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Mini 14
Captplaid
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I realize this has been beaten to death but . . .my son bought an 18" SS brl., Ser#185-087-- that he thinks is a 1985? Correct? I know nothing about this fire arm. Is this considered a "Ranch" model? From previous posts I guess he shouldn't expect much better than a 3" group at 100Yds.? Kinda of a neat little firearm however. I opened the bolt to scope out the barrel. How is the bolt now released?! No comments[:D] Thanks for the replys.
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What about trigger pull? Need a small atv and a rope to pull these triggers?
I use mine as a truck gun, when I see a Fox, I stop, jump out and take a shot or two. I've gotten pretty good at it , I hit way more than I miss.
I always managed to shoot three inch groups at a hundred yards. My red dot is about 4 MOA, which may have something to do with it. I always thought with a good six power scope I could get two inch groups at a hundred yards.
I use mine as a truck gun, when I see a Fox, I stop, jump out and take a shot or two. I've gotten pretty good at it , I hit way more than I miss.
Exactly. Mini 14's make good home defense and truck guns, but not match guns. Ruger never intended to make them shoot sub-moa groups. They make a dependable, reasonably accurate ( hit a man at 200yds ) gun that doesn't cost a fortune.
The newer guns that have the adjustable BOSS type system on the muzzle can be adjusted to match your bullet to the barrels harmonics and greatly reduce group size.
Oh... The Mini is not a bolt action target rifle! It's a utility rifle designed for an entirely different market and purpose. Not a bad thing at all!
A 12 oz. soda can is toast at 100 yards. That's with iron sights using a porch rail as a rest. This with an older Mini. Considering that the Mini has a light barrel and is/was intended to be able to place a good number of rounds on target reliably, I fail to understand why the bad rap some give Ruger. After all is said and done the Mini will deliver exactly what it was intended for time after time without the slightest problem.
Oh... The Mini is not a bolt action target rifle! It's a utility rifle designed for an entirely different market and purpose. Not a bad thing at all!
Right on the nose.
They are great rifles. I've owned several over the yeas and would not part wiht the ones that I have now.
I fail to understand why the bad rap some give Ruger.
I think if you ever shot mine you'd have a change of opinion but I will say it goes bang everytime the trigger is pulled. The noise/loudness certainly makes a good deterent against an approaching enemy [;)]
"Never do wrong to make a friend----or to keep one".....Robert E. Lee
Fun to play with and it can fill in as a SHTF rifle. In a SHTF scenario I wouldn't have a shot over 100 to 150 yards because of the way the land lays. Even 4" to 6" at 150 yards is still very angle of man. What's not to like??
If you don't like them Don't buy one , simple really.[:0]
I threw a camo synthetic stock on the 14, it's good for ATV afternoons when I do not want to thrash one of my more pricier AR's. I kept the 30 in the wood stock it came in. Neither will win a match...but based on my performances in the last few contests I entered it's probably due as much the operator as the gun [xx(]
It' not a Match M14.
If you don't like them Don't buy one , simple really.[:0]
Exactly. They may not be the most accurate thing in this world, but they sure do not have the failure to feed/exract or crap where you eat issues that the AR styles forged their reputation on.
Like others have said, it's not a match rifle, it was and is intended for shooting live targets, and it is more than sufficient for that application.
I love my GBF, wouldn't sell it for twice it's value.