Got my Grail gun finally. A mini 14.

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I wanted one since the 80's. We used a mini to kill steer at the butcher shop i worked in. Never could afford one. So finally my dream came true. Still debating to scope it or not. It's a ranch. I think they send the casings out the side. I'll see how i do with the irons and go from there. Im loading 55 grain magtech from RMR with 24.2 grains of varget.
 
CoalCrackerAl said:
I wanted one since the 80's. We used a mini to kill steer at the butcher shop i worked in. Never could afford one. So finally my dream came true. Still debating to scope it or not. It's a ranch. I think they send the casings out the side. I'll see how i do with the irons and go from there. Im loading 55 grain magtech from RMR with 24.2 grains of varget.
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Happy 35th birthday! A dream gun is always a celebration.

I say, go all out and put the rail on, a nice 1-4 Leupold would be PERFECT
 
CoalCrackerAl said:
I wanted one since the 80's. We used a mini to kill steer at the butcher shop i worked in. Never could afford one. So finally my dream came true. Still debating to scope it or not. It's a ranch. I think they send the casings out the side. I'll see how i do with the irons and go from there. Im loading 55 grain magtech from RMR with 24.2 grains of varget.
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Mark_Mark said:
Happy 35th birthday! A dream gun is always a celebration.

I say, go all out and put the rail on, a nice 1-4 Leupold would be PERFECT
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All minis made after the retooling are Ranch rifles afaik, I used a Nikon 1-4x20 in Leupold low rings on mine. That's the lowest scope mounting option I could come up with, and it works well with the original stock. Down side is you have to remove the rear base for the occular to clear.

A small leupy might be able to scrape by without removing the sight
 
troy fairweather said:
Be nice to see a baseline of accuracy with some 55 and 62 5.56. The newer ones are supposed to shoot fine. Tho all the ones I've shot grouped fine for there use.
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My pencil barrel example shoots minute-of-enemy no problem. It would need some serious trigger attention for target work, but thats not its purpose in the arsenal......I have ARs for the DMR role.:)
 
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CoalCrackerAl said:
Thanks for all the replies. I plan on shooting it tomorrow after noon. I put a coat of tru-oil on it after i was done loading. I'll put another 2 coats on it in the morning then. Question run it wet like an AR? Or just light lube?
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I grease mine just like a Garand- Mobil Synth Red on the bolt lug and op rod races and hammer hooks. I would apply light oil or silicone to the exposed blued bits as well. There are, of course, myriad other rust preventatives, but definitely use something.
 
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NIGHTLORD40K said:
I grease mine just like a Garand- Mobil Synth Red on the bolt lug and op rod races and hammer hooks. I would apply light oil or silicone to the exposed blued bits as well. There are, of course, myriad other rust preventatives, but definitely use something.
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I ran grease also, dosent get cold here and I run grease on most everything lol.
 
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