[yotehunter]

I have heard alot of bad things about the mini 14's so I have always shyed away from them. A few days ago I ran across a NIB mini 14 for 250.00, it has the wood stock. I bought it and love the way it feels. I havent shot it yet but I will this weekend. I am looking forward to learning about it and ways to improve it. I love to tinker with my guns so this should be a fun toy.
Im already thinking of a synthetic stock and a comp.

 

[reloader]

NIB for $250!!!??? Must be a real junker. I'll take it off your hands for $275 You musta done something right. That's a hell of a deal. You'll love shooting your mini, even before you really learn to hit with it or before you begin tuning it, because that's just the nature of the little rifles. They're fun, bottom line. And having this board and all it's collective wisdom behind you will just make it more fun. Enjoy!

 

[djskit]

If I was a 'yote in Nevada, I'd be nervous!

Watch out for the police, because you STOLE the thing!
Congrats!

 

[The Karbine Kid]

Hey it's my first post here too. Boy these are sweet little guns, I love the feel and the action. As with just about anything else like it, shoot it for a while before you start putting stuff on it, get to know it well. My dad is the mini owner in the family, I'm only 16 so I'm restricted to non-high capacity rifes and shotguns in my state, supposedly that means anything capable of accepting a high-cap mag, but every police officer I've talked to said that no one would bother you as long as you had a non-high cap mag in it and were behaving yourself. Anyway I'm left with the SKS, Swede mauser, and my various other firearms. My dad picked up a pre-ban , new in box stainless mini with two ramline mags(those clear plastic ones that supposedly work in mini-14s, AR-15s, and AR-180s) and a choate folder for $300. We've been shooting it with the wood stock on but have recently put the folder on and I'll get around to shooting it and checking the zero sometime this week. He also decided to put one of those compensator/flash hider deals on it, I like the way it reduces muzzle flip but it seems that it is a bit loose, so that can't be helping its accuracy.

 

[cajungeo]

Its nice to welcome 2 new members on the same thread. Welcome to the forum yotehunter, and Karbine Kid.

For starters you can go to the Mini talk section, and click on the "New Ruger Web Site" sticky, to down load a Manual. You can also call ruger, and they will send you one for free. While you have them on the line, give them your serial # and they can tell you the date of manufacture, and barrel twist rate if you are interested.

Before you buy 1,000 rds of ammo, I would suguest buying a box or two, of different kinds of ammo in your price range, to see what your mini likes. Each mini is different in what it shoots best.

They are fun to shoot. Keep us posted on how you do.

BTW, there is a handy search button, upper right. Enter key words, and many posts will come up. There is a lot of info here.