Mini 14
- Thread starter funwithgun
- Start date
- Location
- London Ontario Canada
I seen one for sale in EE
stevey3737
Regular
- Location
- Southern Interior
I know the older 180 and 190 series are crap once they warm up but i have a 580 series and it is deadly accurate so i am not sure where you get your info from??
Mumbles Marble Mouth
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Lower Mainland
I've seen many Mini 14's have ####ty accuracy out of the box but then the groups closed in as the barrel broke in and the user got use to the trigger, recoil, feel, and sights of the rifle.
580 series is a different beast all together...99% of the people telling you they are crap have never shot one or did so in the 80s and 90s...most people (just like highschool teenie boppers) like to spread internet rumors and have no facts or first hand knowledge to back it up.
Why is it okay for an (highly loved) AK or an SKS to be "inaccurate" but as soon as something shoots .223 it MUST shoot under 1 MOA or its garbage?
For the price point, for being a semi auto...for going bang EVERY time its a great gun!!! If your a bench rest shooter who insists at shooting dice all day in a windless environment and at a fixed or someone who lacks the skills for using irons and the ability to shoot free hand then this rifle is NOT for you.
Get it, but lots of ammo and have fun
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Why is it okay for an (highly loved) AK or an SKS to be "inaccurate" but as soon as something shoots .223 it MUST shoot under 1 MOA or its garbage?
For the price point, for being a semi auto...for going bang EVERY time its a great gun!!! If your a bench rest shooter who insists at shooting dice all day in a windless environment and at a fixed or someone who lacks the skills for using irons and the ability to shoot free hand then this rifle is NOT for you.
Get it, but lots of ammo and have fun
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Look at his post count he must be right!?!?!?
I made the mistake of buying a target mini when I first started thinking it would perform like I wanted it too. It did not, it's a glorified over priced mini.
Not talking bad of the Mini14 platform. I've had a few 580+ series rifles and they have been more than acceptable for what they are in the accuracy department. The biggest down fall to the mini is lack of magazines and expense when you find them.
All those that say they aren't accurate are expecting too much. They are a minute of clay at 100 and that's all one can expect.
Dorian Gray
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
If you find 2 S/S minis let me know will ya? I've been in the same boat as you for the last few months looking for a new one.
stevey3737
Regular
- Location
- Southern Interior
what kind of bull#### comment is this because I only have a few hundred posts unlike some I don't know what I am talking about your an idiot! you don't know the first thing about me maybe I am out shooting guns instead of sitting here making stupid comments and building up a bull#### talk count!!!! man people like you piss me off your avatar is 100 percent correct your a bigmouth with snide comments !!!!
Wow easy now, should you own firearms? I was referring to his post count not yours and was agreeing with you.
I got lucky with my Mini 14, its an older one that a previous owner paid a good sum of $$$$ to have it re-barreled with a heavy barrel for target and varmint shooting then got out of that type of shooting. So I got it for a song back in the early 90's. Its very accurate and fun to shoot!
Mumbles Marble Mouth
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Lower Mainland
The mini-14 is funner in the role of a plinking rifle than trying to get the best groups possible. Its nice to know once in awhile how its grouping, or how well you're shooting but, all in all, its a plinking rifle. My CSA .223 Vz 58 isn't any better in terms of accuracy to a Mini-14.
