Did they fix all of the accuracy issues recently?
Looks neat, but why 300 blackout over 7.62x39mm?
Isn’t the Mini 30 in 7.62x39?
Seems odd that Ruger would put money into expanding the Mini line when they are undermining the Mini-14 with their new AR556 DI AR which is less expensive. I think the Mini line will eventually go away. Maybe it was an easy conversion from the 7.62x39 version to the .300BLK version so they just decided to go for it.
AND they are still using proprietary magazines. Wonder if they are just Mini-14 magazines?
300 BLK ia an easy conversion from 5.56mm, not from 7.62x39mm.
You mean from 1973 from it not being free-floated? Or is there some recent issue you are speaking of?
Prediction: Discontinued by end 2016.
Ruger is offering another caliber that you can repeatedly miss with in the mini 14 line.
An additional bullet-buttonless option for California shooters?
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The Mini is a great carbine! However, Mini and accurate, should never be in the same sentence. It is reasonably accurate for a few shots. Flyers are quite common when the barrel warms up after five or ten shots fired. Many have tried to improve upon this, cry treating the barrel helps.
Will it even make it that long? It should be discontinued before release.
How many MOA do you think a 10 shot group would be?
Its not measured in MOA its measured in HOA, hours of angle.
I love Mini14s.
If they made a mini with a wood stock that could hit a 20oz soda bottle consistently at 100 yards and it took AR mags I would be all over one.
I sold my Mini 30 because the only thing less accurate was throwing rocks.
The word on the street is that Ruger revamped the rifle back in 2005 to address that.
There was a pretty comprehensive Mini-14 thread here a little while back that addressed developments in the line, esp the 580+ series tweaks. Worth a read.
You mean treating the barrel with your tears when you cry over the rifle each time you shoot it?
Lol
I didn’t look at the date code or anything, but about 5 years back a friend of mine got one as part of a trade. It had supposedly never been shot when he received it, but that doesn’t mean much, it still could have been 15 years old for all I know. We didn’t measure groups or anything but it hit the target at 80 or so yards. It was at a public range near Bristol Motor Speedway and honestly we quit shooting at the target and joined some guy at shooting milk jugs at 15 yards.
At that particular range that day I can say a lot of the people did check out the mini and I got ugly looks when firing my AR. The wood stock mini had a a2 style flash hider and my AR had an a2… so deduce that one for me. I think the mini will continue to sell regardless of accuracy. I live in Tennessee and shoot at ranges with friends out in the sticks some times and it’s hard to not sound condescending here, but I think the mini will continue to do fine with the “love all things Ruger, Remington, S&W, and wooden” crowd.