cowboy77845
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That mini-14 must be a crap shoot. I have had 2 that shot minute of a pie plate. Many speak of how good theirs is. I would not have another even though everything about them is attractive to me except their accuracy. Bummer.
I normally don't feed the mini14 lupula brass cased ammo. The lupula cases are loaded with a load the mini14 doesn't really like.A Seekins adjustable gas block is only $60, and is completely closable. Their new throw-lever gas block is adjustable without tools and is a paltry $130.
Titanium SLRs are thirty five dollars off at RTB.com $170. I just bought one, they are beautiful!
And, I just remembered we aren’t talking about an AR.
Sorry @N555. I haven’t had coffee yet today…
For several of my bench shooting ARs I simply moved the existing gas tube slightly to cover the hole in the barrel. Works best on my side charging ARs. I did this mainly so I would not have to chase brass since my shooting partner reloads.A turnoffable gas system would be nice to keep from losing my lapula match 223 brass.
I would never think turning off the gas in an M1A would not make it shoot better being a lot of money and work goes into improving the gas system a different operating rod a gas system without the cut off. so have all those people wasted time and money trying to tame the violent action of the operating rod?I went with not enough difference and here is why. Using my M1A NM rifle I noticed no difference in accuracy shooting off a Wichita Rest Owl Ear Front and Bunny Ear Bag rear. Ten shot groups and no difference at all in accuracy, velocity or difference in ejected cartridges size. Gas on or off nothing changed not even muzzle velocity over an Oehler 35P. While I can't speak for Ruger Mini I can say on my M1A it made no difference. My ammo for that was Federal Gold Medal Match but I would likely see the same results with my hand loads or any other factory ammunition. The object of my curiosity was the claims that with gas on or off the measured distance from case head to the 0.400" datum on case neck would change. It didn't they went in at 1.630" and all came out at 1.632".
Ron
I only bothered doing it for a small number of rounds and only to look for change in MV or POI. Nothing changed including cartridge dimensions. Shooting the M14 and now my M1A I have never had a reason, other than experiment, to turn the gas system off. I also never noticed the operation of the gas system to be "violent". My rifle functions as advertised.I would never think turning off the gas in an M1A would not make it shoot better being a lot of money and work goes into improving the gas system a different operating rod a gas system without the cut off. so have all those people wasted time and money trying to tame the violent action of the operating rod?
Were yours early models, or 581 or later with the tapered barrels?That mini-14 must be a crap shoot. I have had 2 that shot minute of a pie plate. Many speak of how good theirs is. I would not have another even though everything about them is attractive to me except their accuracy. Bummer.
Many speak of how good theirs is. I would not have another even though everything about them is attractive to me except their accuracy. Bummer.
I had an older blue one and a brand new stainless. . Put a buffer and an accu-trac on new one in hopes of better accuracy. Well you know what they say about "Hope in one hand.....". I wasted a bunch of money on the thing and just got frustrated. My mini -30 is much better. I expected similar results from the 14.Were yours early models, or 581 or later with the tapered barrels?
I only bothered
I think the only real reason to buy one now is you simply like them.The one I have was new close to 40 years ago, back then they were a deal vs AR’s and other stuff. Even if not as accurate. Not real sure why folks buy them today. In the car business they say, “there is a butt for every seat.” Same for firearms.
The one I have was new close to 40 years ago, back then they were a deal vs AR’s and other stuff. Even if not as accurate. Not real sure why folks buy them today. In the car business they say, “there is a butt for every seat.” Same for firearms.
Yeah +300fps ain't worth a dam if you can't hit what you're aiming at. Especially beavers.My Ranch Rifle has a sweet spot with 25gr of W748 behind a 55gr Hornady BT. It shoots 1 moa with that load, velocity average is about 2700, don't care if I lose 300 if it puts em where I want em. Funny thing, I don't expect any two rifles to do the same thing but I got talking to another guy at the gun store that turned out to be a handloader. The subject somehow came around to Ranch Rifles and mentioned that load, his eyes got big and he said YES! that's my load, that makes mine shooter. Maybe it will work for more than our two rifles, who knows.
A friend of mine had a father who sold off used cars. His belief on overpriced junk was there is a butt for every seat. Apparently looking at that price there is a shoulder for every gun. Not mine but someone will buy it.I keep telling myself if I ever find someone that is selling one for a decent price that can be proved to shoot decent I’ll buy it, but this is the laughable types of deals I find locally.
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A friend of mine had a father who sold off used cars. His belief on overpriced junk was there is a butt for every seat. Apparently looking at that price there is a shoulder for every gun. Not mine but someone will buy it.
Ron