Mini 14 accuracy issue

[TXLonghorn]

Wont hold zero. Any suggestions?

 

[OverlordBear]

It is call minute of barn. How many barns are you off the target will get you towards the target.

in all seriousness hitting a pie plate group at 100 yards with a mini 14 is about the best you can expect.

 

[JLS]

Nothing a little JB Weld shouldn’t fix.

 

[Bambistew]

I'd check the bolts on the rings. Look like they're missing a lock washer

 

[thomas89]

I had a mini-30 for a while and if I had to wager the picture from OP shot straighter than that f*cking boat anchor.

Oof couldn’t trade that sucker off fast enough, should have held on to it a few more years, I bet it’d be worth almost $1K now!

 

[turbobrick]

I once had a Mini accurized. Seriously, I paid a great gunsmith to improve the gun. He did, and the trigger was amazing, but it was still not quite a MOA rifle. Its a shame though, they are a fun gun to shoot, shame that a $400 AR-15 shoots better.

 

[F250]

I had one in the early '80s. It was a 100 yard rifle at best.

 

[Laelkhunter]

Looks like a Bubba 40 min rail. Should shoot OK- What's the problem?

 

[noharleyyet]

Grind the sputter and lap the rings with a ball peen. Duct tape a sofa pillow for cheek weld.

 

[VikingsGuy]

Duct tape a sofa pillow for cheek weld.

From the sofa on the porch or the sofa in the front yard?

 

[noharleyyet]

From the sofa on the porch or the sofa in the front yard?

Whatever’s thickest.

 

[MTTW]

Looks good from here. How is the crown?

 

[Brian in Montana]

I think I saw that pic on Facebook a while back. If I remember correctly, the caption said, "if you need some gunsmithing done, I know a guy.". Had a laugh over it both then and now, but srsly, looking at that makes me cringe.

 

[TXLonghorn]

Yea Someone sent it to me I cant take credit but I figured it would be good for a laugh or ten.

 

[Don Fischer]

Ya know, I don't think I'd care if it shoots well or not, I wouldn't shoot it I don't think. That base looks like it was welded on. That's a lot of heat to apply to the action! If it is a weld, wonder how much it may have effected the hardness of the action?

 

[pabearhunter]

Maybe a bent barrel ??????

 

[Valgrego]

View attachment 171465Wont hold zero. Any suggestions?

Looks like a high school kid failed his welding class.

 

[Western Traveler1]

From the sofa on the porch or the sofa in the front yard?

The best follow up comment yet!
100 to 1 it is in one of those places...

TXLonghorn thanks I needed a good laugh, and these guys are quick...

 

[Cav1]

Windage won't adjust with a regular claw hammer. Better step up to a 2-pound drilling hammer.

 

[chuckchili]

Saw this on an auction website (it was up to $550 with 5 days to go ) and it made me think of this thread. Everyone wanted to make their mini accurate for some reason.