Howa Mini Rifles, Builds, and Upgrades

[nate907]

Bought a 20" 6ARC barreled action off Brownells and built this up. Dropped it in an Elf Owl chassis with a folding Black Collar stock. I also had the barrel fluted which actually made it lighter than the 22" sporter i have in 223. Not as light as id hoped for, but happy with how it turned out. It ended up weighing the same as my 20" tikka sitting in a HNT26 chassis with the same scope, but significantly cheaper to put together.

 

[Marshfly]

Nice and that’s with using Varget? About to have a 18” soon

Factory Hornady load. I don't reload.

 

[passinggas33]

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The MDT LSS Gen 2 was too cheap for me to pass on the factory seconds sale. I’ll post some more when I get it all setup.

What did this end up weighing?

 

[bigbuckdj]

What did this end up weighing?

It’s 40.4 ounces with the chassis, fostech aluminum castle nut, mdt buffer tube, magpul dt-pr, and mdt premier pistol grip. My friends daughter is using the 6 arc, I’ll get it back in a couple weeks and a give a full weight.

 

[Natebonebusta]

I upgraded to a Bell and Carlson stock from the factory Howa. I like it. I want to reach for this rifle with the same feeling I have when I reach for my Xbolt. This stock certainly improves that feeling

 

[General RE LEE]

I upgraded to a Bell and Carlson stock from the factory Howa. I like it. I want to reach for this rifle with the same feeling I have when I reach for my Xbolt. This stock certainly improves that feelingView attachment 809731

Looks like the sporter stock. Nice.

 

[hereinaz]

Man, I am getting itchy to for my bolt to get back so I can keep shooting my mini!

 

[Ferrulewax]

Does anyone have a Superlight they can compare to the mini? I am mostly wondering where/how howa is getting the weight savings on the superlight. Has me thinking about getting a superlight to modify instead of the mini, though I prefer the 6arc/6.5 grendel to the 6.5cm as offered in the SL for a sub 5lb rifle.

 

[General RE LEE]

Does anyone have a Superlight they can compare to the mini? I am mostly wondering where/how howa is getting the weight savings on the superlight. Has me thinking about getting a superlight to modify instead of the mini, though I prefer the 6arc/6.5 grendel to the 6.5cm as offered in the SL for a sub 5lb rifle.

The mini action is shorter and lighter

 

[The Guide]

Does anyone have a Superlight they can compare to the mini? I am mostly wondering where/how howa is getting the weight savings on the superlight. Has me thinking about getting a superlight to modify instead of the mini, though I prefer the 6arc/6.5 grendel to the 6.5cm as offered in the SL for a sub 5lb rifle.

I'm considering a Superlite build also. I can get similar or greater terminal distances with a 16" 308/6.5CM/243 as I can get with my 22" 6ARC. I want to run suppressed and keep a short rifle system. I'm 6'6" and get enough stuff caught on my pack without adding a suppressor to the end of my rifle.

Jay