Mini 30, steel or brass
- Thread starter Gofast240
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FirearmsEnthusiast
CGN frequent flyer
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- Kingston, ON
The Ruger Mini-30 was banned by the Liberals on May 1 2020, so technically it shouldn’t (legally) be cycling anything!
If he is still shooting his Mini, good for him. That is exactly the right course of action.
On topic, it should cycle anything. You may get a lot of light strikes with surplus though. An XP hammer spring can mostly or completely eliminate that issue.
On topic, it should cycle anything. You may get a lot of light strikes with surplus though. An XP hammer spring can mostly or completely eliminate that issue.
BattleRife
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- of No Fixed Address
You are aware that Trudeau's laws do not apply to the whole world, aren't you? Do you think the RCMP is going to arrest someone in Switzerland for shooting his Mini-30?
His location says BC and I don't see where Switzerland was mentioned..?
i cant comment for today but in the past i never seen mini 30 with issues with military ammo with steel brass but again it was from the past and i do not know who will comment about today as a lot if not all have been lost in boat accidents even the ice was still on the lake ...
Owned a couple of them a few years back, not impressed. It would only fire brass cased commercial ammo with any degree of reliability, and only certain types of military surplus, and accuracy was so-so. This is one rifle that I will not miss....
Maybe he is first nations, they can and still use the mini 30 for their hunts. Or maybe he gives zero sh!ts what the Govt says and lives as a free man.
quinnjoblow
CGN Regular
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- East of Toronto
With the Ruger Mini 30 rifles. Do they have the larger .311 diameter barrels to take Russian surplus 7.62x3 that we all would shoot in a Canadian Barbecue SKS rifle. Or did Ruger use American .308 diameter barrels.
My mini 30 ( from many years ago now) would fire and cycle both.. But why fire surplus corrosive ammo, when it’s actually a hunting rifle? ( at least I hunted with it) So I simply used Winchester white box , was reliable . I also seem to remember Hornaby brand stuff that worked excellent. Just my “ two cents “
Wolfe is the place to go for mini 14/30 rifle issues , when it comes to springs
I was given a mini14 SS rifle because it wouldn't cycle, was taken to gunsmith etc
So, I was buying pistol springs and saw they had mini14 springs
Put the wolfe spring in, mini14 cycled like it was supposed to
I was given a mini14 SS rifle because it wouldn't cycle, was taken to gunsmith etc
So, I was buying pistol springs and saw they had mini14 springs
Put the wolfe spring in, mini14 cycled like it was supposed to
They have .308 barrels. .003" of restriction is almost irrelevant to the process. I am looking forward to this being repeated by others that can't bother looking at replies already in the thread.
there are several legal technicalities allowing them to be used. As you seemingly alluded to.
Heaven forbid the Op states they read something and want clarification... All the community needs is a bunch of people disallowing speech because the legal use of something is banned by a criminal entering their 5th+ ethics investigation with zero debate via OIC, which is currently under multiple reviews via provincial and federal court.
Why dont you focus on real criminal use of firearms and benefit the community a bit?
LordEvilPepper
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- Under a rusty barge in BC
the bigest issue with the mini 30 isn't light primer strikes its shallow primer strikes.
"What the #### you talking about Willis? they are the same thing!" you might say....
no they are not and here is the difference.
A light primer strike is caused by a weak hammer spring. this can be fixed with a stiffer spring... no big deal.
But on a mini 30 that often doesn't fix the problem... it may make it better, but failure to fires will still happen.
Its actually shallow primer strikes... not caused by a weak hammer spring, but by insufficient stick out of the firing pin past the bolt.
If you mic the stick out of a mini 30 firing pin most are less then 2/3 the stick out of your average sks.
you can fix this with some careful filing of the shoulder of the firing pin... or by purchasing an after market pin... this fixes the issue 100% regardless if you have the stock spring or an after market one.
"What the #### you talking about Willis? they are the same thing!" you might say....
no they are not and here is the difference.
A light primer strike is caused by a weak hammer spring. this can be fixed with a stiffer spring... no big deal.
But on a mini 30 that often doesn't fix the problem... it may make it better, but failure to fires will still happen.
Its actually shallow primer strikes... not caused by a weak hammer spring, but by insufficient stick out of the firing pin past the bolt.
If you mic the stick out of a mini 30 firing pin most are less then 2/3 the stick out of your average sks.
you can fix this with some careful filing of the shoulder of the firing pin... or by purchasing an after market pin... this fixes the issue 100% regardless if you have the stock spring or an after market one.
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- Southern Interior
I loved mine it was stainless and i shot the crap out of it with surplus it ate it all never an issue oh how i wish i still had one.
