{"id":78211,"date":"2017-08-23T12:43:55","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T16:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=78211"},"modified":"2017-08-23T12:43:55","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T05:36:47","slug":"perfect-training-rifle-howa-mini-action-7-62x39-full-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/perfect-training-rifle-howa-mini-action-7-62x39-full-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The Perfect Training Rifle: Howa Mini Action in 7.62×39 \u2014 Full Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Long range shooting is an expensive endeavor. A good rifle, nice scope and ancillary gear can easily set a marksman back several thousand dollars. Shooters on a budget, or those who want to get in a lot of training repetitions, may pick up a rifle that mimics their main long-range rifle relative to weight and feel, but that uses a less expensive round.<\/p>\n

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The Howa Mini Action next to a Howa short action. Note the difference in the action sizes.<\/p><\/div>\n

I am currently gearing up for a National Rifle League competition in the Fall. For that competition, I will use a Howa chambered in 6.5 Creedmoor, mated to a Kinetic Research Group stock. I want to train, but at this stage in my training, there is no need to tap into my expensive 6.5 Creedmoor ammunition. To save my ammunition and extend the barrel life of my 6.5 Creedmoor, I assembled two training rifles.<\/p>\n

The first training rifle is a Remington 700 that features an old-school 1\/12-inch twist barrel. 1\/12 twists stabilize 147- to 168-grain ammunition well, and the best bang for your buck, relative to .308\/7.62 training ammunition, is Austrian 147-grain ammunition. My Remington 700 holds MOA at 100 yards and, at the altitudes I shoot, is perfectly capable of hitting an 18-inch target at 1,000 yards.\u00a0 Like the Howa, the Remington 700 is mated to a Kinetic Research Group stock. These rifles feel identical and have the same manual of arms.<\/p>\n

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The Howa Mini Action features Howa\u2019s two stage HACT trigger. The trigger breaks at 2 pounds and is clean and crisp. Pictured is the Nikko Stirling First Focal Plane 4-16X. It’s a high-quality piece of glass.<\/p><\/div>\n

The second training rifle is a Howa Mini Action<\/a> chambered in 7.62×39. The Howa Mini Action Rifle debuted several years ago at SHOT Show and features an action that is 12 percent shorter than the Howa short-action rifles.<\/p>\n

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