HOWA 300 Blackout First Range Day

Load Testing For The HOWA 300 Blackout: Not Quite According To Plan

[@DummyRound]

Looks like a nice set up. I bet you'll get a load dialed in. Thanks for sharing.

[@2clicksup910]

Thanks Mate. I’ve only been using small rifle primers up to this point, but I’ve been able to source some small magnum rifle primers, which all the manuals recommend, so I’m going to give them a crack. Sane powder, same charge, same projectiles, just the different primers. That should get us there. Either way, it’s a nice little round to shoot. Looking forward to a bit if on-foot hunting with it.

[@bigtrev761]

🇦🇺😎👍Hey mate I looked at those 300 blackouts in Howa and I chose 7.62x39 in Howa 20” varmint instead. Cleaver sells the ammo $23.90/20 in PPU. I achieve 1 1/4 group at 100 on a shakey rest all day long….Most other brands are pretty expensive 7.62x39 but so is it for 300 blackout….Great video

[@2clicksup910]

Thanks mate. I might even look at a 7.62x39 a bit down the track. That group will get a lot better once the rifle has had some use. A steady rest, a decent optic and some load testing and development, and it will all turn out well. Make sure there is no contact between the stock and the barrel. If there is, it will effect accuracy. You could either grind the barrel channel with sandpaper and a dremmel, which will work. Or you might want to consider one of those little Excel Lite stocks. I love mine, and you can attach M-Lok pieces to attach torches, etc. I took mine for it’s first hunt the other day, and carrying it around was an absolute breeze. Knocked over a nice little boar whilst walking along a creek. 125grain Speer Hollow Point gave him the Last Rites.

[@bigtrev761]

🇦🇺😎👍Cleaver has Sierra 125 grain hollow points in Match King for $29/100. Grab them while you can. That’s cheap

[@2clicksup910]

That’s not a bad price at all. And, if they work, great. Once I’m through the 125 Grain Speer Hollow Points, it’s onto the 125 Grain Hornady SST’s. Once they’re done, it’s onto the 130 Grain Speer Holoow Points, which is what I use in my 308. Assuming they’re gonna work, which I firmly believe they will, I’ll probably stick with the 130’s. It is good to have multiple loads to use when components get a bit hard to come by.

[@bigtrev761]

@@2clicksup910 🇦🇺😎👍The problem with my caliber is the lack of cheap options with projectiles.311. They’re more expensive than .308… Guess I’ll stick to the PPU factory loads for a while Yeh

[@2clicksup910]

@@bigtrev761 that’s interesting. Hadn’t looked at that to tell you the truth.

[@hprefol2440]

I have floated and bed the howa mini actions - made a difference. Also just got one of the howa ultra lite stocks for my 223 mini

[@bigtrev761]

🇦🇺😎👍Good stuff@@hprefol2440

[@shanegibb997]

Be interesting to see how it shoots now it's in a chassis...

[@2clicksup910]

Yes definitely. Looks like a bit of a work in progress. We’ll get there eventually.

[@FM90796]

Great video, would you say theres a significant difference in weight and feel to warrant picking the shorter barrel version of the howa over the sporter barrel 22inch version? Thinking of getting the shorter barrel version in 223 but also thinking is the weight difference that much different to the sporter 22 inch version?

[@2clicksup910]

This is my first real crack with short barrel rifles, so it’s a bit of a learning curve for me as well. I know the shorter barrel shotguns were quicker on the swing than the longer ones, sometimes to the point where they were too quick and “overshot” everything. Moving the firearm and target acquisition should not be an issue with this type of rifle, and carrying it will be markedly easier. But, as I’ve stated, this is my first crack with a short barrel rifle, and we’ll just have to see where it all takes us.