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Offline bikerbeans

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Handi Ruger?!?
« on: February 13, 2011, 09:48:29 AM »
Kinda OT, but anyway I bought a used mini-14 so I can complete in 3 gun shoots w/o having to borrow my Wife's M-4.  So researching this gun, I have found a number of different posts about how shortening the barrel of the mini-14 makes it a much "Handier" gun. ;D  So if I bob a couple inches off the barrel of this rifle would it then qualify as a Handi? ::)

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Re: Handi Ruger?!?
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2011, 09:53:36 AM »
If I'm not mistaken the barrel on a Mini-14 is already the minimum length.  Bob it and it will become illegal.  Don't expect much from the mini-14 in the way of high scores, few are accurate.
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Re: Handi Ruger?!?
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2011, 09:59:15 AM »
SD,

this is a used LEO gun and it is 20 inches.  I don't plan to shorten it as it has a nice flash hider/compensator attached.  I know this is a 4 or 5 MOA gun @ 100 yards but the 3 gun shoots are usually well under 50 yard shots @ torso size targets so it isn't a big deal.  Big magazines and speed are what wins a 3 gun.  I shot a perfect pistol score (accuracy wise) at one shoot with my S&W 28-2 and finished in last place because I was so slow with a wheel gun! 

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Re: Handi Ruger?!?
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2011, 10:09:50 AM »
wanna get better results...?  invest ina stabilizer. they work !!!
after bout 3-4 shots tha mini starts to wonder.
gotta few 14's an 30's... all do that same dance.
tha barrels act like spagetti.... when they get hot, they droop and harmonics
make them wave to ya.
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Re: Handi Ruger?!?
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2011, 03:50:34 PM »
the standard Mini14 has a 18.5" barrel.   they make a compact version with a 16.25" barrel.    Be real sure of your barrel length before you start chopping.     if you have an 18-20" barrel you can very inexpensively add an underbarrel strut clamped on in two places.   this stiffens the barrel and counters the harmonic vibration.    this little addition took my groups from 4" down to 1.5".      give it a try. 
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Re: Handi Ruger?!?
« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2011, 06:40:17 PM »
If it is an older Mini, stick a Mo-Rod on it, and shoot all day.
http://www.mo-rod.com/index.htm
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Re: Handi Ruger?!?
« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2011, 12:43:32 AM »
When the bolt on my first series Mini went to heck, Ruger offered me a new one at factory invoice.  I jumped, but upped the model.  I got the stainless/synthetic, and as soon as I got my hands on it, I mounted a straight 4X scope on it and took it out.  This one has the scoche heavier barrel profile.  I've owned several prior to this, and shot quite a few others, but this particular rifle was a 1 1/2" gun, even at the end of a 20 round magazine.  It didn't have the bird cage 'suppressor' on it, and I had it threaded 1/2"X28 and put a Smith Vortex on there.  All it really did was make it bark louder and sharper, but it also didn't hurt a thing.  I had to move the front sight back, and that took a bit of machining, and the original front sight busted coming off,and they're not offered as a replacement, so I got one of the cast jobs with the front sight/integral suppressor, cut the suppressor part off, and had the barrel turned to accept the sight band with a press on fit, then pinned it.
Worst part of the rifle was the trigger.  Terrible, and if it'd been cleaned up and lightened just a bit (don't wanna go too far for fear of firing out of battery), it might've been easier to shoot and gimme better scores and more reliable hits.
Ruger knows how to make the things shoot, and why they've sat on their hands since the 70's when they first brought 'em out is a pisser.  I'd LOVE to have a Mini that shot really, really well, and don't want to spend another Grand to make it do it. 
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Re: Handi Ruger?!?
« Reply #7 on: February 20, 2011, 07:53:31 AM »
How are the target models they have out? I like the heavy barrel look
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