mini 14 question

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I have been reading on accuracy for the mini and I have read that if you shorten the barrel and add weight (muzzle brake) to the barrel that it will help improve accuracy quite a bit. does this sound like it will work? Before everyone tells me to throw it away and buy an AR I already own it and if I can get it to a 2" group I would be really happy, it shoots about a 4-5" group now. Thanks in advance for any advice.

[chrisb]

i could see gaining accuracy from the weight especially on wuick follow up shots.... but the barrel shortening? dunno about that one.

[jackelope]

look at a piece called an accustrut  http://www.accu-strut.com/pages/gallery_01.htmL  for the barrel and then look at the forums at http://www.perfectunion.com/vb/

you'll learn a lot on the mini-14.

[fisheral87]

How bout this. Don't buy an AR. Stick with the mini. Those things rock. The AR is an impressive system, not the only system.

 

Hope you find a solution.

Al

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Thanks Guys,

Jackelope that Perfect Union website is great, it has all the information that I need.

[ADAMS]

The new Mini-14's, from 2008 forward, have much thicker barrels.  They are no longer produced with the pencil barrels.

This is supposed to have helped with accuracy.  Barrels actually make a slight whipping or wave motion as the bullet travels down the barrel.  The newer barrels are mucher stiffer.