Owned a Mini-14 in the early '90s, and a Mini-30 (7.62x39) in the mid-2000s and couldn't feed and fire 30-rd. clips on semi-auto fast enough without a jam or misfire; which, curious as I am, was my sole intention in pulling my index as fast as humanly possible. Some people (I know not you folks) are under the impression that Rugers are so-so, kinda middle-of-the-road guns for those on a tight budget. I'm not one of them.