Mini 14 with scope disassembly

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Mini 14 with scope disassembly

I like the Mini 14 and own a couple of them.
What I don't like is the fact that the scope has to be removed to disassemble it for cleaning.
Then when you put it back together it has to be sighted in again.
After reassembly the scope might be on paper but is never a perfect zero.
I know there are mounts that supposedly will take it back to zero but it seems to only work in the movies.
I just don't like the fact that I have to sight my gun in every time I clean it.

So I was just curious what other Mini 14 owners have to say about this.

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Re: Mini 14 with scope disassembly

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I don't own one but that has got to suck. I clean my guns after shooting and I would hate to have to sight-in everytime after cleaning.

Now that I think about it I have a 44 Deerfield and they are similar to the Mini-14 and the scope (red dot) doesn't have to be removed to clean the gun. hmmmmm. What is the deal with the Mini-14? The new ones look like the have notches on the receiver to mount Ruger rings. I don't see the problem.

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Re: Mini 14 with scope disassembly

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The bolt comes out through the top of the receiver.
There is not enough room for this with a mounted scope.

Ruger rings do fit it. The new ones come with Ruger rings.
They have to come off to clean the gun.
When you put them back on the scope does not return to the same zero as it did before.
It might only be a click or two but it is never the exact same.

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Re: Mini 14 with scope disassembly

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You can clean the bore and chamber without removing anything from the gun.
If you want to clean the bolt face every few hundred rounds without removing the scope, you can do so by removing the trigger group, locking the bolt back, and going at it from the bottom.
Other than those two things, there's nothing else on a Mini-14 that needs to be cleaned on a regular basis, so there's really no need to "disassemble" the gun every time it has been used.

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Re: Mini 14 with scope disassembly

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According to the owners manual the bolt needs to come out to clean it.
I have always field stripped my guns and cleaned them after shooting them.
I just don't like the idea of having to sight in my scope every time.

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Re: Mini 14 with scope disassembly

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Busterswoodshop wrote:According to the owners manual the bolt needs to come out to clean it.
I have always field stripped my guns and cleaned them after shooting them.
I just don't like the idea of having to sight in my scope every time.

Well, in all due respect.....like it or not, as long as you keep doing what you've been doing the same way you've been doing it, you're going to keep getting the same results. Yeah, you might could buy a different mount/ring set up that would help your problem somewhat, but then what are you gonna do about the fact that every time you remove/replace the barreled action from the stock it takes a bit of shooting before the receiver "settles in" to where it wants to sit...which BTW, also effects POI at the target....and...may well be a part of the "change in zero" which you are already experiencing every time you reassemble your gun.

That's all I know about that.
Sorry it wasn't any help.

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