Ultralight bolt action - build one? Or just buy a Howa Superlite?

[Slimbo]

do we still have access to Kimber products in Canada? I thought they stopped exporting to us a while back..... perhaps I'm mistaken

Switched distributors, gravel has them now (barf)

 

[enoch]

Savage ultralite very very accurate rifle. Just saying try it and you if you don't like it you can always resell and built your rifle. The Howa seems to he accurate only wirh certain loads and only with the first 3-4 furst shots. I don't have experience with it and my comment is based on a couple of videos ou Youtube so for what it's worth.... But my brother inlaw has bought the Savage and it's a winner. My 2 cents ! Hope you find your grail !

 

[bearhunter]

So IBI or Cadex is "a factory" but a gunsmith cutting a blank from IBI or Cadex is not a factory barrel? Do I read that right?

I have no idea how you read, just look at what the notice points out.

 

[bearhunter]

Does Kimber ship to Canada? I didn't realize they've stopped shipping to Canada. Their website says they won't ship out of the US. Maybe I should keep mine? Beautiful, accurate and light.

To bad, they're excellent firearms for the mid range price.

 

[remington jim]

Does Kimber ship to Canada? I didn't realize they've stopped shipping to Canada. Their website says they won't ship out of the US. Maybe I should keep mine? Beautiful, accurate and light.

To bad, they're excellent firearms for the mid range price.

Yea Kimber being gone from Canada for years ! Korth was the distributor BUT who knows why ? I’ve owned 5 Kimber Hunter rifles and Unfortunately I sold them all .

 

[kelly1]

do we still have access to Kimber products in Canada? I thought they stopped exporting to us a while back..... perhaps I'm mistaken

Yes not from Korth someone else ,I see them at Reliable

 

[708fan]

IME There’s a hell of a difference's in accuracy between a factory barrel and a hand lapped custom installed on a factory rifle, prefit or smithed.
I hold very tight and get no benefit with triggers under 2.5 pounds. I have two TT 2 stage. One is in still in the box. Early 80’s REM 700 triggers are superior.
Personally I’d put a skinny IBI or JC Custom steel prefit on that little Howa and giver.

I need someone to talk me out of making a bad financial decision.

So I'm currently obsessed with building an ultralight bolt action brush rifle. I'm thinking 5 lbs and a 12" - 14" barrel. I'm debating whether to buy a Howa Superlite and cut, crown and thread the barrel... Or build something with the following components list.

Component	Name	Min Weight (oz)	Max Weight (oz)	Price
Action	Terminus Apollo Lite TI	20.00​	20.00​	$1,825.00​
Barrel	IBI carbon prefit 14"	36.0?​	40.0?​	$1,350.00​
Barrel Nut	IBI barrel nut	2.65​	2.65​	$55.00​
Stock	Wildcat Composite	16.50​	21.00​	$450.00​
Rings	Warne Hyperlite	2.33​	2.33​	$160.00​
Scope	Leuopld VX Freedom 1.5-4x	9.60​	9.60​	Already Own​
Brake	PVA Ultralight Jet Blast	1.37​	1.37​	$170.00​
Bottom Metal	Hawkins Precision Hunter DBM	2.80​	2.80​	$325.00​
Magazine	MDT Polymer 3 round / 10 round	1.38​	4.80​	Already Own​
Trigger	Triggertech Special 2-stage	1.5?​	1.5?​	$360.00​
TOTAL		5.88 lbs​	6.63 lbs​	$4,695.00​

Meanwhile, a Howa Superlite with a 16" barrel would weigh 4.3 lbs (68.8 oz), obviating the need to buy the stock, action, barrel, barrel nut, bottom metal and magazine. All in with optic, rings and brake it would come to 5.12 lbs. So it's even lighter too, and that could be reduced even further by cutting the barrel to 12" with a crown and threading by a gunsmith. EDIT: Yeah, realized that's illegal. Nevermind.

All in the cost would be about $1800, so less than half the price.

What would the Howa be giving up?

Howa has a 90° bolt throw instead of 60° that the Terminus Apollo Lite TI has...

The Howa would only take the proprietary 3 round mag, no option for a 10 round.

The Howa trigger would be far inferior to the Triggertech trigger

The Howa isn't available in all the custom calibres (was thinking .338 Federal)

So - convince me not to blow my money on a custom rifle.

 

[griffin86]

Does Kimber ship to Canada? I didn't realize they've stopped shipping to Canada. Their website says they won't ship out of the US. Maybe I should keep mine? Beautiful, accurate and light.

To bad, they're excellent firearms for the mid range price.

Gravel Agency has 23 models on their site. Not sure how many they have in stock.

 

[remington jim]

I have a Tikka 338 Fedeal T3 SS lite I could sell you -then have the barrel shortened and install a PR Precision folding chassis on it . Might get you by

 

[conor_90]

Classic Tikka Jim

You should rechamber it to 338/06

 

[Denver Steve]

338 RCM, that was it's a short action. Or 338 WSM.