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Ask some of the carbine trainers, if any minis make it through a class.
What happens in a carbine class that a Mini-14 would not be able to make it through?
Mini-14s tend to choke and break down during carbine classes. Same with trying to run one through a bunch of 3gun matches. When used like a basic ranch type rifle, they do fine, but when you get them smoking hot, they start to have problems.
Texas DPS used to use Mini-14s, however none of the rifles would actually make it through their carbine classes without breaking some parts.
I see people bring them out to 3gun, for a match or two, but then they come back with something else.
Your particular Mini may be awesome, and do not take this as an insult, but people who see a lot of rounds go downrange in short amounts of time, don't have a lot of faith in the Mini. They just aren't as tough as the from the ground up military guns.