Howa Mini Rifles, Builds, and Upgrades

[Te Hopo]

The Jefferson Outdoors bottom metal allowed me to load 75 ELDMs well out and still feed perfect.
In fact I'm impressed with hos well the Mini feeds the AI, my mate has a Rem 788 in 223AI and he's so fed up with feed issues that he's gonna take it back to regular 223

 

[Te Hopo]

I tested some Hornady 75ELDMs and 55SPs at 75m.
Just a quick session to sight in and see what grouped decently for 5 shots.
No chronograph at the mo, I'll get that sorted in the next couple months.

The ELDMs look like they're gonna be my choice as they're cheap and freely available.
This is the projectile I'll be focusing on for my main hunting load in the future.
I got a bit too excited and definitely slapped the trigger on the last shot


And the 55s showed real promise which is good as I have 600+ to get through.

 

[Stocky]

I tested some Hornady 75ELDMs and 55SPs at 75m.
Just a quick session to sight in and see what grouped decently for 5 shots.
No chronograph at the mo, I'll get that sorted in the next couple months.

The ELDMs look like they're gonna be my choice as they're cheap and freely available.
This is the projectile I'll be focusing on for my main hunting load in the future.
I got a bit too excited and definitely slapped the trigger on the last shot
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And the 55s showed real promise which is good as I have 600+ to get through.
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I'm seriously jealous. Having a bloody mare with this mini and 75s 3 barrels all hate them.

 

[Te Hopo]

I'm seriously jealous. Having a bloody mare with this mini and 75s 3 barrels all hate them.

I've never had a centerfire that showed this sort of accuracy potential, and especially not in a rifle that weighs 2.6kg.

My mini is an early one so the stock barrel was a 1-9, best it seemed to group anything was a realistic 1.2-1.5moa.
Perfectly fine for hunting

 

[Stocky]

I've never had a centerfire that showed this sort of accuracy potential, and especially not in a rifle that weighs 2.6kg.

My mini is an early one so the stock barrel was a 1-9, best it seemed to group anything was a realistic 1.2-1.5moa.
Perfectly fine for hunting

My kimbers have more or less always been around moa shooters for 10 rounds. I really just want a 1-1.5moa with the 75 at 2700ish to be happy. The latest barrel is a hardy and is worse than the factory barrel.