Well a while back there were some locations selling the Howa Mini in the $300. Buy the time I tried to buy I was told they wee no longer available for that price. GunBroker was listing ones for sale all the way up to the $700s.

Found a green 22" .223 listed for $349. Made a bid and bought it.
Fit and finish ere good. Trigger broke at around 3.5# with very little creep.

Installed a scope and ran a couple patches through the barrel and went to sight it in. First 3 surplus FMC grouped just over 1MOA. eek (about the same as my match grade RRA)
Adjusted the scope and repeated the group.

Switched to loads for my RRA and 2 different loads both around .75" and less than an inch apart. Not bad for a factory barrel with about 20 rounds through it. :dancing:

Now just need to track down another plastic mag. Houston we have a keeper.

Anyone have or know where I can pick up an extra Howa Mini 223 Mag

Last edited by ramrod340; 07/22/16.

Just my 2 cents.