howa 1500 triggers

gethuntin

gethuntin

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My brother has a howa 1500 and the triger is worse than any other factory rifle i have pulled. We were wondering if they are easily tuned by a gunsmith or would it be neccassary to buy an aftermarket trigger?
If so what kind would be good in the $100 range.
 
Wow I have never heard of that before. But I would imagine that they are not too bad for a smith to tune up for you.
 
it is an adjustable trigger. to get it decent you will have to stone down the savety sear. If you dont know what you are doing, take it to a gunsmith. I would reccomend a timney trigger. I have one in mine set a little less than 1.5lbs and it has ZERO creep or overtravel. absolutely great gun for the money.
 
The Howa 1500 has two trigger adjustment screws identified as the front trigger adjusting screw and the rear trigger adjusting screw. They can be identified by screws with locking nuts.

The front screw is for trigger pull, loosen the locking nut up and loosen the screw counterclockwise until you get the trigger pull you want and then tighten the locking nut back up. Probably won’t get it below about 3 lbs.

The rear screw is for creep, loosen the back locking nut up and turn the screw clockwise a little bit and tighten the locking nut back up. If you go to far the safety won't work, not a problem just back it off a little until the safety does work. You are not going to get all the creep out of it, so you have to play with these a little bit, don't get in a hurry.

This screws should adjusted maybe an 1/8 turn at a time!
 
thank you for the info something we might have to try ourselves. We can feel a very distinct catch in the trigger like it should be honed.. that part if we cant get to smooth out then he will probably take it to the smith
 
The older 1500 adjustable triggers were a bit of a pain, but I hear the newer ones are better. I ended up replacing mine with a Timney. Some gunsmiths can get them better, and they may give you something in trade on a Timney or whatever you want. I would try to adjust it first myself. The adjusting lock nuts are painted, and it does void the warranty if you mess with it during the warranty period.
 
I just worked on a Howa 1500 in 223, great trigger to say the least. I adjusted the trigger to 2 lbs.

Now I need to replace the stock for this 223. The plastic stock is just too flimsy. I have bedded the stock, epoxied steel rods in the forearm and still having problems.

Anyone got an extra wood stock they would want to sell?
 
My Howa 1500 only allowed the trigger to be reduced to 3.0 lbs. I called Legacy Sports (the importer) they told me to send it to Ultimate Firearms in Michigan attn: Ken Johnston (www.ultimatefirearms.com 1-517-349-2976). These guys build a special semi custom muzzleloader that uses the 1500 action. He installed an extra screw, kept the original 3 position safety (which I really like)and I have it set at 1 lb 12 oz. with no creep or overtravel. The turn around time was only about 8 days and with shipping it only cost about $80.00.
I could not get this type of quality service in such a short time in Phoenix. The next time I need something special done I won't even bother with the Phoenix gunsmiths (well,I might go to The Dons again), it just takes too darn long to get the firearm back from most of them (because of lots of business).
 
Had my Gun smith rework mine when he rebarreled the gun a S & W 1500. One of the nicest factory triggers I have at 1.5 pounds.
 
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