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August 9, 2020, 10:43 AM | #1 |
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Ruger Mini-30 up periscope
With all the minor and major tweaks that Ruger has done to their Minis of late, I thought I’d ask the obvious question, what’s the status of the 30?
Does it do better with steel case ammo?
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August 9, 2020, 10:44 AM | #2 |
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I just did an up-periscope on Ruger’s finances. They have a market cap of $1.3+ billion with a share price of $80+ and $200 million in cash on hand. They are very healthy to say the least.
With those kind of assets you’d think if there were any “issues” with their Minis they’d commit the resources to fix it! |
August 9, 2020, 03:21 PM | #3 |
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Answers in order:
!. About 4"-to 5" groups at 100 yds. Better with U.S. ammo then steel cased European 2. Reliability is great, no issues 3. More accurate, faster velocity.
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August 9, 2020, 03:52 PM | #4 |
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Forgot to add you can reduce group size by adding a Harris bi-pod adapter to the barrel. Mount it hard against the gas block and screw it down tight, seems to stiffen the barrel. That and using copper jacketed bullets will reduce groups. I have an Aimpoint 2x- 2 MOA scope and it will shoot 3" groups. Not a prairie dog gun but good out to 150- 200 yards, which it was intended for.
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Ruger's Mini-14 and Mini Thirty
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August 10, 2020, 07:32 AM | #6 |
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I have only ever had n Mini30, and I purchased it as soon as they hit the shelf. My first outing with factory ammo yielded about a 9”-10”group at 100yds. I was so disappointed I felt like tossing it in the river. So back to the gunshop. I started handloading for it and based on advice used Blc-2 and got it down to a 3” group which was encouraging. My next step was to polish the sear, and I removed 1 3/4 coils from the disconnect spring to lighten trigger pull. This brought it down to a consistent sub 2MOA shooter and for the next ten years killed a lot of deer for me. This was all with an old Weaver 3-9 scope on it. To this day I regret selling it before I moved from NoDak to Virginia almost 20 years ago.
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August 11, 2020, 05:06 AM | #7 |
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jetinteriorguy, have you done an up-periscope on the Mini-30 of late to check out these improvements?
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August 11, 2020, 03:19 PM | #8 |
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Can’t say as I have, since I have no idea what that means.
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August 11, 2020, 10:02 PM | #9 |
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It means: have you looked at the Mini-30 in last 10 years?
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August 12, 2020, 12:51 AM | #10 |
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jetinteriorguy---thank you for asking. I was wondering too.
jski---thank you for answering. jetinteriorguy---North Dakota to Virginia? I bet that was a bit of a shocker in many ways. How long did you live in ND? I'm also really sorry and more than a little confused about the recent gun control laws in Virginia. I always thought of Virginia as being a bastion of citizen's rights. Also I've "heard" (and that means I've just glanced over some posts in the last couple of years) that the Ruger Mini-14 and the Ruger Mini-30 had quite a bit of improvement in accuracy. But that's just me remembering stuff...not a real answer to jski's question but maybe someone else remembers better. |
August 12, 2020, 03:21 AM | #11 |
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Is there an improvement bolt/firing pin/spring available that will allow it to eat steel case ammo for an older Mini-30?? My early 90s Mini-30 will only reliably eat brass domestic stuff. Maybe Hornady steel though I haven't tried. With brass cased 7.62x39 in the same cost realm of .308 it hardly makes sense to shoot it.
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August 12, 2020, 06:26 AM | #12 |
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Oh yeah I’ve looked pretty hard at a newer Mini 30, thanks to COSteve and his sweet little rendition. I’m surprised he hasn’t posted his usual pic here yet to make us drool. I still have my 35 years old AK47 and a newer AR47 for using the cartridge and since I haven’t hunted in over 20 years I balk at the price + cost of mods for another Mini 30. @ DaleA, I was born and raised in NoDak in a small Norskie community and moved to NOVA when I was 48 years old, it definitely took some adjusting.
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August 14, 2020, 06:41 AM | #13 |
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Another reason for preferring the Mini-30 over an AK pattern rifle: politics.
When the gun confiscations begin, they’ll first target AR and AK pattern rifles. |
August 14, 2020, 09:44 AM | #14 |
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I have no doubt these people will eventually get around to confiscating every gun, whether handgun or long gun ... before they declare the 2nd nullified.
But, before then, I fully expect it to explode in their faces. So the Mini owners will have a bit of extra time. |
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