New to this thread, but definitely not to the Mini platform.
I fell in love with them when they were first teased years ago and promised myself I'd buy one if they ever chambered it in Grendel.
Instead, I picked up a 6 ARC Mini about three years ago, and it exceeded every expectation.
Since then it's evolved quite a bit, and I recently picked up a second one as a dedicated experiment. I'd still love to find a stainless barreled action.
Right now I'm prototyping a steel magazine system that's essentially a hybrid of the CZ 527 and AICS, paired with matching aluminum bottom metal. The bottom metal is a scaled-down Atlasworxs design, but with the mag release integrated into the trigger guard instead of hanging below the front of it.
Once my action gets back from LRI, it'll wear a 17" 6mm 1:7 PBB Taperless (.810) barrel w/ their helical fluting. Then I'll start final testing to see if the new bottom metal and magazine provide enough room (~2.65" internal length) to feed a 6 GT. If not, it'll become a long-throated Dasher, and I won't complain.
My first Howa has already gone full wildcat — a cartridge I designed with Dave Kiff at PTG. I call it the 350 Smilodon. It's essentially a +P, short-neck 358 Winchester pushing 140gr Stone Hammers at 3,100 fps from a 18.5" barrel.
That rifle now sits in a Stocky's CF Hunter stock with an LRI-fluted bolt, Oregunsmithing hinged floorplate, Jard trigger set to 6 oz, Talley LW 30mm rings, Tract bubble level, and a Trijicon Credo 2-10×36 FFP with AADMOUNT lens caps. I also made the leather/spandex butt cuff myself because I couldn't find one that fit what I wanted.
Really glad I found this thread.
I fell in love with them when they were first teased years ago and promised myself I'd buy one if they ever chambered it in Grendel.
Instead, I picked up a 6 ARC Mini about three years ago, and it exceeded every expectation.
Since then it's evolved quite a bit, and I recently picked up a second one as a dedicated experiment. I'd still love to find a stainless barreled action.
Right now I'm prototyping a steel magazine system that's essentially a hybrid of the CZ 527 and AICS, paired with matching aluminum bottom metal. The bottom metal is a scaled-down Atlasworxs design, but with the mag release integrated into the trigger guard instead of hanging below the front of it.
Once my action gets back from LRI, it'll wear a 17" 6mm 1:7 PBB Taperless (.810) barrel w/ their helical fluting. Then I'll start final testing to see if the new bottom metal and magazine provide enough room (~2.65" internal length) to feed a 6 GT. If not, it'll become a long-throated Dasher, and I won't complain.
My first Howa has already gone full wildcat — a cartridge I designed with Dave Kiff at PTG. I call it the 350 Smilodon. It's essentially a +P, short-neck 358 Winchester pushing 140gr Stone Hammers at 3,100 fps from a 18.5" barrel.
That rifle now sits in a Stocky's CF Hunter stock with an LRI-fluted bolt, Oregunsmithing hinged floorplate, Jard trigger set to 6 oz, Talley LW 30mm rings, Tract bubble level, and a Trijicon Credo 2-10×36 FFP with AADMOUNT lens caps. I also made the leather/spandex butt cuff myself because I couldn't find one that fit what I wanted.
Really glad I found this thread.
