Where can I find a beat up Mini-14 Wood Stock? Plus general Mini chatter.

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I recently bought a Mini-14. Love it. It's awesome. None of the issues that I was biting nails over before I got it (accuracy, mags, etc.)

Don't ask me why, but I want to swap out the shiny new wood stock it came with for one that's had the junk beat out of it. But, nobody wants to buy those, so nobody seems to sell them! Where can I find one?

On a different note, has anyone tried the XM855 62 grain, green tipped 5.56 through the mini? I've been using the Federal XM193 55 grain with good success, but I've seen some deals on the other kind. If they run roughly the same, cheaper is better!


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Oh, and to clarify, it's a new production Mini, of the 582 flavour. So, rifling would be 1:9 I believe? Correct me if I'm wrong.
 
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It's for the rifle's own good. It gets used in *hostile environments.*

The stock is so easy to pop off I figured I'd just have spares. Tomorrow I will attempt to mount it on a Mini-30 stock and see if it fits. STAND BACK, I'M ATTEMPTING SCIENCE.
 
As it turns out, wood stocks for the mini 14 and 30 seem to be compatible.

I just dropped my mini-14 action into a 189-series mini-30 wood stock.
 
I already have a composite shotgun. Works for that gun, but I find it ugly on the mini, to the point where I'd rather have trashed wood than a shiny new plastic stock.
 
"Perfectunion.com" seems to primarily include forums about both Mini 14s, 30s, 6.8 along with various others.

Because of the lack of Ruger factory magazines > five rounds for both the 14 and 30 until a few years ago, they have a forum about magazines, and the many problems with certain aftermarket types.
 
Minis in synthetic stocks.

Here are a couple of my Minis in Hogue Overmold stocks. The scoped one is a 581 Mini-14 the other is a 185 Mini-30. They are a little heavier the wood but are a major upgrade in toughness. I don't find them the least bit unattractive. They are neither plastic nor shiny. (BTW,The Mini-30 wood stock will fit a Mini-14 without alteration but a Mini-14 stock on a Mini-30 will need to have the mag well opened up for the wider magazine)
 

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You seem to have the stock thing figured out.

On to thee 62gr green tips. my 181 series does not like them worth a darn. Does like 55gr really well.

My suggestion is to buy a box and check yours out.
 
My 188-series Ranch Rifle was kind of a dog accuracy-wise, but it seemed to like M855 better than most loads.
 
jimmyraythomason said:
Here are a couple of my Minis in Hogue Overmold stocks. The scoped one is a 581 Mini-14 the other is a 185 Mini-30. They are a little heavier the wood but are a major upgrade in toughness. I don't find them the least bit unattractive. They are neither plastic nor shiny. (BTW,The Mini-30 wood stock will fit a Mini-14 without alteration but a Mini-14 stock on a Mini-30 will need to have the mag well opened up for the wider magazine)
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Don't take this as a personal stab, (because it's not) but the synthetic/plastic/overmolded stuff just doesn't do it for me. (Shiny was referring to 'new' not actual shininess) That's why everything comes in different colors, right?

What twist rate does the 181 series have? Also what's the general rule of thumb, bigger bullet needs higher twist rate, or the other way around?
 
jim in Anchorage said:
You can own a mini in NY?
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I can't tell if you're trying to be funny.

http://www.troll.me/images/futurama-fry/not-sure-if-serious-or-trying-to-be-funny.jpg

Yes, you can own any 'featureless' semi-auto. There's a long list of banned features. Folding stock, telescoping stock, thumbhole stock, pistol grip, forward vertical grip, muzzle brake, compensator, threaded muzzle, and bayonet mount are all illegal on a semi-auto that can accept detachable magazines. If it doesn't have any of those, which most of the Mini's don't, you're fine.

Cuomo is not getting my vote for president.
 
If you have any real gunshops in the area you might try just asking. I swapped and old M-14 stock I no longer needed foe a used Mini-14 stock to cut down to reduce LOP for kids and small folks. I have seen others, but be aware that they typically come with out the metal parts. It is easy, or it has been for me, to unscrew the screws that are in the stock below the action, remove them, tilt out the metal and install it all on another stock.

GO on Gunbroker.com and search under gun parts, rifle parts, rifle stocks, and search Mini.

The wood stocks that came on rifles typically go for 50 to 75 bucks plus shipping.

-kBob
 
I tossed a camo synthetic stock on a stainless ranch rifle many moons ago (Ram-line, Butler Creek? I can't recall). After lots of "hostilities", the stock still looks good. As much as I like the look of wood and blued steel; it doesn't take much to beat the bejezsus out of the birch Mini stocks. My outfit went to all synthetic/stanless minis because the blue/wood ones got clobbered pretty easily.
 
After you see the groups, you'll want to throw it downrange.
It should look beat up pretty soon.
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Too bad some people never understood that just about any rifle can have issues. The M1 Garand and the M-16 are to good examples. And the mini accuracy should have been addressed way before it finally was corrected.

I have a 580 series with the tapered barrel and with open sights and my now 56 year old eyes I can still get between one and half and two and a half inch groups at a hundred yards with Monarch steel cased ammo from Academy Sports. I haven't even tried reloads in it yet.

I haven't tried it with a scope. I like it just the way it came out of the box. And I like it way better than the AR I bought right before the panic.
 
W.E.G. said:
Take it the new gun to the range a few times.

After you see the groups, you'll want to throw it downrange.
It should look beat up pretty soon.
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Au contraire, I would recommend you take out a newer Mini and see how it works.

As I mentioned in my opening post, I was nervous after hearing so much about accuracy issues, reliability issues, ammo issues, mag issues.... I almost didn't buy the gun.

But, using the gun erased all those fears entirely. If the older models were iffy on accuracy or reliability, the new ones have been fully cured of all ailments. Once sighted in I was hitting a pack of cigarettes at ~125 yards. (Because carving out the bullseye at 50 yards got boring). It's a fun gun to shoot, it's reliable as clockwork (I've owned it about a week and have put about 500 rounds through it with none of the issues people have mentioned.) I primarily use the Ruger 5-rounder mags, but I also have a ProMag 10-rounder that works just as well. (The interwebs mentioned feeding issues with aftermarket mags, at least with the ProMag the Mini couldn't seem to tell the difference).

Is it match-grade accuracy? Nope. Is it AK-reliable? Probably not. But it's a great gun. My only gripe was the price. I think it's more expensive than it ought to be, but I have to deal with NY gun prices.
 
1KPerDay said:
sounds like you'll have your very own beat-up wood stock fairly soon. :)
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And I weep at the thought of it. I put a nice big scratch on it after the first ten rounds through it. I died inside a bit. But that's how it goes.

Anyways, that's part of the reason I wanted one that was already torn up. So if I was going somewhere nice I could quickly swap them out.
 
Numrich should have used stocks. If you get one of those and it's still too nice you can age it yourself much like they do to some furniture. In general, I like the look of wood stocks over polymer stocks. I own both depending on what it's for.
 
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