Howa Miniaction rebarrel advice needed

[jasper2408]

How much is the mcgowen barrel and what’s the lead time? In button barrels, hart is hard to beat, and they’ll hang with cut rifled barrels. They will also do installs on odd actions so it’s worth a call. If I were closer I’d spin it up for you but I’m in Georgia.

https://www.hartbarrels.com/product-p/STRIPEDSKIRT.htm

I did see Hart barrels on a search but I had forgot about them. I will definitely contact them tomorrow to see what they have to say. Thanks for the info.

Edit: Mcgowen was going to be around 765.00 (520.00/barrel and 245.00/installation) for the cut rifled barrel and the lead time was going to be 12-15 weeks

What do you want to do with this gun?

I do not hunt anymore so it would mainly be for shooting paper and steel. I am 69 so it is just me wanting a better shooting rifle. I like to mess with different loads and see what they will do. I only shoot it off of a bench with either a bipod or a benchrest. I have upgraded all of my reloading equipment so it is time to upgrade my favorite rifle.

I am going to try and get a little heavier contour than the Howa heavy 20" that will fit on my chassis without modifying the chassis. I want to up the barrel length to 22" from the stock 20" so that it will still be as compact as possible but get a little more velocity. I think 24" would be too long for this gun.


thank you for both of your suggestions.