canoeguy
US Veteran
I realized lately there is a hole in my gun collection, that being a magazine fed semi-auto rifle. I like AR-15's and AK's, but the trim lines of the Ruger Mini's are appealing. They also have peep sights which work good for my aging eyes, AK sights don't work good for me, too short of a sight radius. The stainless steel construction of the Mini 30 is nice as well.
So, I decided to go ahead and order a Stainless Mini 30. A week later I had it in my hands, today I spent a very pleasant morning sighting it in. The rifle was 100 percent reliable with a variety of ammo I ran through it, PPU soft point, Tula FMJ, and Federal American Eagle FMJ. After sighting it in, I did an accuracy comparison with the ammo I had.
Now, since id don't have a shooting bench yet (I'll build one later this Summer) my shooting was done from the sitting position at 75 yards. I have owned Mini 14's in the past, so I had low expectations of fine accuracy from this rifle, servicable field accuracy for a utility rifle is what I want, and the Mini 30 delivered that. My best effort was with PPU soft point ammo, probably 3" or so:
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As the rifle heated up, group size grew. It didn't really like Tula ammo, definately didn't like it through a hot barrel:
I'm sure If I benched the rifle properly the accuracy results would be better, but I'm happy with it "As Is". A sturdy, trouble free rifle...
So, I decided to go ahead and order a Stainless Mini 30. A week later I had it in my hands, today I spent a very pleasant morning sighting it in. The rifle was 100 percent reliable with a variety of ammo I ran through it, PPU soft point, Tula FMJ, and Federal American Eagle FMJ. After sighting it in, I did an accuracy comparison with the ammo I had.
Now, since id don't have a shooting bench yet (I'll build one later this Summer) my shooting was done from the sitting position at 75 yards. I have owned Mini 14's in the past, so I had low expectations of fine accuracy from this rifle, servicable field accuracy for a utility rifle is what I want, and the Mini 30 delivered that. My best effort was with PPU soft point ammo, probably 3" or so:
As the rifle heated up, group size grew. It didn't really like Tula ammo, definately didn't like it through a hot barrel:
I'm sure If I benched the rifle properly the accuracy results would be better, but I'm happy with it "As Is". A sturdy, trouble free rifle...
