Rocky Mosasaurus
NES Member
Hello fellow forums-goers,
I am planning to send my Mini-14 into Accuracy Systems in Colorado.
Background: I am having trouble getting my Ruger Mini-14 from '86 to run smoothly. Originally I had some 30 round aftermarket magazines which led to a broken firing pin, the rifle was safely removed from the firing line and was repaired by a gunsmith. The 'smith replaced the firing pin, extractor, and some other relevant internals. All said and done, the mini ran decently well afterwards with 30 round Ruger factory magazines, but even with a thorough cleaning with tetra oil I still have run into failure-to-extract errors and jammed rounds. I have heard that 20 round magazines are the way to go. I am going to purchase some in October, but if this doesn't work I want to try one more thing before putting the Mini-14 away and keeping it as a collector's item.
The Problem: I do not know what is going on with the Mini-14, as I am a relatively inexperienced new gun owner. I just got my license to carry last December, and I do not have the experience to diagnose the problem myself. I am strongly considering sending the rifle to Accuracy Systems in Colorado so they can once and for all figure out the problem. My only issue is that I do not know the legality of modifying this rifle out of state and then returning it to MASS, especially since it is preban and has a folding stock.
I was hoping some people with more experience and knowledge of this subject would be able to help me understand which modifications I can make and, before throwing the baby out with the bath water, recommend diagnostics I can do myself to try to get to the bottom of this before I shell out major dough trying to figure out the problem. Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter.
I am planning to send my Mini-14 into Accuracy Systems in Colorado.
Background: I am having trouble getting my Ruger Mini-14 from '86 to run smoothly. Originally I had some 30 round aftermarket magazines which led to a broken firing pin, the rifle was safely removed from the firing line and was repaired by a gunsmith. The 'smith replaced the firing pin, extractor, and some other relevant internals. All said and done, the mini ran decently well afterwards with 30 round Ruger factory magazines, but even with a thorough cleaning with tetra oil I still have run into failure-to-extract errors and jammed rounds. I have heard that 20 round magazines are the way to go. I am going to purchase some in October, but if this doesn't work I want to try one more thing before putting the Mini-14 away and keeping it as a collector's item.
The Problem: I do not know what is going on with the Mini-14, as I am a relatively inexperienced new gun owner. I just got my license to carry last December, and I do not have the experience to diagnose the problem myself. I am strongly considering sending the rifle to Accuracy Systems in Colorado so they can once and for all figure out the problem. My only issue is that I do not know the legality of modifying this rifle out of state and then returning it to MASS, especially since it is preban and has a folding stock.
I was hoping some people with more experience and knowledge of this subject would be able to help me understand which modifications I can make and, before throwing the baby out with the bath water, recommend diagnostics I can do myself to try to get to the bottom of this before I shell out major dough trying to figure out the problem. Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter.