Legacy Sports International, recently announced the new Howa HCR, or Howa Chassis Rifle. The Howa HCR sits in an aluminum chassis, and features and Ar-15 style grip and a fully adjustable LUTH-AR MBA-3 stock. The Howa Chassis Rifle will be available in .223/5.56, .243 Winchester, 6.5 Creedmoor and 7.62/.308 Winchester.

Key Features of the Howa Chassis Rifle Include:

• Howa 1500 20” & 24” Heavy Barreled options
• Black 6061-T6 Aluminum Chassis with Free-Float M-LOK Forend
• LUTH AR Butt Stock with LOP Adjustment from 12.5” to 16.75”
• Adjustable Comb
• MAGPUL MOE Grip
• 10 RD ACCURATE Mag / Detachable All Steel Mag- Teflon Coated
• 2 Stage H.A.C.T. Trigger
• 3 Position Safety

I recently had the chance to test the Howa MiniAction series of rifles, and I was very impressed! The Firearm Blog will be getting a Howa Chassis Rifle in the very near future for testing. One thing that I have come to recently appreciate about Legacy Sports International LLC, is their ability to quickly respond to the needs of the market. I met the Legacy Sports crew this year at SHOT Show, and the were an absolute pleasure to work with.

The Howa Chassis Rifle will have an MSRP $1299.00. Could this rifle be a less expensive way for shooters to get into the competition circuit? I look forward to seeing what kind of accuracy these rifles are capable of.

Barrel length, twist rate, size, weight and caliber specifications:

.223 Rem. 20” HB, 1-9” Twist-

Weight- 9.6lbs

OAL-      39-43.25”

LOP-      12.5-16.75”

.223 Rem. 24” HB, 1-9” Twist-

Weight- 10.2lbs

OAL-      43-47.25”

LOP-      12.5-16.75”

.243 Win. 24” HB, 1-10” Twist-

Weight- 10.2lbs

OAL-      43-47.25”

LOP-      12.5-16.75”

6.5 Creedmoor 24” HB, 1-8” Twist-

Weight- 10.2lbs

OAL-      43-47.25”

LOP-      12.5-16.75”

.308 Win 20” HB, 1-10” Twist –

Weight- 9.6lbs

OAL-      39-43.25”

LOP-      12.5-16.75”

.308 Win 24” HB, 1-10” Twist –

Weight- 10.2lbs

OAL-      43-47.25”

LOP-      12.5-16.75