Looks very promising, take a bit of weight off fra dedicated varminter.
Can see it being used for some 300BLK builds!
Legacy Sports - Howa Kryptek Mini Action Rifle
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Looks very promising, take a bit of weight off fra dedicated varminter.
Can see it being used for some 300BLK builds!
Legacy Sports - Howa Kryptek Mini Action Rifle
That could be very nice. 300blk or 7.62x39, good on Howa. The CZ mini actions are great in .223 and 7.62x39, just wished they did a 300blk aswell. Very smooth and fast the CZ carbines.
if only they did a left hand one
Damn, already have a 223 Howa, the rifle is set up quite well still for the shorter round,
Just been thinking about it, 7.62x39 necked down to 6.5 or 7mm and improved, anyone hazard a guess what performance you would get?
A 6.5 Grendel?Quote:
Originally Posted by Spudattack
Good work tobes, but square that shoulder right up, probably been done, in fact sure it would have!
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Originally Posted by Beavis
Yes, that!😁
I'm quite liking this build the guys doing, still slowly reading through but seems cool, he's a NZ'er too I wonder if he's on this forum
http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/v...20Max/0042.jpg
Hmmm - very interesting, I wonder if we will get barreled actions here in NZ like they did the mediums.
Are these available in NZ yet?
looks to be just a shorter version of their short action receiver and not a reduced receiver diameter, so not much point.
The benefit of a "mini" sized action comes from the smaller receiver diameter enabling "improved" feeding for 223 boltface cartridges. Ever tried single feeding a 223 in a Rem 700, Tikka? PITA they just dont work! you have to poke the projectile into the chamber or they stop dead on barrel end!
The current howa actions are a scale up of the old sako l571/ l 579 action.
Howa could have reduced their new mini action dimensions back to what sako used to make ( and these were 243/308 win size action, not even the smaller L461!!!) in a more compact package.
That would have been perfect in proportion, and could suit anything from 22 and 17 hornet up to 7.62x39 and 6mmbr.
That and the Option of having an ar or mini 14 mag to feed the beast ! ( pacific tool is making a magazine box for rem 700 that takes ar15 mags. So it can be done)
AR mags are fucking dreadful
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Originally Posted by gimp
The worst part of the design by far, if a stretchy plastic mag for the design is treated as the second coming you know there is a issue!
So does anyone have one of these and how well do they shoot?
Took my 11yr old rabbit hunting on the weekend and my full size T3 .22-250 was a bit much for him size wise. Looking to get something light and shorter in the pull and thought the Howa might be a good choice.
These are a good choice for a small or compact rifle. The other one to look at would be the Zastava M85 (Mini Mauser) These usually come with a wooden stock which makes them easier to reduce the size for a smaller shooter.Quote:
Originally Posted by hotbarrels
Have one in 223 which my kids use, they like it nice & light, shoots great 12 year old was shooting targets with it on the weekend. I think it's a great wee rifle.
Are you running the factory stock? Have you shortened the pull at all for the smaller shooters? What sort of accuracy are you getting?Quote:
Originally Posted by optio
Zastava or howa
Howa, standard stock don't know why but my kids will moan about using any of my other rifles but like the howa mini, stock length is similar to the other rifles, maybe it's the overall weight of the rifle.
Will shoot under 1" @ 100yards with factory loads, neat light weight rifle.