I took out my Mini-14 today for the first time in several years, and tried firing cheap Russian steel-cased ammo through it (Tul-Ammo $5.27/box at Wal-Mart.) It worked perfectly! So I am done with expensive brass and keeping that rifle in mothballs, for reasons of cost.
Important disclaimer : This rifle is not a scary black color, and does not have an evil pistol grip.
Good price. How’s your battle group?
I was firing from a standing position about 200 yards away. All were hitting within 24 inches of center, which wasn’t bad in the wind.
I also did some standing position shooting at 600 yards and was hitting within 3 feet.
Good enough.
POIDH
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Did you them scary, ultrahigh capacity magazines?
Obama/Bloomberg passed a law saying that you can’t buy those in Colorado anymore. ROFLMAO
Why not recycle your brass? Load your own, it is cheaper and you control the quality.
Separately, very decent group for offhand at 600 yds.
I reload 12 gauge, but don’t have rifle equipment.
Holding a light rifle like a Mini-14 steady is much easier than holding a drawn #80 lb bow steady. I find that archery really helps out my rifle shooting from a standing position.
Tulammo is great stuff. Glad to see it working in that cartridge. 7.62×39 is like 2-250 a case. I have an ASI Ruger from your home state…it is a custom rifle but I was shooting the Yugo surplus fine until it became unavailable and have switched to Tulammo, and it is still quite accurate. It will put 3 holes in coke bottle at 150y. Handloads did not do any better.
And of course an AK will eat them up yum!
I prefer AK-74 5.45×39 at $0.17 per round. Cheapest rifle ammo you can get, and starting to become popular in the US.
That is a great cartridge.
AK’s (especially Saiga’s) are shooters crack…I have them in 4 different cartridges, and reeaally want more.
7.62×39 5.45×39 5.56×45 and ????
7.62×51? *crosses fingers*
DOH – I figured it out. 12 gauge of course.
If you want one of them scary tactical stocks
http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/prod/Mini_14_Tactical_Stocks
Pretty good shooting with cheap ammo.
Steel cartidges have always worked fine for me, it seems that the problem is mixing: http://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/edu18.htm
this is what I got, shoots the 7.62x54r at 19 cents a round. great gun
https://www.atlanticfirearms.com/component/virtuemart/shipping-rifles/russian-vepr-7-62x54r-20-rifle-detail.html?Itemid=0
VEPR is next on my list
can’t post the vepr without my other great rifle, his granddad
http://www.jgsales.com/mosin-nagant-91-30-round-receiver-rifle,-russian-mfg,-7.62x54r,-c-r,-used.-p-1041.html
great gun and cheap
I started collecting Mosins when they were $79. Still my favorite.