Drakejake
Member
The Mini 14 is supposed to be less accurate than the AR-15. The Mini may be fairly accurate for the first two or three shots, but once the barrel gets hot, the rifle starts spraying shots. Or so the story goes.
Today I shot a Mini 14 and a DPMS Lite with 16 inch medium thick barrel. The first couple of shots from each rifle were on target but after a few shots, the point of impact moved about four inches to the right, or to the lower right. My Mini with a homemade barrel stiffener attached to its pencil barrel (thinner than the one on the DPMS) seemed to move less far away from the aimed at spot. What gives? Do all semi-auto rifles when hot move shots off-target? Does a heavy barrel really keep shots on target? Is it OK if you have small groups which are nowhere near the spot you are shooting at? Does that make sense?
Next time I am going to take my K-31 out to the range for an accuracy test.
Thanks,
Drakejake
Today I shot a Mini 14 and a DPMS Lite with 16 inch medium thick barrel. The first couple of shots from each rifle were on target but after a few shots, the point of impact moved about four inches to the right, or to the lower right. My Mini with a homemade barrel stiffener attached to its pencil barrel (thinner than the one on the DPMS) seemed to move less far away from the aimed at spot. What gives? Do all semi-auto rifles when hot move shots off-target? Does a heavy barrel really keep shots on target? Is it OK if you have small groups which are nowhere near the spot you are shooting at? Does that make sense?
Next time I am going to take my K-31 out to the range for an accuracy test.
Thanks,
Drakejake