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The Howa 1500 or Howa M1500 (豊和M1500, hōwa-M1500) is a bolt-action rifle produced in Japan by Howa Machinery. Introduced in 1979, [ 1 ] it has been used by hunters as a hunting rifle with various cartridge offerings.
The .300 Winchester Magnum (also known as .300 Win Mag or .300 WM) (7.62×67mmB, 7.62x66BR) is a belted, bottlenecked magnum rifle cartridge that was introduced by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company in 1963. The .300 Winchester Magnum is a magnum cartridge designed to fit in a standard rifle action.
During the early 1970s, Howa produced the AR-18 and AR-180 5.56mm assault rifle as a license from Armalite Inc. of Costa Mesa, California, [15] which marketed the rifle to various military forces. Japanese government restrictions on the sales of military small arms to foreign countries eventually forced Howa to cease production of the AR-18/AR ...
.308 Winchester.300 H&H Magnum.300 Winchester Magnum.300 WSM.300 Weatherby Magnum.300 RUM.325 WSM.338 Winchester Magnum.35 Remington.358 Winchester.375 H&H Magnum.416 Remington Magnum.416 Rigby.458 Winchester Magnum.470 Capstick: 1936 United States: WKW Wilk.50 BMG: 2005 Poland: Zbroyar Z-008: 7.62×51mm NATO: 2007 Ukraine: Snipex Rhino Hunter ...
.300 Winchester Magnum 7.5×55mm Swiss West Germany: 1982 Winchester Model 1903: Winchester Repeating Arms Company.22 Winchester Automatic United States 1903 Winchester Model 1905: Winchester Repeating Arms Company.32 Winchester Self-Loading.35 Winchester Self-Loading United States 1905 Winchester Model 1907: Winchester Repeating Arms Company
List of Winchester Center Fire rifle cartridges.More commonly known as WCF, it is a family of cartridges designed by Winchester Repeating Arms Company. [1] There are many other Winchester cartridges that do not carry the WCF moniker, such as the .300 WSM. .270 Winchester, and .300 Winchester Magnum
In the same year, Howa released the M300 [a] as a hunting gun for domestic markets. Soon after releasing the Howa M300, the company began working on a new type of a hunting rifle in order to meet the demand for large-caliber bolt-action rifles in Japan.
The Vanguard was based on the Howa 1500 bolt action and was initially only offered in standard calibers, and it provided an attractive alternative for buyers in the market for a sporting bolt-action rifle like the Winchester Model 70 or Remington Model 700. Weatherby has since offered the Vanguard chambered for select Weatherby magnum calibers. [3]