Ruger Mini 14 - ammo test.

[TonyMo]

Greetings,

Well I headed to the range today. I didn't really set out to post anything.
But I took a few photos and thought I would post the results, in case it may be of interest to someone

Conditions: bright and sunny, 20C, virtually no breeze. Just a great day to be outside.

All shooting from the bench, supported bags front and rear. All same point of aim-bullseye.

Ruger Mini 14 Ranch rifle, 582 series, stainless barrel, black synthetic stock. All factory, no mods.
Scope: Bushnell Elite 3200, 2-7X32mm

Hornady V-Max
Norinco "white box"
American Eagle "black box"
Sellier & Bellot - "light green box"
All ammo is 55 grain.
All 10 shot groups
Distance - 100 yards.

The grid lines are 1 inch. Sorry, no calipers/tape measure. No real formal "cool" down. Just enough time to walk down and put up new targets.
YMMV.
Your comments are welcome.

 

[Ohno]

It looks like the Am Eagle and the S&B are pretty close. That one flier in the Hornady load keeps it from being a solid 1.5MOA load. That is pretty good for a semiauto utility rifle.

 

[Ganderite]

I had a Mini 14 30 years ago. It would have grouped about 12". Those are very good groups compared to what I was used to seeing.