Howa mini action in 6mm arc
- Thread starter Lkwebb
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Well, did ya go to the range yesterday? “inquiring minds want to know”
What is the advantage of the 6mmARC over 6mmBR or 6Dasher in a bolt gun? Negative of 6Dasher limited factory cases mainly requires case forming, 6mmBR can be feed through magazine these days. Is there a ballistic advantage the 6mmARC has over 6mmBR or 6Dasher in a bolt gun?
The primary advantage of it and the Grendel / Grendel based wildcats is that they are all designed to fit and work in the AR-15 platform.
If building a 6mm competition bolt-action rifle, the BRs and similar will always give significantly better performance. Nevertheless, there is a very longstanding attraction for many shooters in downsized bolt guns with smaller cartridges - just look at how long the CZ Mini-Mauser has been around. Its predecessor, the Brno 'Fox' dates from the 1950s IIRC and today's Cz527 seems to go from strength to strength. Likewise, the old small Sako L461 has cult status today, and some people would kill for a good one.
For the high-round shooter, the Grendel and ARC offer way higher barrel accuracy lives than the BR or Dasher. The ARC should be 4,000 rounds or so. Grendel users. including many AR shooters who'd tend to shoot a bit faster than the typical 6BR user I'd imagine, report 8-10,000 round lives. Try and get that from larger sixes or 6.5s.
Recoil in light rifles is very low too with these cartridges.
Lkwebb
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Just mags
Howa Mini has a strong following on 6.5 Grendel Forum. Here is link to discussion of bottom metal replacement and upgrade to hinged bottom metal with internal blind magazine (no more need for crappy factory plastic magazines).
https://www.65grendel.com/forum/showthread.php?22569-Howa-Mini-Comparison-of-Bottom-Metal-Upgrade
https://www.65grendel.com/forum/showthread.php?22426-Howa-Mini-action-hinged-bottom-metal-users
Updates?
Lkwebb
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Oh the things shot lights out. I sold it to a forum member so I could purchase a 6ppc.
It was a great rifle I just went a different direction ..
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