You’re pretty much good to go with the Mini Thirty right out of the box. That’s about as far as anyone should try hunting with the 7.62x39mm. It’s a lightweight, light recoiling rifle that carries well all day and has enough oomph for deer-sized game with enough accuracy for shooting both targets and game at ranges inside 200 yards. It’s a very good cartridge overall and offers a great number of benefits, among them a case taper that aids in reliable feeding and extraction and good power for its size.Ī recreational shooter and hunter would be well suited with the Mini Thirty. I just don’t like that the national supply of 7.62x39mm is based heavily - exclusively one might say - on foreign imports or the fact that it’s often low quality. I know some people will probably try to call me out and say that I don’t like the cartridge based on what I’ve written about it, but that’s not true at all. Even the safety is similar to that of the M1’s.Īnother great point to consider in the Mini Thirty’s favor is that it’s chambered for the 7.62x39mm cartridge. It allows for a compact action and intuitive user controls. ![]() The gun has an M1 Garand and M14/M1A style action that’s a battle-proven, extremely reliable design. What makes the Mini Thirty so appealing is that its blend of several proven ideas that meet at a very functional point. As a result, the Mini Thirty is legal in areas where the common AR and AK pattern rifles aren’t, despite not being functionally different. Granted, we laugh at this type of visual discrimination and are often happy to point out the irony of today’s regressive progressives and gun-grabbers, but these imbeciles often congregate in large numbers and make laws that reflect their baseless fears. Which may have something to do with why the Mini Thirty and its Mini-14 little brother have been excluded from past “assault weapons” bans. Although it’s functionally no different than any other semiautomatic rifle out there, it is far less ‘scary’ to the uninformed and uneducated masses on sight. It gives it a more docile appearance like grandpa’s old Savage 99. The first thing you’ll notice about the Mini Thirty is its wood stock. Wood and steel haven’t gone out of style just because soulless polymer is the thing today, and this gun is classic and modern in all the right places. But it managed to do just about everything that most shooters need a rifle needs to do and it look great while doing it. ![]() ![]() Sure, it isn’t a modular tactical platform covered in miles of rails and no, it doesn’t fire 6.5 Creedmoor (how will Ruger ever recover?). So let’s take a look at what the Mini 30 offers today’s shooters. Looking back now, if I had wrapped my mitts around a Mini Thirty first, I may never have owned an AK to begin with. I’d spent a great deal of time with AK rifles and became used to their performance with the 7.62x39mm cartridge. I was first introduced to it a number of years ago as an alternative to the AK series of rifles. The Ruger Mini 30 rifle is something of a unique creature. Gun Review: Ruger Mini 30 Rifle in 7.62x39mm
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