if I am doing a 17 again, I am pretty sure I would do it on a Howa mini. been looking at the howa mini quite a bit the last few days. its an interesting setup. I would like to double check that fireball would feed through one, but they do offer them in 222, the fireball case is only a tad shorter. Another interesting thought is if you could rebarrel a 450 bushmaster howa mini to 22 BR and have a feeding repeater from that.
No Mini's offered in 222:
FEATURES
Available Calibers: 6MM ARC, .223 Rem., 6.5 Grendel, 7.62×39 & 350 Legend
Barrel: 20" Threaded Barrel
16.25" Threaded Barrel – 350 Legend
ROT:
.223 Rem., 6.5 Grendel, 6MM ARC- 1-8"
7.62×39 – 1-9.45"
350 Legend – 1-16"
