Ruger mini 14 .223

I was affraid of that I know the ruger 10/22 is a good gun untill you shoot a couple thousand rounds throgh it and then they start sending flyers
 
I personally love the how they shoulder and point. If accuracy somewhere between 2 and 4 MOA is acceptable for your application, get one and have a ball with it, it WILL go bang every time you pull the trigger. It will also throw brass into the next county.

Chupa
 
My very first post here is about replacing my mini-14 as a coyote gun. It's durable, never misfired or had feeding issues, but is horrible inaccurate. I couldn't deal with calling a coyote in to 75yds then not being able to seal the deal.
 
Originally Posted By: ChupathingyI personally love the how they shoulder and point. If accuracy somewhere between 2 and 4 MOA is acceptable for your application, get one and have a ball with it, it WILL go bang every time you pull the trigger. It will also throw brass into the next county.

Chupa I have the mini and have a lot of fun with it. you can make it pretty darn accurate with harmonic stabilizers etc. I hunt with it because I'm the type of guy that if everyone says they're not accurate. I will find away to do it anyway. As to saving the brass, plan on getting a metal detector to find it.
 
Originally Posted By: reddog964Originally Posted By: ChupathingyExcellent dependability, not so excellent accuracy.


Chupa

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You can put on a heavy barrel and adjustable gas block and it MIGHT shoot better but will be a waste of money. I did one back in late 90's and it did improve groups a little. The wife now shoots it in TSA matches and limited pred hunting. I stick with my AR's.
 
If you just use a recoil buffer and address barrel harmonics with a strut or rubber recoil dampener you can tune a thin barreled mini 14.
 
I recently inherited one. From past experience I thought OH GREAT however it will shoot 2 shots into half inch almost every time.
52 gr. hp's to 69 gr. hp's and everything I've tried between
will shoot pretty much to the same point of impact-69's shoot lower by about two inches.
I know-who shoots two shot groups-well I do because any more without cool down shows you why the mini gets a bad rep.
This is my new coyote getter now.
After one the rest are just noise RIGHT?
 
Just bought a new one a couple weeks ago. right out of the box I stuck a bushnell banner on to see if it would shoot and tried the 55gr soft point black hills match amo and it put them in under 1.25" closer to 1.125" at 100yrds from the bench.
Shot a string of 11 rounds as quickly as I could get back on target and kept them inside of 2". Gun is now in for a trigger job that can only make it better. It is a fun gun to shoot as well. I would buy another one without doubt. Still deciding what optics to put on mine for keeps.
 
We need to get it figured out what Mini the OP is talking about. Old vs. new vs. target, vs. ranch, etc etc. had an older SS ranch model, function was great, crap ammo wasn't accurate, reloads were much better. But by all accounts Ruger's current offerings are plenty good all the way around. Definetly don't here them being called inaccurate like the older ones are so often refered as.

As far as function they are dang good, handling is great and in looks they smoke any AR ever made. Wish I had never sold mine and would like to pick up another. Hint, Hint.

Now for the OP's adder that a 10/22 is only good for 2000 rounds.........Say what? I've put 10's of 1000's of rounds thru a couple different 10/22's and if nothing else they shoot better the more you put thru them. I'm not saying they turn into a tack diver mind you but they definetly don't drop off.
 
I guess I wasn't the only one that caught the 10/22 statement. I would have to disagree also. I've had my 10/22 since the early 80's and put 1000's of rounds through it and never noticed any drop in accuracy. I did finally change it over to a full on race gun and shoots lights out.
 
I used to have a Mini 14. Preferred my AR's so got rid of it. Mine was a early 90's ranch rifle, I've also heard the new ones are improved. I still have a Mini 30, it's a decent rifle for what it is. I just don't think the Mini platform is as good as an AR platform. Just my opinion. As far as the 10/22 I have had one since the late 80's I think and have put countless rounds through it and it has not been treated like a precious jewel either. I've never had any degradation in accuracy I could notice.
 
Originally Posted By: mpmaxIf you just use a recoil buffer and address barrel harmonics with a strut or rubber recoil dampener you can tune a thin barreled mini 14.

I wouldn't buy a car if I knew it needed a new engine from day one.

Originally Posted By: junglekatThey say the new ones by ruger shoot great.

I hear this a lot, have yet to see it in practice. I'd be very interested 1) to hear what has changed in recent years that improved the accuracy of the Mini, and 2) I'd love to see a new Mini in action that proved the changes worked.

I bought have ran 3 new Mini's in the last 3yrs, a Target for my wife, which not surprisingly shoots very well, a Mini stainless for myself as a tinker toy, and a Mini-30 that my brother in law picked up this summer. The Target was a 1.2-1.5MOA rifle. The wife kept it for about 8mos and got sick of not being able to stack shots, so she sold it. My stainless Mini I like, but I had low expectations for this rifle. Will it kill a coyote at 200yrds? Yup. Would I take a shot at 300yrds? Nope. It's a solid 2.5MOA rifle.

My brother in law's mini-30 actually does very well. 1.5MOA all day long with Core-lokts (best ammo that he's willing to feed it). He was frustrated with it at first because he shoots about 4MOA with it, thought he had made the classic "mini mistake", until I laid down with the rifle and put up four 5 shot groups under 2" (20rnd mag). Frankly, he's a 3-5MOA shooter, regardless of what rifle he is holding.
 
I like minis. Have had quite a few. Some shot well and some did not. To me that was the challenge to see if I could get the darn thing to shoot. How far do you plan on shooting? There are all kinds of tweeks and stuff you can do to improve accuracy. Go over to Perfectunion.com and they have all the know how.
Give the rifle a chance. Try different ammo. Use the steadiest shooting platform possible. Some guys run a box through and there done, Shot it offhand and called the gun inaccurate. duh, Dependability is in the quality of the magazine. Crappy mag, no go. Quality mag, good to go.
usually comes with 5 round mag which are perfect for hunting, don't look like evil black gun with big mag sticking out of if. Like said above, they go bang everytime.
They can be very frustrating also. If you are going to buy brand new. All things equall I would get an AR. Butt that was not the question. ThomasR
 


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