Howa Mini Rifles, Builds, and Upgrades

[Gstew1930]

Its a cheap ass howa.......they gonna make a junker prob one of every 7-10 rifles. I bought a howa 65prc 4 years ago then they first came out, barrel was so rough and tight it blew primers on every type of factory ammo I tried. Sent the POS back for a refund.

very true

 

[Stocky]

Well, to take my rifle build further down the rabbit hole, later this week I'm getting a barrel in 223AI
Apparently the round feeds fine in the factory magazines in my gunsmiths Mini.
Velocity wise, he was just over 2900fps with 73s in a 17.5" length.

You brought Chris' barrel? I was looking hahaha

 

[Te Hopo]

You brought Chris' barrel? I was looking hahaha

Yeah bro, he made me a great offer and seing as I'm local.... it just made sense

 

[Stocky]

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Yeah bro, he made me a great offer and seing as I'm local.... it just made sense

Saw it and was going to wait a week. Good stuff. Be cool to see how it goes

 

[IDVortex]

Never owned a custome/fancy stock until this stocky. Only one blemish on it.
Ill have to take a dremel to the stock to get clearance, left side of the barrel touches. Figured as much. Guess I'll be busy with a dremel this weekend.

its sexy, so glad i got it.

 

[waspocrew]

My Jard trigger arrived today. Installed and feels very nice. Only gripe is they have very small specific hex keys needed to adjust over-travel, etc and they don't include one. Looked all over my bench and couldn't find it, so have to head to ACE to fine tune it.

Overall, very nice trigger though.

 

[khuber84]

Never owned a custome/fancy stock until this stocky. Only one blemish on it.
Ill have to take a dremel to the stock to get clearance, left side of the barrel touches. Figured as much. Guess I'll be busy with a dremel this weekend.

its sexy, so glad i got it.
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Suggestion: use sand paper wrapped around a deep wall socket to open the barrel channel. Dremel sounds like a good idea but it can remove too much material very quickly. Don't ask how I know......

 

[J_Jacobson196]

I normally purchase a piece of dowel in the diameter needed for the required clearance, then just wrap sandpaper around that.