i was looking into getting a remington 700 and putting a tactical stock on it and when i looked at it at gander mountain the associated showed me the howa 1500 color match rifle with the color match scope. i liked the way it felt just don't really know much about the howa and neither did the sales associate one thing i want to do is be able to change the stock on them. i was just wondering if anyone had any insight on the differences between them.