according to what i read in the gun rag ruger is finally coming out with a mini 14/30 with a decent barrel. it's supposed to be hitting the shelves now and grouping around 1" - IF so, they will sell some. (maybe even to me)but I gotta see it 1st

I'd pick up another one myself if I knew it was a shooter.

The first mini I bought grouped about 5" at 100 yards. If I knew then what I know now I may have been able to shrink the pattern down a bunch, but I didn't. I have a pretty good one now. Nate

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Originally posted by butchloc:
according to what i read in the gun rag ruger is finally coming out with a mini 14/30 with a decent barrel. it's supposed to be hitting the shelves now and grouping around 1" - IF so, they will sell some. (maybe even to me)but I gotta see it 1st

Me too, provided I knew it would stay under 1 1/2" at 100 yards.

That wouldn't be too bad. I think that there is a gunsmith somewhere rebarelling Mini-14s that makes a MOA promise, but I cannot think of the name. A friend of mine was looking into getting one

I have a stainless model that is as reliable as hell , but.... it sprays a pattern the size of a paper plate at 100 yards even with hand loads.

I have a rancher mini 14, it groups around 5 in also.
The gunsmith is in Texas. He puts in a new barrel man guarantees MOA. A friend of mine had his rebarreled by him and was happy with the results

You guys that have a really bad shooter have a couple things you can do. Loosen the gas block and retighten evenly! Most are on crooked, and torqued unevenly.
I also reworked the trigger. The bearing sear had to be squared up and polished. I lightened the pull by polishing the pin, hole, and stoning the sear. I also took off a bit to eliminate creap as much as possible. Mine breaks at just a smidge over 2 1/2 lbs. with little creap. (after take-up) I have not bedded mine but if you follow the same procedure for the mini as you would for an M1A1, it supposedly helps as well. Nate

http://www.accuracysystemsinc.com/mini_14_30_accessories.html

Here is a good website for the mini 14.

buck

Last year Ruger changed the design and manufacturing methods of their Mini-14, according to the website. The question should be - is the new version better ? Why should I have to rebarrel and do other mods to get decent accuracy ?

Had two Mini-14s, a Ranch Rifle which I sold, and a G model in stainless with folding stock, which will not be sold. The stainless G model shot better with iron sights than the Ranch Rifle with a 3-9x scope! Sure hope they did something with the new ones.