6mm ARC Lightweight Backpacking Rifle Build

mahonsr

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Nice - I feel good about that. That's the standard 20" heavy barrel right? Any idea on weight - no big deal if you don't. I'm wondering if the barreled action would end up being similar in length to a 700 LA with an 18" barrel - since the howa mini will have a longer barrel but smaller action. Probably something I could figure out with internet sleuthing on the length of the howa mini action
 

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A Mini barreled action with an 18” barrel is 24 3/4” overall. The 18” barrel dimension is bolt face to end of barrel.
 

Caseknife

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Nice - I feel good about that. That's the standard 20" heavy barrel right? Any idea on weight - no big deal if you don't. I'm wondering if the barreled action would end up being similar in length to a 700 LA with an 18" barrel - since the howa mini will have a longer barrel but smaller action. Probably something I could figure out with internet sleuthing on the length of the howa mini action
As it sits there, with the Huron and Harris, it scaled right at 7.5#. Heavy little bugger but feels real solid and it shoots good. Yes, this is the shorter heavy barrel version.
 
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After 320 rounds, I’ve settled on the load my 22” sporter barrel Howa Mini likes.

108 ELDM
26.5 grains Varget
2670 FPS

Something I’ve learned about my 22” sporter barrel. 2-3 rounds will group sub MOA, but shots 4 or 5 will have a flyer bringing group to 1-1.5”. If I let barrel cool 3 minutes between shots, I can get sub MOA 10 shot groups. So basically the sporter is heat sensitive.

It’s a hunting rifle so I’ve only take 2 shots at a deer a couple of times.


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108 ELDM
26.5 grains Varget
2670 fps


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Thanks for the reminder to revisit Varget!
Howa Mini 20" Carbon Barrel

105 Berger VLD
27.0 gr Varget
2620 fps

Need to shoot some 5 shot groups for confirmation but accuracy is great on this load and ES is single digits.
 

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Thanks for the reminder to revisit Varget!
Howa Mini 20" Carbon Barrel

105 Berger VLD
27.0 gr Varget
2620 fps

Need to shoot some 5 shot groups for confirmation but accuracy is great on this load and ES is single digits.

Awesome! Yeah my problem with Lever is I don’t want 40-50 FPS swings during hunting season. I’d rather load Varget and take a hit on the velocity.
 
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