This is one of those rare times where having a Facebook would be handy.Chad from Legacy Sports is on Facebook and extremely responsive there. You might check out the Howa 1500 groups there if you're on FB. I bought PTG bottom metal for my 1500 but I don't have the mini action, just a short action. Wonder if PTG might consider picking that up.
If you could that would be greatly appreciatedWell, I have one even though I don't want one and I'm in the Howa group. Shall I play middleman or are you ready to accept that there is no escape from Farsebook and going to register yourself an account?
Ten4 thank you. Hopefully they do it. It needs to be fixed, if I would have known You had to single feed it by hand I would have spent an extra $200 and got a Tikka.He says they're actively discussing the metal mag option at LSI. I would expect Howa to come out with one soon. I'm not aware of any other solutions. The last time I saw the question asked in the Howa group the answer was "factory mags is it for now".
I just load to mag length, they group just fine. It’s just ridiculous they won’t make a half way decent magazine for it.I am forced to single feed my hand loads because of size.
Is there a way you could alter the magazine and put in a heavier spring to give more lift/pressure ?
I was thinking the same thing. The springs would be easy but as OSO says the follower is still plastic. I’ve got a buddy who has a machine shop, maybe I can see if he could make a follower for me. Body would still obviously be plastic but I just want it to function.Is there a way you could alter the magazine and put in a heavier spring to give more lift/pressure ?
I was thinking the same thing. The springs would be easy but as OSO says the follower is still plastic. I’ve got a buddy who has a machine shop, maybe I can see if he could make a follower for me. Body would still obviously be plastic but I just want it to function.
Edit: I’m wondering if I could just find a piece of sheet metal that’s the right thickness and just cutting it out like a pattern then put stronger springs in... that should solve the problem I would think.
Easy deal. Have everyone on every forum send Howa an email saying, I really wanted a mini action Howa, however, I can't make myself buy one because the magazine is a failure, which makes owning a Howa mini action a liability, not a pleasure. So, I will be buying a CZ. I hope you get the magazine problem figured out one day.
A hundred or so emails like that should be an eye opener. I really have wanted one myself, but I can't make myself buy a headache.