I'm looking for light weight hunting setups with the howa grendel. I'm interested in seeing some actual weights on hunting rifles with the light weight contour barrel. I think the with the mini action, these have potential to to a super light and suprisingly potent package with the 6.5 grendel.
Howa mini for lightweight western rifle
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Copy of 2017 mini actions 1 by matt hornback, on Flickr
Copy of 2017 mini actions 2 by matt hornback, on Flickr
Copy of 2017 mini actions 3 by matt hornback, on Flickr
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Originally posted by Hunter307 View PostIt would be interesting to see one setup with a lightweight scope or to have some work done to the bolt handle to try and get a fully setup rifle at 6lbs even.
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Do not have a Howa Grendel yet but do have a CZ 527 with a 22 inch fluted tube that I really like for a light weight gun. With a 3X9 Kahles and full mag it comes in at 7.2 pounds and balances so well I do not want to change a thing. I find complete rifles scope and all that are under 7lbs to be a little more of a pain to shoot accurately under field positions so was going for 7lb on that rifle, I could put one of the 2X7s that are in the safe on it and get slightly under 7 but with the balance of this one I am not changing a thing.
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I have a standard contour 22" .223 that I wanted to be a lightweight and handy little rifle. I don't remember exactly what weight I ended up at, but I managed to take off 8 ounces from the factory stock with an orbital sander and a couple hours work. These stocks are pretty fat. I think it weighed 34 ounces before I slimmed it down. The stocks Howa uses on their Alpine mtn rifle is the high tech stock that has been known for years for being one of the lightest and stiffest stocks available. I don't think you could possibly sand enough of the factory stock to match their weight, and the factory stock will never be as stiff. I wish LSI would get some of those inletted for these Mini actions.
Fwiw, the standard contour on my .223 is .565" at the muzzle. I, personally, wouldn't want to go much smaller- especially with a .264" hole through the middle instead of a .224" hole.Last edited by jason miller; 01-04-2017, 08:52 AM.
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Originally posted by jason miller View PostI have a standard contour 22" .223 that I wanted to be a lightweight and handy little rifle. I don't remember exactly what weight I ended up at, but I managed to take off 8 ounces from the factory stock with an orbital sander and a couple hours work. These stocks are pretty fat. I think it weighed 34 ounces before I slimmed it down. The stocks Howa uses on their Alpine mtn rifle is the high tech stock that has been known for years for being one of the lightest and stiffest stocks available. I don't think you could possibly sand enough of the factory stock to match their weight, and the factory stock will never be as stiff. I wish LSI would get some of those inletted for these Mini actions.
Fwiw, the standard contour on my .223 is .565" at the muzzle. I, personally, wouldn't want to go much smaller- especially with a .264" hole through the middle instead of a .224" hole.
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It wasn't that difficult, if you wanna give it a try. I rounded the forearm and tapered it from the magazine well to the end, shortened and rounded the fore end tip, took off as much as I could from the bottom of the pistol grip, and cut deeper flutes on the comb with a dowel. Took some time, but I'm glad I did it. The stock looked kinda out of place to my eye with the skinny barrel. And like I said, it shaved off eight ounces- although paint and clearcoat added two ounces back on.
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Originally posted by jason miller View PostIt wasn't that difficult, if you wanna give it a try. I rounded the forearm and tapered it from the magazine well to the end, shortened and rounded the fore end tip, took off as much as I could from the bottom of the pistol grip, and cut deeper flutes on the comb with a dowel. Took some time, but I'm glad I did it. The stock looked kinda out of place to my eye with the skinny barrel. And like I said, it shaved off eight ounces- although paint and clearcoat added two ounces back on.
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Originally posted by jason miller View PostI have a standard contour 22" .223 that I wanted to be a lightweight and handy little rifle. I don't remember exactly what weight I ended up at, but I managed to take off 8 ounces from the factory stock with an orbital sander and a couple hours work. These stocks are pretty fat. I think it weighed 34 ounces before I slimmed it down. The stocks Howa uses on their Alpine mtn rifle is the high tech stock that has been known for years for being one of the lightest and stiffest stocks available. I don't think you could possibly sand enough of the factory stock to match their weight, and the factory stock will never be as stiff. I wish LSI would get some of those inletted for these Mini actions.
Fwiw, the standard contour on my .223 is .565" at the muzzle. I, personally, wouldn't want to go much smaller- especially with a .264" hole through the middle instead of a .224" hole.
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