Mini 30, steel or brass

LordEvilPepper said:
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.
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Good info. Thanks.
I was not aware of Mini-30 having a short pin protrusion, or of the different terminology.
Cheers,
 
tootall said:
Good info. Thanks.
I was not aware of Mini-30 having a short pin protrusion, or of the different terminology.
Cheers,
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took me a lot of investigating to figure this out, tried all the hammer spring fixes, bunch of other things. Theni had a eureka moment and miced the sks firing pin then the mini 30 (sks has no issues so WTF does it have going on right?) saw the massive difference in stick out and kinda whent "oh... well no ####" then fair bit of trial and error filing the pin.... I think i let it protrude an extra 5 thou and it fixed it completely.
 
Great info fellas, thanks. Does the mini 14 have that same light strike issue? I’m just a real investigative personality and preparing for what I’m going to buy in the future when the turd gets kicked to the curb. If I did have one I really wouldn’t have a problem taking it out, we don’t see anyone in the bush where we go out, or on our private property where no one can enter. And really what harm it would be, laws are made to be broken. Shoot ‘em if ya got ‘em.
 
had 3 mini 14s over the years, none had issues with shallow strikes all went click bang.
Only the mini 30 had the issue.

it to bad they got banned, I enjoyed doing the yoda G trigger job on them... a mini with a 3.5lb Triger pull and a Triger stop is a much easier gun to get good groups with.
 
Ceiferiro said:
Cringe
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Especially considering it's a half truth.


The amount of people commenting on my gun shirts about how they can't shoot their first handguns now.

He banned trading, not use. They banned sport shooting, not sustenance or law enforcement activities
 
medvedqc said:
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 ...
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Putain de bateau ! Boat was not safe me too
 
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