r/Mini14

Mini 14 and 9mm LWC EB. The 1911 is my daily CCW and the mini is destined to be my beater/travel/truck gun

Found this ancient Ruger stock used at a gun shop for 45 bucks. I think it's gorgeous.

Recently picked up this 584 series, it didn’t come with scope rings so went with rail mount. I haven’t shot it with the optic on yet to confirm but the alignment seems pretty far off from the front sight post. The pass through peep hole on the rail mount doesn’t seem aligned to the front post either. Wondering if the mounts could be misaligned? Has anyone experienced this?

I took my mini 14 to a practical rifle class and i experienced a malfunction where the rifle, after firing just locked up. I had to beat the thing open by bashing the uprod against a table for 3 minutes.It’s happened to me before at the range once while just shooting but not this bad, I just cleared it that time with a real good smack. There could’ve been some dirt in the mag this time, but then again if It was alot then it would not have fed and fired. I also experienced a bolt hold open 3 times while I still had rounds in the mag. All these issues happened in less than 200 rounds. If anyone can chime in with possible issues I would really appreciate it.

It’s a new production mini 14
Only thing I changed out internally is a Wolff xp recoil spring but I experienced the issue originally with the stock spring too.
The rifle itself has about 500 rounds on it now.

Edit: I’ve taken apart the whole gun (no damaged parts thankfully) cleaned everything, passed a bore cleaner and brushed the chamber out with some detailer brushes and bore cleaner.

Used Lucas multipurpose marine grease on contact points and oiled the springs and guide rod.

Ensured proper guide rod and ejector/bolt hold open orientation along with the spring in the bolt hold open pin, which I also but grease on the ejector face and the spring that holds in the pin.

At this point I’ve done everything suggested, if I experience another fail within the next 150 rounds, she is getting sent to get warrantied at Ruger and papa is gonna get to play with a PSA guardsman upper.

Thanks again for all the advice and feedback super appreciate guys thank you so much.

Is this chamber wear normal?

My rifle was shipped from Ruger In 2024, Will it have the bolt issues?

About 100 rounds through it. No modifications, slight bur on bolt but nothing astonishing

All of you with the gouges In your firing pin, is it from taking the bolt out of the action improperly?

not so mini-14.

Just got mine.
It's the rereleased factory folder with the gov barrel, sampson stock and nickel plated mags.

Threw a sling, a cheek rise and a Holosun ARO EVO on it but it's such a nice shooter I think I'll actually replace it with a 3x Prism.

It was tight out the box, failed to feed after I fired the first round, but once I broke it in, it cycled well. Got 1-3 inch groupings at 50 yards. Ruger sent me the wrong sized tool for the pic rail screws. Other than that, pretty pleased with it. 1400 clams though 😬

Went and checked gunbroker to see how high the price is on an A-TM stock that I got outbid on (my max was $200 lol) and good lord 😂

Hi everyone,

Purchased a 585 series in the beginning of this year and noticed the wear on the trigger and bolt. I have shot about 250 rounds with this rifle and is wondering if this is normal? Based on other posts, this could be a QC issue? Should I sand these down and shoot another 250 or should I just go ahead and contact Ruger?

Thanks for the inputs,

basically trying to recreate the 50th anniversary one that is near impossible to find now.

i missed it by 3ish years. D-:

how hard do you have to wrench the flash suppressor to get it to come off?

Can’t decide between the look of the eotech i have and a T2 style optic, curious for optic recommendations for mine.