I almost bought one of these but decided to get a AR - 15, then sold it a year later, never shot it, that was 2 years ago. Maybe I should check the Ruger out more closely!

I had an early model with the skinny barrel. I glass bedded it like they do with the match Springfield A1's and I was able to get 1 1/2" groups with it at a hundred yards. It was lighter weight than the later versions, and fun to plink and hunt with. Too bad I sold it! You can do the same with the mini 30's and turn it into a nice deer rifle. I've been hankering to get another one of the old ones and glass bed it again.

The Mini 14 is pretty classy!

"Gas block bushing" is the term you were looking for. 👍 Nice video though. I used to have a scout scope on my Ruger Mini-14, then I switched to a red dot, then I finally just went back to using the iron sights (I have a tech sight mounted to my mini-14).

Nice video- interested if you've considered using ballistic gel blocks to do some comparisons?

My rancher shoots nice of course mr ar 223 colt has better grouping. I like the 55g in both

I love the Mini more than my AR's but the Mini is not as accurate, especially considering that they cost a lot more than a starter AR. I prefer to shoot the Mini and think it looks awesome and I really like the Mini-30. If it were a SHTF scenario, I would choose the AR, if it's for plinking or small game shooting at 100 yards or so, I prefer the Mini. If you really want to have some fun, get the Mini and get the A-TM stock from Samson Manufacturing. That's a real good time and there's not an AR that looks better.

What's the price nowadays on those gas checks you got?

I need that bipod adapter

Harris Bi Pod adapter!

The Mini 14 is accurate enough for what it was designed to do. If your wanting it to be a sniper rifle or you have to hang gadgets and devises on it in order to hit what your shooting at. That's a good sign the Mini 14 may not be the rifle for you. It's over gassed for a reason. not sure why that is seen as a bad thing. If your worried about recoil use a 50 cent buffer. Problem Solved.

I have had mine for 20 years and it still can't hit the inside of a barn with the door closed !

The Min-14 is a pretty cute system, but it shares a "design defect" with its parentage. Shock! Horror! The action is held into the wooden stock by a 'hook" at the front and the upper arms of the trigger guard at the rear. To PROPERLY clean and service the rifle, the trigger mechanism must be removed. Thus the "bedding", such as it is gets a good workout at every cleaning and service. In military Ordnance systems, any component "not up to spec" usually goes in a scrap bin and is replaced by a new item. It doesn't matter if the worn / damaged item is s small pin, the trigger-guard, gas system or bolt or op-rod. Your taxes at work, keeping gear up to standard. That "first rounf Flyer" thing is likely related to the business of partial odr total stripping for thorough cleaning after a a day in the Everglades , Bayou or similar. Even "stainless-steel" rifles need proper cleaning. Stainless-steel springs will fail once a single rust-pit forms a stress-riser . I did a bit of work, decades ago, tweaking M-14 / M1A rifles up to M-21 standard. It is possible to get one of those beasties to deliver 6 inch groups at 500 yards. As mentioned before, the "conventional" action retention system is NOT a long-life setup.. There are all manner of engineering hacks to seriously stabilize the action and barrel into the furniture, whilst still being able to remove the trigger group for maintenance. A lot of these "hacks" for the M-1 and M-14 can be inspiration for similar "product improvement" on a Mini-14. If you only need "minute of feral hog" precision, "out of the box" will do for years, (unless you drop it out of the helicopter / air-boat). Gopher busting out on the wide open plains? Not so much

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Can't hit shit terrible 😢

Not very accurate, 🤮