June 26, 2015, 06:54 PM | #1 |
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Burris scope on a Mini 14
I have herd the Mini will damage scope due to their recoil, I was wanting to put a Burris fullfield II on it. Do think it would hold up?
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June 26, 2015, 07:35 PM | #2 |
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I have an old Burris on mine. No problems. Any decent scope should hold up fine.
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June 26, 2015, 09:23 PM | #3 |
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You can reduce the force of the action cycling by changing out the stock gas port bushing for one with a reduced diameter (.090 stock) Accuracy systems sells a set of three (.035, .040, .045) for about $15.00. I installed the .040 in mine and the brass lands about 5' in the 2 o'clock position. The reduced cycling will reduce shock to the scope.
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June 28, 2015, 12:59 AM | #4 |
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scope eaters
My experience is with a single Mini30, and it indeed has proven to be a scope eater. At least two Bushnells, a 4x and a 2.5x, and maybe a third (4x) went toes up, the reticles separating in the center. I seem to recall it killed a Simmons of some variety as well. That pretty much cured me of "affordable" scopes.
What has held up over relatively steady use, is a Leupold 1-4x shotgun scope. I was not aware that there were aftermarket ports for the Mini. My Mini30 has near violent extraction/ ejection, and could stand to be "degassed" a bit. TL225, can you advise as to how difficult a task it is to remove the factory port? I got the impresson they were swaged in place. |
June 28, 2015, 01:07 AM | #5 |
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by the way
Hey, not bashing Burris by any means. I own a couple of Burris products, and am completely satisfied. I do not have a FF II, and how that scope might hold up I can't say. But the Mini will certainly test it.
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June 28, 2015, 08:41 AM | #6 |
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The change out is simple and only takes a few minutes. Separate the gas block, the, bushing will drop out. Simply place the reduced bushing of your choice in place and re-assemble. When re-assembling make sure the halves of the gas block remain even and the four bolts are evenly tightened (use a criss-cross pattern). They should be torqued to about 30 inch-pounds.
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June 28, 2015, 08:43 AM | #7 |
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It's not the scope, it's the Mini-14
Min-14s are not meant to be scoped and the receiver acts like a tuning fork that transfers a lot of energy into the scope. Virtually any scope will break if mounted long enough on a Mini-14. Ruger Ranch Rifles are meant to be scoped. They have a recoil buffer ring and side ejection (so the brass doesn't bounce up and hit the scope base).
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June 28, 2015, 09:22 AM | #8 |
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I really want to put a Tech sight on, but I can not find one to save my life. They are sold out everywhere.
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June 28, 2015, 09:51 AM | #9 |
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You should be fine.. I've had a scope on a mini for years
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June 28, 2015, 04:52 PM | #10 |
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The Burris F-II is one of the tougher scopes out there. If anything will work, it will.
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June 29, 2015, 04:01 PM | #11 |
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I used the rear adjustable "Tech-Sight". Real quick for adjusting as opposed
to the standard, but nice Ruger rear adjustable sight. The Ranch Rifle (5.56/.223) has a Nikon 40 mm 3X9 Prostaff scope. You don't co-witness with this setup but if I ever had to remove the scope, I am immediately in business. This particular Mini-14 is meant for the bench (I have another that I don't shoot from the bench), so I installed a front Bipod also. It is not going to pick up any competition wall plaques but at 100 yards. I am 4 MOA. |
June 30, 2015, 12:27 AM | #12 |
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gas blocks
TL225, thanks.
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July 4, 2015, 12:07 AM | #13 |
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I have a Ranch Rifle with a Leupold Vari-x II 1-4x in the stock Ruger rings.
It has held up just fine. I once used it in a 3-gun match. One of the stages was a number of targets at ~180 yards shot from various positions from standing to prone. It would keep all of its rounds in the A zone of a USPSA metric target going as fast as I could go with the scope turned all the way up to 4x which is all the accuracy I expect from it. |
July 4, 2015, 04:51 PM | #14 |
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Thanks for the info folks, I am a little depressed California passed a no led for hunting so all the ammo I bought for testing, is now just shy of worthless.
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