Thread: Flush mag for howa mini

Originally Posted by Dreamer

It is! I have mine in one of Kens stocks and when I get my bottom metal it’ll complete it very nicely.


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Looking forward to the photos!

Originally Posted by Steve123

What's the mag capacity like?

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5+1 in 223.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

5+1 in 223.

That’s terrific... how much for the flush floor plate?

Originally Posted by Timmay

Whats the rough cost of these blind box mags Viet?

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

A tad over 300.
They are not blind tho they are folding floorplate design.Attachment 148475

Originally Posted by Seventenths

That’s terrific... how much for the flush floor plate?

As above.

Interesting, About the same money as a model 7 223 once you include the floorplate. However slightly better twist in the Howa of 8 vs 9 in the M7 - plus more caliber options too I guess.

Interestingly the bottom metal cost really close to the low end chassis from ken that's apparently going to be mid 300s when it finally arrives

Originally Posted by Synthetic

Looking forward to the photos!

Thanks to @Kiwi Greg for getting the bottom metal in!


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I've spent some time thinking about how to make a blind or hinging internal mag. I reckon the hardest part is making it look presentable, especially if you had to remake the bottom metal and trigger guard. I played round with it at work, and by holding the magazine box/spring/follower out of a Zastava M85 in 223 in the Howa mag well with floorplate removed I could top load and cycle 223 snap caps just fine. Just on the off chance I rang the Zastava importers to see if they kept those parts as spares, but of course not. Would be easy to make though, bending maybe 1mm sheet steel with a press to make the mag box, a couple of spot welds, either 3D print a polymer follower or a couple of passes on a mill with a little block of aluminium to make the staggered steps on the top of it, I imagine you could even use the existing spring out of the detachable mag. For the floorplate I'd stencil the cutout on the bottom of the stock and just cut out a flat sheet of steel or ali the same shape, then glue or spot weld a trigger guard on the bottom and the mag box on top, countersink the holes for the factory action screws and done.
If someone could make them locally they'd sell like hotcakes if they could keep the price down, I'm tempted to make a couple at Polytech but somehow I think it'd be frowned upon

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

5+1 in 223.

Assume it's a single stack based on photo's?

Originally Posted by caberslash

Assume it's a single stack based on photo's?

Center feed double stack.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Center feed double stack.

Nice, very very nice.

Do you get a little more COAL as well?

Cheers

Originally Posted by tommygun

I've spent some time thinking about how to make a blind or hinging internal mag. I reckon the hardest part is making it look presentable, especially if you had to remake the bottom metal and trigger guard. I played round with it at work, and by holding the magazine box/spring/follower out of a Zastava M85 in 223 in the Howa mag well with floorplate removed I could top load and cycle 223 snap caps just fine. Just on the off chance I rang the Zastava importers to see if they kept those parts as spares, but of course not. Would be easy to make though, bending maybe 1mm sheet steel with a press to make the mag box, a couple of spot welds, either 3D print a polymer follower or a couple of passes on a mill with a little block of aluminium to make the staggered steps on the top of it, I imagine you could even use the existing spring out of the detachable mag. For the floorplate I'd stencil the cutout on the bottom of the stock and just cut out a flat sheet of steel or ali the same shape, then glue or spot weld a trigger guard on the bottom and the mag box on top, countersink the holes for the factory action screws and done.
If someone could make them locally they'd sell like hotcakes if they could keep the price down, I'm tempted to make a couple at Polytech but somehow I think it'd be frowned upon

I could make one but it wouldn't look or function anywhere near as nice as this and would cost 3thousand dollars at least

Yea it could be done locally CNC d and plastic moulded but our market is too small and then it would probably still be more expensive than than importing this part.

Originally Posted by caberslash

Nice, very very nice.

Do you get a little more COAL as well?

Cheers

Factory mag 59mm replacement 63mm (approximately)

Originally Posted by Bill999

Is it heavy?
One of those for my kimber Montana would be awesome

Why it weighs more and you need to load from the bottom? I'd prefer top feed everytime.

Originally Posted by Stocky

Why it weighs more and you need to load from the bottom? I'd prefer top feed everytime.

It top feeds fine after I read the instructions