I have one in 243. I am not done seting it up, but the trigger is nice. Howa makes the Weatherby rifles. I saw a review that stated it shot half minute of angle out of the box. Not surprising for a 1500 action, they tend to be tack drivers.
I looked hard at these rifles too! Seemed to be an awesome gun for the money. Had a good friend who owned one in 7 mm mag and claimed it was the most accurate rifle he ever owned!