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Posted: 8/10/2004 9:04:31 PM EDT
| is the Mini-30 plagued with the same problems as the Mini-14? |
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well I mean the stigma www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=6&f=2&t=176062 things like mag issues, and ejecting a fired round and taking 2 live with it and double feeding, acuracy the trigger assy puking out after 3 shots of Wolf |
Where these the first 20 rounds you fired out of the rifle? I agree with Troy regarding the magazines. However, I must be the only person in the world to never have a problem with USA Magazines mags in a mini-14 and mini-30. I had 7 or 8 mini-14 mags that never had a problem and 3 mini-30 mags that also functioned flawlessly. Go figure. I seem to be the exception and not the rule though. Both my mini-30 and mini-14 wore Choate stocks that were VERY tight fitting. The tight stocks seem to improve accuracy greatly. The older mini-30s had a tighter barrel diameter than the ones produced after 1989 (IIRC??). Anyway, point is some mini-30s have a bore diameter that is slightly smaller than foreign manufactured 7.62x39 ammo (like Wolf). I sold both my minis simply because I didn't use them anymore and I wanted to fund some other projects. I think if you want a 7.62x39 rifle, you are MUCH better off with a SKS or an AK. |
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I HAD a Mini-30. Very reliable IF you shoot Ammo made in America I.e, Fed AE. I had many many FTF w/ Wolf and any other forgien Ammo for that matter - I guess the primers were to hard? While shooting AE, it always went bang and cycled w/o any issues...... Now lets talk accuracy - once the gun got hot I would get 4-5" groups at 100 yards, bench rest w/ a scope. groups off hand w/o scope were about the same, 5"+. I began to think it was me - so I took out my Bushy and got <2" almost all the time off the bench. I actually shot off hand w/ Iron sights w/ my bushy and got better results then I did w/ the Mini, bench rest, w/ a scope...... I got rid of the Mini-30 and picked anothert Bushy  I still have several 20 round Mini-30 Mags (after market) but they work great - provided you shoot proper ammo. |
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I have a friend with a Mini-30 that has served him well. He has taken several deer with it. He only hunts with it, so high-capacity magazines are not an issue with him (he has other rifles for those applications). Like many here, I can't understand why anyone in a "free" state (i.e., given the choice) would choose a Mini-30 over some AK variant. But I'm a firm believer in "to each his own," and I own some firearms that aren't exactly "highly regarded" here, so... 
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The rifle never fired mil-surp well. I never had a problem with the rifle feeding from the USA mags. It just would not go bang consitently with Chinese, Russian, East German, ammo. I did reload for it and it fired every reload just fine. Best scoped and bench rested precision was 1.5" with Nosler BT. I probably fired close to 1000 rounds through it before I sold it. |
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