Hey all,
I have a Ruger Mini 14 Ranch Rifle, 583 series, that I purchased new from Cabelas last Easter. I was very busy with work at the time and didn't get to first shoot it until just recently where after about 300-400 rounds of flawless function between three shooters, I noticed that the rear sight was loose during cleaning after the range trip. I could not for the life of me get it to tighten - the screw seems to catch in and then un-thread again. I'm at a loss for what to do, and unfortunately I've entirely misplaced the screw anyway in a move after getting posted to where I live now with the Army. It was hard to keep a handle on such a small part that doesn't actually stay on the rifle like it's supposed to - I also lost two Carcano clips. ;_;
I have a few questions:
1) Where can I order a replacement screw?
2) If the screw doesn't work, this would mean the hole itself has something wrong with it - who would I go about talking to to get this remedied? How would this even be remedied?
3) If this new screw does work, provided I find one, does anybody know where I can order Mini 14 tech sites in Canada?
I know there's a lot of ITAR garbage about shipping gun parts out of America and our dollar seems to be Zimbabwe-tier, so I'd prefer Canadian sources for these things. Provided the new sight screw works, it'll be a temporary fix as the tech sights are a much better arrangement anyway. I do not want to order tech sights if the hole on the receiver itself is pooched, so I'm going to try a new sight screw first.
Any help would be appreciated and you're all welcome to ask any questions you may have. I really, really like this rifle and I miss being able to take it out to the range. I'm sitting on a lot of 5.56 and the rifle is getting very hungry.
Thanks in advance!
I have a Ruger Mini 14 Ranch Rifle, 583 series, that I purchased new from Cabelas last Easter. I was very busy with work at the time and didn't get to first shoot it until just recently where after about 300-400 rounds of flawless function between three shooters, I noticed that the rear sight was loose during cleaning after the range trip. I could not for the life of me get it to tighten - the screw seems to catch in and then un-thread again. I'm at a loss for what to do, and unfortunately I've entirely misplaced the screw anyway in a move after getting posted to where I live now with the Army. It was hard to keep a handle on such a small part that doesn't actually stay on the rifle like it's supposed to - I also lost two Carcano clips. ;_;
I have a few questions:
1) Where can I order a replacement screw?
2) If the screw doesn't work, this would mean the hole itself has something wrong with it - who would I go about talking to to get this remedied? How would this even be remedied?
3) If this new screw does work, provided I find one, does anybody know where I can order Mini 14 tech sites in Canada?
I know there's a lot of ITAR garbage about shipping gun parts out of America and our dollar seems to be Zimbabwe-tier, so I'd prefer Canadian sources for these things. Provided the new sight screw works, it'll be a temporary fix as the tech sights are a much better arrangement anyway. I do not want to order tech sights if the hole on the receiver itself is pooched, so I'm going to try a new sight screw first.
Any help would be appreciated and you're all welcome to ask any questions you may have. I really, really like this rifle and I miss being able to take it out to the range. I'm sitting on a lot of 5.56 and the rifle is getting very hungry.
Thanks in advance!
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