Thread: Howa mini modifications

Originally Posted by SixtyTen

The mag dropping out is easy to fix. You shorten the mag release lever so its only what it needs to be, and jam a wedge of something behind the tail of the spring where it contacts the magwell I used a small triangle of plywood and its been in there for years. This stiffens the spring up considerably and the shorter lever improves this as well. I have hunted and competed with a couple of minis I have done this to for years and never had a mag drop out. The VTP shields are a cool idea, but the spring is still too soft and its pretty easy to shorten the plastic lever with a knife and some sandpaper.

Other than the mags sticking out a ways, I think they are good. I have put several thousand rounds of 223 through a couple of mags and never had a single problem with them

Yeah they feed fine, just cheap nasty plastic crap, but thats what ya get for the price I guess