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Offline bjones

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Speak now, or forever....
« on: January 17, 2008, 04:43:33 PM »
I've been debating on what I should get as far as a medium range carbine for awhile now. I think its gonna be a mini 14 ranch rifle. It won out over the NEF, the Mosin,SKS,and 30-30.
I'm going to get it tomorrow after work, unless someone talks me out of it.
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Re: Speak now, or forever....
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2008, 09:14:07 PM »
Medium range being what? For me that's 300 to 600 yards...

For the price of the mini 14 you could have two SKS's or 3 to 4 Mosin's but DON'T get me wrong. The mini is a great gun. I've had two pass through my hands. My only complaint has been there accuracy. For me, if a rifle will not shoot 1 and 1/2 inch groups, I loose interest fast. Now the new Mini's are supposed to be much better. But the two I had back in the 90's were hard pressed to shoot under 3 inches scoped with quality factory ammo. I could get down to near 2 inches with my hand loads, but that didn't make me happy at the time. (this was all with the 223).  But that's what I get for trying to get match accuracy out of a battle type rifle.
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Re: Speak now, or forever....
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2008, 12:52:59 AM »
For me medium range is to far to hit with a stick, but close enough you dont need a scope. The other choices I was considering are all good options and I will probably get around to expanding my collection later.
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Re: Speak now, or forever....
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2008, 09:47:30 AM »
My grandson got one of these last year. If the grandson didn't like it so much, my son(the Marine) would have sold it or bent it around a pole somewhere. The grandson likes it because you can put a lot of ammo down range pretty quick. The Marine says you can't hit much of anything with it, no matter the ammo choice. It gets fed a steady diet of Wolf stuff now.

Personaaly, I'd look elsewhere, but that's just my opinion...

HWD
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Re: Speak now, or forever....
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2008, 11:54:06 AM »
I got the .223 ranch rifle blue with wood stock. I just got back from the range in Texas
City. I put 50 rounds of old Remington soft points,40 rounds of steel case fmj,and 20 of monarch soft points through it. Feed everything perfectly. At 100 yrds with open sights I keep then in a 10" target. For me with open sights that is just fine. I really enjoyed the little rifle, and I think I'll probably keep it a long time. Anyone want to recommend  a fairly inexpensive (and rugged) scope? Whats a good load for game?
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Re: Speak now, or forever....
« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2008, 02:56:34 PM »
you will like that little rifle, now you need a mini thirty to go with it.they aint tack drivers but will supply good hunting accuracy and wont malfunction, or at least none of the 4 ive owned never has.if perchance you dont like it and you got it bought rite, just hang onto it for a year or two, they go up in value every year.
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