mini-14 questions

The title says it all-- How perfect must the gas block gap be for reasonable accuracy and as centered as possible windage? I ask as I've seen many threads noting how torque setting and the like can be important as well as an "even" gap, but haven't seen much on exactly how precise one should...

Hello all, first post for me here. I bought a used stainless 188 series mini 14 a few months ago. I've had a few before but I always found something else I liked better and traded them off. Anyway, I decided that this is going to be my home defense/shtf rifle. It will be hung on the gun rack...

I just got a new mini and it sometimes will eject ammo and chamber another one. Other times the ammo will jam or not eject the old casing at all. I have done the field strip they have on the ruger website and cleaned and oiled the gun. I have fired about 200 rounds and tryed diffrent kinds of...

I asked about this before, as I never heard the term "jam" with a Mini-14 in all the reading I did before I bought one. I had the empty casing get caught between the bolt and the rear of the barrel a few times. I was told that was normal for the first 100 rounds. It actually hasn't happened...