jdh
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Accuracy story.
I had a 181 series Mini. Since it was marked 223 that is what I shot in it. Accuracy was 4 moa at best. I lent it to a federal game warden on base who shot it with issued m193 ball. It shot that to 1.5 moa. He made me an offer I couldn't refuse (before he told me about the accuracy improvement of course) and bought it.
Moral of the story, don't just try one type of ammo before declaring a firearm to be a lousy grouper.
Isn't that about the time the 580 series came out? All 580 series are Ranch Rifle type receivers and come with scope rings. Ranch rifles always were more expensive than regular Minis. The new heavy barrel is also a higher cost to produce than the older thin barrels. For just a couple possible reasons.
I had a 181 series Mini. Since it was marked 223 that is what I shot in it. Accuracy was 4 moa at best. I lent it to a federal game warden on base who shot it with issued m193 ball. It shot that to 1.5 moa. He made me an offer I couldn't refuse (before he told me about the accuracy improvement of course) and bought it.
Moral of the story, don't just try one type of ammo before declaring a firearm to be a lousy grouper.
So why are Mini-14's so expensive now compared to 2006?
Isn't that about the time the 580 series came out? All 580 series are Ranch Rifle type receivers and come with scope rings. Ranch rifles always were more expensive than regular Minis. The new heavy barrel is also a higher cost to produce than the older thin barrels. For just a couple possible reasons.
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