I don’t consider the mini-14 to be an accurate gun at all.
I’ve had two of the early Mini14s, both shot 4” to 5” groups at 100 yard and opened up more after they got hot. I understand Ruger has done some redesign on the new ones and they are much better.
My problem with them is you can get an AR15 for the same price or cheaper and they have reliable mags everywhere cheap. I always had problems with the aftermarket Mini14 mags and, back when, the factory mags were hard to get and expensive.
Well, it’s not super-duper accurate, it’s not a sniper gun.
But for the kinds of things you might use it for, trekkin through the woods goin after small-medium size game at 40-50 yds, it’s fine. Woodchucks, that sort of thing.
I have much bigger guns but don’t want to think about how my shoulders would feel if I lugged them around for 8 hours or so...
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