Howa 1500 mini barrel cut?

[natebonebusta]

[Owyhee H]

I dont miss anything with my 20" barrel. 18.5" sounds great, especially if you are suppressed. You loose a little velocity but it should not matter inside of 400.

[Harpoon1]

1E1DA4E8-DD48-4A37-9005-6B829E19653C.jpeg

2600 fps pushed those numbers back another 50 yards.

[natebonebusta]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]19383[/ATTACH]

2600 fps pushed those numbers back another 50 yards.

[Stinky Coyote]

[Redleg11B]

My mini has a 22" threaded barrel. Threads are 1/2x28 and the shoulder is not substantial but may be adequate. This is the #2 contour barrel. If cutting it to 18.5" (something I have considered) and using the same thread pitch, the shoulder would be much more adequate.

If I didn't want to run a can, I'd chop and recrown myself. I've done it before on a H&R Handi. Hacksaw, rough file, fine file, rented a crowning tool to cut a recessed target crown, gained a better shooter, lost a little velocity. Easy to do, but I can't thread on bore center with hand tools

[weagle]

I hacksawed mine to 16 1/2" Shoots great and kills deer just fine:

https://www.65grendel.com/forum/showthread.php?20917-Howa-Micro-Mini-project

[Redleg11B]

Weagle, nice paint job on that. I've done a few rattle can camos and they never looked that good.

[natebonebusta]

[Stinky Coyote]

What was your before/after velocity?

[natebonebusta]

What was your before/after velocity?