7.62 x 39 mm ammo sources.
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Hopefully he's been cleaning the gas system after shooting corrosive ammo thru her... Wolverine has brass cased Hornady, but its a hunting round and priced accordingly, otherwise just watch the ammo section of the EE. FWIW Wolf is russian also, so you might want to try a box of the non corrosive steel cased stuff (also russian) from SFRC or Reliable gun to see if it feeds any different.
I had to install a Wolff hammer spring in order for my Mini 30 to shoot reliably. When I first got my Mini it had ever problem in the book, FTF, FTE, etc... I polished the parts, installed a stronger hammer spring and kept shooting crap ammo. Now it works better but I still get a FTF every now and then. Good luck.
In case you were not aware, the Mini-30 was designed for a .308" diameter bullets but most 7.62R rounds are .311" diameter. Trying to squeeze a larger bullet in a smaller cavity is likely the cause of your son's accuracy issues.
I unfortunately don't know where he can get American made 7.62x39mm ammo.
Mini's haven't been made with .308 barrels for a very long time. They're .311 now.
That IS the problem, the bolt won't fully close when using Sellier & Bellot ammo.
I emailed Ruger and they said that all of their rifles are chambered according to sammi spec which means they are 308 rather than 311.
I'm at the point where I start pulling bullets then neck sizing and loading 308 bullets so my son can shoot his rifle.
