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zxcvbob · February 20, 2012, 06:55 PM

I picked up my Mini-14 today. It's a 581. Has a ghost ring rear sight and a very wide blade front sight with posts on each side to protect it -- kind of looks like a 'W'. It'll be very fast to acquire but I don't see how that could be accurate, maybe it'll surprise me. It came with a set of Ruger scope rings too; I wasn't expecting that. So I'll play with it with the iron sights for a while and then slap a Leupold 2-7x on it and see what difference that makes. I think the Leupold might be a rimfire scope but I don't remember...

Cabela's has Federal American Eagle .223's 55gr FMJ on sale $109 for an MTM ammo box of 300 rounds. I'll get one of those to get me started, and a couple of boxes (20) of 62gr FMJ 5.56 NATO. And a set of reloading dies.

Are Federal 205's and Wolf standard SR primers OK, or are the cups too soft?

February 20, 2012, 06:55 PM	#13
zxcvbob Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2007 Location: S.E. Minnesota Posts: 4,720	I picked up my Mini-14 today. It's a 581. Has a ghost ring rear sight and a very wide blade front sight with posts on each side to protect it -- kind of looks like a 'W'. It'll be very fast to acquire but I don't see how that could be accurate, maybe it'll surprise me. It came with a set of Ruger scope rings too; I wasn't expecting that. So I'll play with it with the iron sights for a while and then slap a Leupold 2-7x on it and see what difference that makes. I think the Leupold might be a rimfire scope but I don't remember... Cabela's has Federal American Eagle .223's 55gr FMJ on sale $109 for an MTM ammo box of 300 rounds. I'll get one of those to get me started, and a couple of boxes (20) of 62gr FMJ 5.56 NATO. And a set of reloading dies. Are Federal 205's and Wolf standard SR primers OK, or are the cups too soft? __________________ "Everything they do is so dramatic and flamboyant. It just makes me want to set myself on fire!" —Lucille Bluth