Hi All, New to Shooters Forum.

I'm thinking putting together a rifle for long range target shooting, maybe coyotes. I have a Howa 1500 in 300 Win Mag. Does the Howa action and/or caliber have potential or should I go find a something else to start with?

Welcome to the board, plugcutt - hope you enjoy your stay here and will join us in the discussions on the many forums here.

The Howa is a fine bolt gun and the .300WM is noted for longer range accuracy.

Guess what we need to do here is define "long range". To what ranges are you referring to?

Hi All, New to Shooters Forum.

I'm thinking putting together a rifle for long range target shooting, maybe coyotes. I have a Howa 1500 in 300 Win Mag. Does the Howa action and/or caliber have potential or should I go find a something else to start with?

I had a S&W 1500 years ago. Same design and factory. One of the most accurate rifles I ever had. I am a Mauser action guy (Win Model 70, Ruger M77), but there is nothing wrong with the 1500 as far as push feed actions go.

most of the long range shooters I know are using Remington action based rifles.

i'd look at the Rem' VLS and some of their other Model 700's to start. Rem's website is a little mixed-up at one point re: those rifles, but you'll figure out what you're looking at. A VLS' is a great platform to start with, and I wouldn't modify it if I started winning competitions w/it
take care, ss'