff, i would take either one all day long

I have a 1500 in 25-06. Got from Academy with the Houge stock. It is accurate and well built. Definitely a good value, IMO.

howa, vanguard is head and shoulders better than the rest, only thing better is a winchester

Ok this may stir things up but howa 1500 or a remington 700? And make an argument without saying there is more after market parts for the remington, out of the box which is the better gun?

I just bought a Howa .308, have not shot it yet, but it feels smoother than my last SPS. More to follow my scope will arrive later in the week.

I have a howa ranchland 308 with a hogue stock. It's a very nice gun that shoots good groups and feels nice holding and shooting. Like some have said its a little heavier but not too bad.

howa, its what a remington wants to be when it grows up, better bolt, better lug, better reciever, better extractor , better trigger, better quality control

I have a howa 308, weatherby 243, and a Remington 700 25-06 and a savage 270. All are great and shoot wonderful. As far as triggers all about the same at least close enough. As far as shooting groups the savage is the winner and nice groups with nearly anything. If I had to pick just one and get rid of the others I would keep the savage. The others are great as well...... I would not put the howa or Remington one ahead of the other, both have great triggers, both of mine are set at 2 pounds. Just buy more guns and you would have both, really a toss up from someone that shoots a lot and has both. Just my 2 cents

Pretty much true nowadays. Remington triggers used to be easy to adjust.....no mas. Their out-of-the-box accuracy was once legendary....now it's hit or miss. I only see two advantages that Remington retains: They are lighter weight, which could be a plus when crafting a carrying rifle. And the after-market gee-gaws still give Remmy an edge when building up a custom shooter.

Personally, I still favor the looks of the 700 CDL over the Howa, but that's aesthetics. Other than that, Howa just turns out a better product, I believe.