Howa M1500 Fence Line 7.62x39mm 22" Tungsten Grey Light Camo Rifle

Howa chambers the Fence Line in 7.62x39mm for hunters who work close cover and want a cartridge that turns up on every ammunition shelf in the country. It is a mild recoiling round out of a 22" barrel, and a bolt gun wrings more consistency out of it than the semi autos most people associate with the cartridge.

Tungsten metalwork over a Grey Light camo stock keeps the whole rifle in muted grays instead of gloss black, which is the sensible way round for something that gets carried in the open rather than driven to a bench. If you already keep 7.62x39mm on hand for something with a gas system, this is a quiet way to put the same ammunition to work on game. Ranges in thick cover are short, the cartridge has plenty of bullet for whitetail inside them, and the bolt keeps the manual of arms about as simple as it gets: load, lift, run it, safety on. It is a practical woods rifle and an easy one to feed, which is most of what a deer rifle needs to be.