6mm arc build Howa Mini or buy complete

[KY_coop]

Did some work on the stock and got the barrel channel cleared out enough. Just in time to put some rounds on paper. The heavy barrel seems to like the 108 factory loads. Pics are of a 3 and 6 rd group. The athlon scope definitely isn't much for precision, the center dot covers an inch square. But it will make a hell of a whitetail and target shooting scope for me.

 

[General RE LEE]

Did some work on the stock and got the barrel channel cleared out enough. Just in time to put some rounds on paper. The heavy barrel seems to like the 108 factory loads. Pics are of a 3 and 6 rd group. The athlon scope definitely isn't much for precision, the center dot covers an inch square. But it will make a hell of a whitetail and target shooting scope for me.
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Nice. Keep shooting I bet it gets tighter. What Athlon scope?

 

[KY_coop]

Athlon helos btr 2-12.
Keep shooting is the plan. I have close to 300 rds I've slowly acquired. Probably should around half of them then use the brass to start loading and testing my own. I don't know if I'll shoot this as much as I shoot my 223 but it will more then likely be a close second. Signed up for some skills division nrl hunter and may take this to one of those once I get more rounds down it.

 

[TimberHunter]

I ordered a 20” HB 6 ARC and a Stockys VG stock. Consensus to bed or not to bed the stock/action?


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[The Guide]

I ordered a 20” HB 6 ARC and a Stockys VG stock. Consensus to bed or not to bed the stock/action?


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Bed it after you shoot it. Mine and others didn't need bedding. Others have. I wouldn't start with it unless needed.

Jay

 

[KY_coop]

I ordered a 20” HB 6 ARC and a Stockys VG stock. Consensus to bed or not to bed the stock/action?


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I've never bedded anything before, I read where alot of people are bedding these for the howa minis. I was thinking of bedding it right away just to learn, but decided to see how it shoots first. Not a huge sample size but the first few groups show that it can shoot well enough for hunting and intermediate range steel. May revisit the idea later but it will be after a good amount more testing.

 

[Qholum37]

Yep I always shoot first and see how they do. The 6.5G Mini I’ve been working on is definitely getting a bedding job this week!

 

[General RE LEE]

Since the action screw goes directly into recoil lug, how are y’all bedding the lug in a Howa?