Ok here i go,
During the pre election gun buying bonanza, i hyped myself into a "tactical" model MINI 14
the one with the ATI stock. All the different AR types build kits and different brands of uppers
lowers and everything else involved was kind of intmidating. I wanted a whole rifle made by one company that I know, and I liked the looks its a little different. I own a few shotguns one cowboy sa revolver "ruger" and a nice 1022, that i put a midway bull barrel on with a sporter stock.
Nothing with ar or mini 14 complexity. Sooooo anyway I got the mini, thinking new, need to clean nonexistant packing grease. I watched and went step by step from ruger cleaning video except for the part where it said not to disassemble gas block, at first i thought i needed to, to drop the stock out but once it was loose i saw, it would have slid out. I did not loose the little hollow cylinder, sure theres a cool name for it. My dog sniffed it out, I do remember that the 4 allen bolts were not evenly torqued and one was very loose. So I promptly tightined the crap out of them. After reading, now disappointing reviews of this rifle I realized that these need a specific torque setting, 30 inch pounds, or it could affect accuracy and cycling of the next round. The rear 2 of the 4 bolts are blocked by the sling attachment, I have a good torque in. pound screwdriver, but its inaccessible. Went to new Gun club in paulding co. guy said, to shoot first round, see if it locks open, then shoot 2 in a row. He didnt act like their gunsmith had much experience with the mini 14, Im thinking i could find the correct tools and this.
If Im gonna pay to fix this, I want somebody who knows it inside and out, and maybe lighten up the trigger which i read is a good idea. Am i over thinking this. Havent had much time to mess with it, working alot.
During the pre election gun buying bonanza, i hyped myself into a "tactical" model MINI 14
the one with the ATI stock. All the different AR types build kits and different brands of uppers
lowers and everything else involved was kind of intmidating. I wanted a whole rifle made by one company that I know, and I liked the looks its a little different. I own a few shotguns one cowboy sa revolver "ruger" and a nice 1022, that i put a midway bull barrel on with a sporter stock.
Nothing with ar or mini 14 complexity. Sooooo anyway I got the mini, thinking new, need to clean nonexistant packing grease. I watched and went step by step from ruger cleaning video except for the part where it said not to disassemble gas block, at first i thought i needed to, to drop the stock out but once it was loose i saw, it would have slid out. I did not loose the little hollow cylinder, sure theres a cool name for it. My dog sniffed it out, I do remember that the 4 allen bolts were not evenly torqued and one was very loose. So I promptly tightined the crap out of them. After reading, now disappointing reviews of this rifle I realized that these need a specific torque setting, 30 inch pounds, or it could affect accuracy and cycling of the next round. The rear 2 of the 4 bolts are blocked by the sling attachment, I have a good torque in. pound screwdriver, but its inaccessible. Went to new Gun club in paulding co. guy said, to shoot first round, see if it locks open, then shoot 2 in a row. He didnt act like their gunsmith had much experience with the mini 14, Im thinking i could find the correct tools and this.
If Im gonna pay to fix this, I want somebody who knows it inside and out, and maybe lighten up the trigger which i read is a good idea. Am i over thinking this. Havent had much time to mess with it, working alot.
