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Post by squirrelhunter on Jun 7, 2017 18:24:27 GMT -5
I was getting 1.75" groups at 40 yards at best with all the loads I'd worked up for the Ruger Mini 14 and only hit the target about half the time at 100 yards. I got this rifle hoping to use it for coyote hunting. I already have a single shot and bolt action in .223 but wanting something with quicker follow up capabilities so I got this. There was no way I'd try it for coyotes shooting like that. I asked for advise on different Sites about bullet weight/powder loads and found out this gun wasn't really designed for accuracy but with add ons it could get decent. So I got an Accu-strut which is suppose to help,mainly the older ones which mine is the newer version. To my surprise it worked wonders. I compared 6 loads I'd already worked up to see if it helped and to see which load had the best consistency so far,I was shocked at how much it helped,1 of the loads shot 5 shots I can cover with a penny at 40 yards,now to see what it does at 100 yards. There's still some bullet/powder combinations I want to try to see if I can do better but if not,I think this 1 will work  .  |
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Post by dbd870 on Jun 7, 2017 18:58:38 GMT -5
That's disappointing; those that have the newer ones have given them good reviews on the various sites. Glad you got it improved, let us know how it does at 100.
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Post by squirrelhunter on Jun 8, 2017 11:44:29 GMT -5
Yeah,I don't know if I got a lemon or what,but it's better now . I just heard I need to check the gas block gap too because if it's uneven it'll effect accuracy too and I guess a lot come out uneven,not sure. I'll post how it does at 100 yards once I work up a few more loads and decide which 1 I'll use and make up a batch. |
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Post by stevein on Jun 8, 2017 20:35:43 GMT -5
I would think if you could find a gunsmith that did M1 and M1A accuracy work it may help. But for the price of that rifle I think I would rather have a nice AR.
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Post by dbd870 on Jun 9, 2017 7:55:59 GMT -5
I would think if you could find a gunsmith that did M1 and M1A accuracy work it may help. But for the price of that rifle I think I would rather have a nice AR. Yeah; that's the problem Ruger is facing; the price point of AR's. That wasn't the case many years ago and that's one of the reasons I bought a late 70's vintage one; unfortunately everything said about them back then was true of mine.  |
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Post by squirrelhunter on Jun 9, 2017 18:48:47 GMT -5
I would think if you could find a gunsmith that did M1 and M1A accuracy work it may help. But for the price of that rifle I think I would rather have a nice AR. 1 of the main reasons I bought this instead of an AR was because at the time I bought it they were trying to pass another law that would ban all ARs but the Mini 14 wasn't going to be on the list unless it had a folding stock or flame suppressor etc. and I didn't know about the troubles the Mini 14 had had over the years or that it wasn't designed for accuracy but for dependability and the fact it was a Ruger which I like. If I knew then what I know now I probably would've went with an AR,but I think it'll be alright now for what I want it for. |
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Post by steiny on Jun 13, 2017 12:45:43 GMT -5
Most every Ruger Mini 14 I've ever handled was horribly inaccurate such as you described. Glad you came up with a solution to make yours shoot better. Being a short barrele, semi auto carbine, it will never match the accuracy you could get out of a bolt gun at longer ranges, but looks like you've made vast improvements.
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Post by squirrelhunter on Jun 14, 2017 19:02:59 GMT -5
Yeah I did,hopefully with a little fine tuning of reloads I can improve some more but if not it should still be ok for me,I'll find out for sure once I do a little more testing on reloads and try it at 100 yards. Most of the places I coyote hunt I'll be shooting under 200 yards,closer to 100.
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