Howa M1500 Fence Line 223 Rem 22" Tungsten Grey Light Camo Rifle

223 Rem in a bolt gun is an easy rifle to shoot a lot. Recoil is negligible, barrel life is long, and the cartridge is accurate enough that people take it to matches on purpose. Howa chambers the M1500 Fence Line in it behind a 22" barrel, which is the length that lets 223 Rem do what it was built to do without turning the rifle into something awkward to carry through a fence line.

Tungsten metalwork and a Grey Light camo stock give the rifle a pale, washed out look that disappears in sage and stubble rather than announcing itself. That matters more on open ground than most people will admit, because a black rifle reads as a hard vertical line from a long way out. As a coyote and varmint rifle it is hard to argue with: ammunition sits on every counter that sells centerfire, the recoil is light enough that you can spot your own hits through the scope, and it is a sensible way to teach somebody to run a bolt without building a flinch into them first. Put a scope on it and go to work.