Ruger Mini-14 SS Barrel/Parts Life Expectancy??

[Southern Shooter]

I recently picked up a 183 series SS Mini-14 manufactured in 1982 for $300. The owner had no clue as to how many rounds had been fired through it as he was not the original owner. The bore looks fine and not like a sewage pipe. But, I still wonder...

For those with SS Mini-14, what is your round count up to?

Also, for those that have had to replace parts over the years...what are the parts that seem to need replacing the most?

Thanks

 

[lee n. field]

In the multiple thousands of rounds, so far.

Only the extractor, so far, and that was because mine broke trying to pull a lacquered Wolf cartridge stuck in the chamber.

Parts availability is one reason, probably the biggest, that I'm considering selling mine to fund an AR. Ruger won't sell you a firing pin, bolt or (I think) trigger assembly parts. They will, so I have read, fit spares for you.