Thread: Shout out for Howa

Originally Posted by Pete_D

Can you explain the trigger mod - I bought a Howa Mini (6.5 Grendel) for my son. Great little rifle. The trigger has the white silicone on the adjustment screw from the factory. We haven't adjusted it just ? Cheers

All it does is adjust trigger to sear engagement.
Winding it out will lessen that engagement therfore allowing it to break with less travel.
Depending on the finish of the internals and trigger spring, it will determine how good you can get it without any other work.
If you still have the manual it should be in there somewhere.







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Originally Posted by R93

All it does is adjust trigger to sear engagement.
Winding it out will lessen that engagement therfore allowing it to break with less travel.
Depending on the finish of the internals and trigger spring, it will determine how good you can get it without any other work.
If you still have the manual it should be in there somewhere.







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@R93 - I don't believe that is correct. The white silicone covers a small screw and locknut that retains the actuator spring and enables it to be preloaded(this is close to minimum adjustment from factory in my experience).

The Howa HACT trigger modification that can be found on YouTube reduces the overly heavy trigger pull by reducing the preload on the stock actuator spring. By removing length from the spring preload is reduced on the actuator bar, lightening trigger pull.

Changing the sear engagement is a risky exercise for the inexperienced and certainly something that I would only get a trained gunsmith to do for me.

If you Google 'Howa HACT trigger diagram' there is a nice image that makes it easy to see.

I hope this helps! Cheers, Marc.

Agree with @Steelisreal about the HACT trigger on the new Howa's
This diagram might help explain the differences

Originally Posted by Pete_D

Can you explain the trigger mod - I bought a Howa Mini (6.5 Grendel) for my son. Great little rifle. The trigger has the white silicone on the adjustment screw from the factory. We haven't adjusted it just ? Cheers

You snip a coil and a bit off of a spring inside the trigger unit, to significantly lighten the trigger.

https://youtu.be/AWTAuu-neNo

The Howa design with the action screw going in to the bottom of the recoil lug benefit from having some of the barrel bedded as well. From memory the Hogue stocks don't have any support in front of the recoil lug.

I dont suppose you have chronied any hornady a superformance in .308? Believe they state something like 3000fps for this load? Thought I had my handloads going okay but velocities like that make me feel inadequate

Originally Posted by Link

I dont suppose you have chronied any hornady a superformance in .308? Believe they state something like 3000fps for this load? Thought I had my handloads going okay but velocities like that make me feel inadequate

No sorry, I haven't. What weight projectile do they claim that velocity with? 130?

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Originally Posted by R93

No sorry, I haven't. What weight projectile do they claim that velocity with? 130?

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150 grain sst I think?

https://www.hornady.com/ammunition/r...performance#!/

From a 24inch barrel apparently, sounds bloody flat shooting if that's the case!

Originally Posted by Link

150 grain sst I think?

https://www.hornady.com/ammunition/r...performance#!/

From a 24inch barrel apparently, sounds bloody flat shooting if that's the case!

I seen some in the shop today. I will ask to try some next 308 I get to tinker with.


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Originally Posted by Link

150 grain sst I think?

https://www.hornady.com/ammunition/r...performance#!/

From a 24inch barrel apparently, sounds bloody flat shooting if that's the case!

You should get pretty close/perhaps a touch more handloading if you have a 24" plus barrel.

Originally Posted by Link

150 grain sst I think?

https://www.hornady.com/ammunition/r...performance#!/

From a 24inch barrel apparently, sounds bloody flat shooting if that's the case!

The 150gr gmx superformance is doing 2635 from my 16” Howa.


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Isnt the howa/weatherby just a copy of an old model sako???

Originally Posted by wsm junkie

Isnt the howa/weatherby just a copy of an old model sako???

Yep

Originally Posted by wsm junkie

Isnt the howa/weatherby just a copy of an old model sako???

Toby used to tell me most days his Howa was an improved sako.
Hed also say R93 tells a good yarn.

Same thing. Actuator or sear. Doesn't matter. What ever disengage with the hammer or striker.
However I see it does only effect spring tension opposed to engagement therfore not reducing travel.
I was wrong there.

I have never pulled one to bits.
Have only adjusted the available screw and it has never really improved the trigger.
Dying to pull one apart and work it but the actuator would make it hard to get what I would call a good trigger.

It does explain why they're so crappy.
Too many moving parts.


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