Bartholomew Roberts
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I believe Pat Rogers has commented that he has never seen a Mini-14 finish the five-day carbine course at Gunsite. They all die prior to the end of class.
On the other side of that, SWAT magazine took a Mini-14 out and ran 1,500 rounds through it over three days IIRC and it held up just fine.
My personal experience with Minis is limited; but the ones I've seen seem to suffer a fair amount of broken internal parts in heavy use. Maybe that has changed recently and Ruger is using a higher quality of parts now that they are also slapping a suggested retail price of $809 on even a basic Mini-14.
On the other side of that, SWAT magazine took a Mini-14 out and ran 1,500 rounds through it over three days IIRC and it held up just fine.
My personal experience with Minis is limited; but the ones I've seen seem to suffer a fair amount of broken internal parts in heavy use. Maybe that has changed recently and Ruger is using a higher quality of parts now that they are also slapping a suggested retail price of $809 on even a basic Mini-14.