Old mini 14 were horribly inaccurate. I understand they’re better now
Here in NY they’re NOT a banned gun. AR 15s are. As long as they have no dangerous threaded barrel end, an evil bayonet lug and a scary pistol grip or hole in stock. Yes these dangerous parts make the AR evil and illegal for new purchase
Mini 30. More lead to the head.
I have both a 14 & a 30.
My old SS Ranch was one of the horrible ones. Designed to have a scope on it so I put one on.
Go out to sight it in, at about 80 yards could not get a definable group to move the sights. I am talking 4-5" at under 100 yards, and I am a very good rifle shot. I could darn near shoot my .44 Mag Super Blackhawk that well with open sights.
There were a lot of questionable design issues with the rifle, even assuming it had a decent barrel. Lots of places for stress to be applied to the barrel near the gas block.
You're not kidding. I was qualifying on the range when I was in the Corps(M16A2). We were on the 200 meter line and one of the range Marines brought out a mini 14. First he shot it in the sitting position. All over the place. Then he went to the prone position. Ditto. Then another Marine tried it. Same results. You could also see that it had a kick to it where as the M 16 has hardly any. Made up my mind then and there I would never buy one unless somebody made me an offer I could not refuse.
I was not aware the weapon had gotten better,