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Thinking about getting one.

Do not ask me for what purpose. I do not know other than I do not have one .

Anyway what would you scope it with if it were yours?

Mine is a HB model and wears a Meopta 1.5-6x42 with German #1. It is light enough to use on called coyotes and heavy enough to reach out there to 300 yards so for me the scope is about perfect.


Before painting the stock

I have a Trijicon Credo HX 1-6 on mine, but might swap scopes with my .22 mag AR, which has a 1-4 Bushnell 4200, at least for the Winter predator season. My Carbon Mini .223 has a Tract Toric 3-15.

Another good choice would be a good 3-9 like an Accupoint.

BTW, you absolutely do need one. Very handy and fun!

Started with a 3-9 SWFA but decided to make it a simple set and forget with a 6x S&B Klassic. It's a very likeable little rifle.

Great ideas fellas!

Mine is the 20" HB model and wears the SWFA 3-9.

I've taken it out to 1K on steel and it is my primary deer and coyote hunting rifle. Superbly accurate; my best 3-shot groups are in the 0.25" range at 100 yards. No real recoil to speak of--and as mentioned above; it is a likeable little rifle.

It is also a fantastic suppressor host, although I am playing with the idea of chopping the barrel to 14.5" and pinning and welding a muzzle brake/can mount to make it even better at that role.

Bought one in 6ARC last week. Took it out and shot patterns with factory ammo. Stock was a mess. Barrel did not sit centered in channel, not much room around the barrel and just overall a poor effort. I took it off, opened up the barrel channel, JB Weld bedded it. Cut a couple coils off the trigger spring and now it at least shoots 4 shot groups hovering around an inch. Time now now to mess with reloading to see if it will really shoot. I'd really like to get it shooting 3/4 minute with 100gr btsp hunting bullets and a little better with higher bc target bullets and varmint bullets.

I feel like the Howas are kind of project rifles. The metalwork is typically very good but the stock fit and finish is slapped together to hit a price point. If you like to tinker, then they can be made to shoot well.

FWIW: I also have a Howa Mini in .222. That little rifle shoots very nice. I expect with a little work that the 6ARC will also.

I put a3x9 Accupoint with green mil dot on mine which I zeroed at 100 yds and using dots for holdover. In reality, virtually everything it will be used to shoot, other than paper and steel, will probably be under 50 yds. Alabama creek bottoms tend to be dense

Swarovski 3-9x36MM - (2023 season, 100gr BT, 8208XBR powder, CCI SRMagnum primers, hdy cases)

Nice rig. I keep trying to talk myself into a Stocky's carbon stock. Hard to put more than the entire rifle cost in the first place into a stock........then I would need 2.

Bought it on sale for $299. Couldn’t pass it up. Hoping to get a Jefferson outdoors BM before long.

Fotis,

I just got the carbon fiber stocked model in 6.5 Grendel this October and have a leupold 3-9X compact on it - it’s taken two deer so far and weighs in around 5.5lbs all up. I really like this one and it shoots extremely well to boot!!

PennDog

Thank you guys. Guess I will keep it light.

I have a Jefferson bottom metal on my 222, they work great and really clean up that plastic mag and bottom metal (plastic). Going to see how far I can modify the factory stock before dumping more into it. These things can be a money pit. lol

And back to the OP question.......I have a Burris Signature HD 3-15x44 on mine.

I like the thought process.

My barreled action should be here any day now and the vertical grip carbon stock from stockys was delivered today. It’s gettin a SS6x

Swfa ultralight or 6x

Leupold VX3i 3.5-10×40

Got a 6x42 leupold on my grendel, trying to find something I like with a few more Xs for the 6arc

Currently have a 4-12x on mine. But I'm not a huge fan. Looking at a 1.5x5 Leupold.

Dinny, what stock is that ? Looks really nicely made.

Thanks