All around rifle?

[dlbleak]

@RickN this is a darn good deal!

 

[KurtM]

I bet you were, I know my truck was basically changing lanes when some of those gusts hit! That's a 1/4 m.o.p. rifle right there under those conditions.
( Minute of pie)

 

[xseler]

Rick will not have any person sneak up on him in his house or even get in without him being allerted.

His dogs are on point.
Trust me on that. Smallest noise and he is alerted.

I'll concur on this!


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[Oklahomabassin]

Best I could muster in 35 mph winds!View attachment 263557View attachment 263559

Dinner got away. Lol

 

[dlbleak]

Dinner got away. Lol

Ha, no kidding. When shooting a Mini, I’m not going to use targets! Paper plates do just fine.

 

[swampratt]

Dinner got away. Lol

Nah you just gut shot it so get to walking/tracking.

 

[Seadog]

Best I could muster in 35 mph winds!View attachment 263557View attachment 263559

Looks like you had some fun. I like the old min14s rear sight. Looks better than the rancher sights. I like the M1 M1A sight look better. Wish they hadn’t changed it.

I have a newer model made early 2000s that looks like that. Bought me a new production ATM folding stock for it. Play on the abbreviation of the word A Team. They are new Ruger folding stocks licensed through Sampson

 

[RickN]

Rick will not have any person sneak up on him in his house or even get in without him being allerted.

His dogs are on point.
Trust me on that. Smallest noise and he is alerted.

You have no idea, especially the female hound. She regularly barks at things in HER yard. Squirrels, opossums, birds, a running leaf, it just does not matter. She barks! Now the little male will bark at times but like any good male, he lets her make the most noise.

 

[TedKennedy]

Rick, do you reload? I've run my Mini with plain ol' 55gr FMJ - but the carefully reloaded ones outshoot all the factory stuff I've tried. Since I'm "dumping" powder, not weighing every one like I would my hunting loads, my guess is the factory standards are pretty low. CFE and CCI primers with Hornady FMJ, or even Midway blems shoot better than AE, Win, etc...

I'm not sure you'll get the same results with that pencil barrel but good ammo can't hurt.

 

[KurtM]

I was unaware that Mini-14s came in a heavy barrel version. All the ones I have seen have had the same profile no matter if it was a Ranch, G.B. or plain old Mini. Did they also make a National Match version like the AK-47 I saw advertised a bit ago? The only ones I am aware of with a heavy barrel are the ones rebarreled by Accuracy Systems in Colorado...(thanks Denis, I couldn't remember their name)

Disclaimer.... Yes I am very aware that no AK was ever produced as a National Match rifle, but hey when your asking $2300.00 for an AK it darn well ought to have a National Match barrel and flash hider and be fully accurrize!