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Make a mini 14 some what accurate ?

Dragon StixDragon Stix Member Posts: 10 ✭✭
edited December 2008 in Ask the Experts
I have an older Mini 14 that is horribly inaccurate. at 50 yards the best group I can get is about 4". Are there some tips and tricks to help the old girl? Or is is time to replace the barrel or part it out? Thanks for any help.
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  • quickmajikquickmajik Member Posts: 15,576 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Well accuracy systems can rebuild your rifle into a tac driver.

    I have also seen a barrel stabilizer thing that makes mini rifles more accurate. It is basically a 1" dia tube that goes over the barrel to improve harmonics and stop barrel whip.
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  • dfletcherdfletcher Member Posts: 8,178 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have an older one - pencil thin barrel and accuracy was lousy. I shortened the barrel to 16.25" and that actually helped a fair amount. Groups went from those you described to +2" (with scope) at 100 yds and that's good enough for me with this gun.

    You may want to consider just trading the whole thing in, getting a newer heavier barreled version. They're supposedly more accurate and my guess is would be more economical than replacing the current barrel.
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  • Wehrmacht_45Wehrmacht_45 Member Posts: 3,377
    edited November -1
    These older ones will never really be a tack driver. They are plinkers that are made to hit a milk jug or pie plate at 100 yards.

    You might want to just trade it in on an AR15 if you want accuracy. Much cheaper than having it accurized.
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  • 00scoots00scoots Member Posts: 410 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Shop for a different rifle, your dollars will be better spent.
    The mini rifles were meant to be "pickup truck" plinkers and coyote educators.
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  • gunnut505gunnut505 Member Posts: 10,290 ✭
    edited November -1
    There's another forum that deals with all things mini 14; I just don't remember the URL.
    Basically, they recommend a smaller aperture in the gas block, bedding, fine-tuning the pressure points along the barrel, and sometimes replacing the stock.
    I have had great results working from the other direction: reloading for the mini. My 180-series has had a lot of testing done through it, and the absolute best I can do (reloading-wise) is a 1" group at 125yds, using Berger Match bullets and a reduced load to around 2300fps.
    An AR platform will cost more than Accuracy Systems' work, but if you want someone else to do all the work; they are the guys.
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  • 5mmgunguy5mmgunguy Member Posts: 3,092 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Send it to accuracy systems in CO, if anyone can get it to shoot, they can. But they are not cheap. Good luck fun gun to shoot.
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