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Howa mini actions?
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<blockquote data-quote="PlumberEd" data-source="post: 2723738" data-attributes="member: 118497"><p>The first 6.5 Grendel I bought was a Howa Mini with a 20" HB and ⅝ x 24 barrel threads. My smith removed the plastic stock & installed a laminated Boyds stock, DIP bottom metal & Gunbloke 2 lb. trigger spring. Than he glass bedded the rifle and smoothed out the trigger and safety mechanism. The laminated stock made the rifle a tad too heavy but it now balances better with a suppressor attached. Than I bought an unthreaded .223 HB Howa Mini off GB for $325 (pre covid), the only change made to this rifle was Gunbloke 2 lb. trigger spring. Both rifles function well and regularly shoot under 1 MOA. I am not to crazy about the magazines, they seem kinda cheap however, they do seem to work. The factory bottom "metal" is cheesy plastic which will crack if you tighten the screws to the factory specs. Howa's CS was great to deal with and they sent new bottom "metal" with a warning to tightened them to some lesser torque value (which I can't remember). All in all Howa Minis are great little actions, appropriately sized for .223 length cartridges, you can't go wrong buying a Mini, they are easy to work on, relatively inexpensive and easy to customize. Since I do not own a Tikka I can't give you any feedback on that particular rifle manufacturer. Though I can however tell you of the dangers of buying a CZ Mini…you can't own just one! <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🙂" title="Slightly smiling face :slight_smile:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" data-shortname=":slight_smile:" /> </p><p></p><p>PlumberEd</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PlumberEd, post: 2723738, member: 118497"] The first 6.5 Grendel I bought was a Howa Mini with a 20” HB and ⅝ x 24 barrel threads. My smith removed the plastic stock & installed a laminated Boyds stock, DIP bottom metal & Gunbloke 2 lb. trigger spring. Than he glass bedded the rifle and smoothed out the trigger and safety mechanism. The laminated stock made the rifle a tad too heavy but it now balances better with a suppressor attached. Than I bought an unthreaded .223 HB Howa Mini off GB for $325 (pre covid), the only change made to this rifle was Gunbloke 2 lb. trigger spring. Both rifles function well and regularly shoot under 1 MOA. I am not to crazy about the magazines, they seem kinda cheap however, they do seem to work. The factory bottom “metal” is cheesy plastic which will crack if you tighten the screws to the factory specs. Howa’s CS was great to deal with and they sent new bottom “metal” with a warning to tightened them to some lesser torque value (which I can’t remember). All in all Howa Minis are great little actions, appropriately sized for .223 length cartridges, you can’t go wrong buying a Mini, they are easy to work on, relatively inexpensive and easy to customize. Since I do not own a Tikka I can’t give you any feedback on that particular rifle manufacturer. Though I can however tell you of the dangers of buying a CZ Mini…you can't own just one! 🙂 PlumberEd [/QUOTE]
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