I had similar issues with mine, Ive only had it for a month or so. My action was sitting too high in the stock, was only getting around 1 turn on the rear action screw, and the mag was popping out and not feeding rounds. I tested the rifle together without the stock and it worked fine (ie- floorplate/mag bolted to action minus stock). Importer swapped the stock and the second one was much better and get around three full turns on the rear action screw now and feeds fine. Also same issue with magazine not dropping out when action screw was tight, would only work with a loose action screw, I fixed this with a shim under the front end of the floorplate. I traced the shape of the front of the floorplate onto some thin plastic sheet (Coke (soda) Can aluminium would also work) and cut it out, drilled the hole for action screw, this sandwiches between the stock and floorplate and it now works fine even with tight action screws. I cut off 1&1/3 coils off the trigger Sear spring and trigger pull is much lighter now. Havent shot it for groups yet, but the action seems to rock in the bedding without the action screws so Im sure there some stress when the action screws are done up, I am going to glass bed the action as well. Next move though is group rifle with a load unbedded, then shoot same load after bedding to see the difference. Edit to add, I also filed off a little bit of material from the rear bottom of the Picatinny Rail as it too was rubbing on the bolt.

Thanks for the information. I was reading through some of the comments because its been a while since you made the review videos read that one guy replaced with bottom metal and that they replaced your rifle are you happy with the new one and does it shoot well?

Thinking about trading in my .243 steyr to get one of these in 6.5 creed. I would switch out to the metal floor Plate to eliminate this issue. Other than that, are you happy with it?

Would it not eject the spent case? Seen you having to get it out with your fingers.

How is the superlight 308 running now that you had it for year??? Is it worth it or should i spend 3,000 on a Christenson --- rather not. Seems like a very good deal howa?? Wyoming guy

Have handled a few of these in gun shops and the ones ive seen the bolt's ran rough as hell

You can fix the magazine ejection problem pretty easily removing a bit of material from the front edge of the magazine well. I ended up buying a Super Lite as well. The one that came (couldn't inspect prior) had a defective rear trigger guard screw hole inletting. Basically a chunk was missing, which made it impossible to torque down the rear trigger guard as the flimsy trigger guard plastic would go into the hole. Howa (Legacy Sports) replaced the stock for me rather quickly. Unfortunately the stock they sent was not properly inlet for the rear trigger guard which caused the rifle to not feed properly as the magazine/trigger guard were 1/8"+ proud. I fixed the inletting with some careful material removal from the rear trigger guard inlet, and now everything is functional. I probably could've sent the whole rifle back to be fixed but who knows how long they'd have it for, and I leave for my first hunt in late-July. Needless to say this is not an ideal experience for a new rifle. This rifle would be the perfect backcountry rifle if Howa/Legacy fixed the QC issues with the stock, and ditched the flimsy trigger guard/bottom metal. I thankfully don't have the ejection problems that you have.

Thanks for info --If you could let me know how the new batch rifle is for you-- I can tell you this in my opinion if it is a shooter howa new batch--- it will be a hell of a deal me money wise compared to Christianson fft titanium and weatheby bacountry ti--wyoming guy-- thanks

notice how you are almost the only person on youtube reviewing this rifle. makes me wonder if non of the big channels aren't because they don't want to have a 100% critical video. the howa action and barrels are great, i just dont think they can get their stock suppliers to give them the quality these rifles deserve. also any of their plastic drop box magazine are horrible. mine came with both dbm and bottom metal. i swapped out for the bottom metal instantly because of how crappy their 5 round magazine was. if you just bumped the release the mag would fall out. not to mention it stuck out like a 10 round magazine but only hold 5. bad design!

Hello what ammo was you using

Is this the 6.5 or 308 ?

The problem with led sleds especially in this scenario is your changing the barrel harmonics and not allowing the gun to get into its own rhythm. My dad like led sleds but I never and won’t use them. I want the rifle in its natural state either with a bag or a bipod. I won’t have a led sled in the woods. Or in the mountains

I have the same rifle and I have the same problems is a good rifle but it has to many issues I should of got something else

I don’t have a channel so I’m not trying to be critical of you, considering you get on here and make this stuff and have to put up with comments… That said, within the first minute or two of this video I knew there were going to be issues. A sled should never be used…can cause all kinds of problems to a rifle/scope/action screws/receiver screws, etc. Secondly, how are you going to take a pencil thin barrel and run 4 and 5 shot groups? It’s going to be bad always…it’s just science. There’s not enough metal there for it to stay true to point of aim. This is a rifle where you shoot cold bore, let it cool, shoot cold bore, let it cool. Maybe a 2-round group if you want to see what a follow up shot looks like. I think a lot of people forget the point of certain hunting rifles…not everything has a bull barrel and is meant to take to a PRS competition.

The stock is falty !!!! Probably have huge clearanc between barrel and stock also ? Torquing the receiver .

I have one and a few vids up. What a terrible stock.....Oh My the worst Ive seen.

So many problems with this... Your shooting an ultra light rifle and clearly dont have the basics of marksmanship down. Hand on the scopes a poor method as the varied pressure changes point of impact. Shooting in the lead sled also is also bad for accuracy as it doesn't move like a shoulder does it also turns all the recoil force into muzzle rise and puts a ton of stress on the stock. Your zero will change significantly with the sled. The video really tells us nothing about its accuracy. On the other hand seems like its had plenty of other issues so good thing it went back. I've been running Kimber's for year sand the learning curve was huge and I still lean towards the smaller chamberings or running brakes to make them more shootable. Most people dont need a lightweight rifle or benefit from one. If your not doing 3000Feet plus days on the hill just take a nice 8-9 pound rifle thats much more shootable.