Good job of illustrating the modification. You are a brave soul to post videos like this as you go….There are plenty out there who would not have had the integrity to go back and make the correction.
Good thing I am not in a hurry to do this on mine. As an I.T. person, we like to wait until service pack 1 comes out on new operating systems before we install them if possible. Glad we have the update on this process.
I zoned in on watching this and started to doze off. Not an insult or accusing your video of being boring: no, it was more hypnotizing. Kind of odd for me to admit. Going to have to rewind and re watch after a cup of coffee 😂
Thank you sir. I bedded a 7mm-08 bolt action, my first build, per your earlier videos and it shoots amazingly well. Thanks again for sharing your experience.
Can't wait to see how well it shoots now that it is glass bedded. I have the exact same mini in stainless with the composite stock like yours, But mine is a LEO model and has the 18.5" barrel with muzzle break. I have not done anything to mine. I have a red dot on it and in the standing position I can ring a 8" gong at 100 yards all day log. And that is with cheap steel case Tula 55gr ammo. Im happy with it. I subscribed and am following to see how much better it turns out in the end. After a few rounds man they do put off a lot of heat. Takes awhile letting them cool off. You wouldn't want to grab hold of the barrel or throw it in the back seat of your truck after just getting done shooting! ;-)
I had to saw off a stock on one of my brother's rifles because he not only epoxied the stock to the rifle, the screws were also epoxied and thus he stripped them aswell. What a complete nightmare and im not done because I have covid and forced to quarantine, yayyyy.
I've been gaming the worst case scenario in my head if I go ahead with bedding my M1A and this seems to be close to it :) Once you get the stock off what do you do with the gunky mess of receiver? Cut and file all of the epoxy off?
How do you like it? Last week I purchased my first Mini 14. It’s a lipseys special laminate stock with the thinner barrel profile. It was made in 2005. Brand new in box. I can’t wait to see how she shoots. 😊
Im doing the same as a m14 bedding for my sks. 3 spots to bed the receiver to the stock. Im just taking some tips from here since the sks and the m14 are both locked into the stock by the trigger group.
Zip ties is what I always use for setting up rifles in poxy. But Nothing helped my mini's, yep, 2 of the bastards. I traded them in & lost my ass on the deal. Still shot like a SKS, not much better after bedding & trigger job.
Do you ever use a recoil buffer? A buffer for a 1911 pistol fits perfectly on the back end of the spring. I kinda like it, as the gun doesn’t feel like it’s hammering itself to pieces while firing. I really like your channel by the way.
I don't recommend them. They often break and parts get into places they shouldn't, which isn't necessarily discovered until damage is done. Though not the most gentle system, these rifles are well known for their durability. Simply, if a part breaks naturally, Ruger will repair it. If caused by an unauthorized part, you own the repair and all costs.
@@GunBlue490 I was partly afraid this would happen so every time I clean my mini I check to see the condition of the buffer, most of the time I just replace it because they are fairly cheap. I like to keep them in as I have noticed a difference but this is great to know. Another great video gunblue
Watch my follow up video where I shot it against the same rifle with a factory birch wood stock. In answer to your question, I performed two previous bedding jobs for another of my own, and another for my buddy. They both shot under 2 MOA after bedding. This one did not, for reasons unknown, though I believe that I used more bedding compound in the earlier rifles which added greater stiffness. As you will see in that video, the non bedded wood stock fits as tightly as any glass bedded stock, and shoots varmint grade sub MOA accuracy. It also has much better length of pull and higher comb. It'll shoot circles around my M1A.
@@GunBlue490 Thanks! I have an early 580, still pencil barrel. Stainless and plastic. Shoots like a three inch group, that I managed to shrink to two, using a Har-Bar and through modifying the trigger, making the creep shorter. That was around 2009-10. Since than we got the possibility to buy AR:s (Sweden) so I gave up on the mini for competition shooting. It's a nice and wallet friendly plinker, ok hunting rifle for moderat distances. I would still like to make it shoot better, but my AR and QC-10 PCC gets all my attention nowadays. It's basically an STI AR, but nowadays with a Proof Research carbon fiber barrel. Shoots three inch groups at 300 yds. Thanks for a great video!
I have an unrelated question, but it does pertain to the mini 14. Should the gas port inside be loose? I can wiggle mine with my fingers and there marks on the front of the operating rod block and upon inspection the port does not line up perfectly with the hole in there. This is a new rifle.
Wish you still worked at Ruger. Just picked up my mini 2 days ago and the front sight is crooked by 4 degrees. Feel like customers are now quality control inspectors for Ruger. How did your groups improve?
@GunBlue490 - I've had it in my mind to move my M1A from its current polymer stock to a USGI Fiberglass stock, bed it, and stiffen up the USGI stock's forearm with an arrow shaft. As far as the receiver bedding goes, is the process of targeting those inletting surfaces the same for an M14-pattern rifle?
I prefer to inlet stocks for bedding on the conservative side. Most of the work I've seen removes far too much material, and replaces otherwise perfect stock material with globs of epoxy. The only goal of good bedding is to simply eliminate gaps in the factory bedding that create wiggle. Modern two part epoxy is fully capable of filling tissue thin gaps with perfect adhesion, and will fill larger voids as necessary. One needs only to make sure that the epoxy has a clean, roughened surface that it can securely adhere to. Where voids are wider, a bit of conservative undercuts with a fine gouge or Dremel point will provide ample anchoring. Keep in mind that glass bedding is simply a cheap repair for a sloppy fit. Many manufacturers achieve perfect fits that will never require or benefit from epoxy. A case in point is the beautiful fitting Ruger wood stock that replaced my factory synthetic stock, as you can witness in a recent video.
My hand guard touches solidly against the top of the receiver and against the gas block. Have you found it necessary to make clearance for the hand guard? Looking forward to seeing a comparison of before and after accuracy.
Good afternoon Sir & Brother, I’ve 1/2 dz weapons handed down some of which I was sure you’d cover, then my surety turned to hope & hope turned to me simply asking. Maybe someday you’ll cover all of’em. [ ] Remington 788 great condition. What’s the minimum needed to max accuracy w/out adding USArmy bipods? Glass bedding? Trigger? Pillar op group screws? Etc. [ ] Woodmaster 242. Same question(s). [ ] Black Powder firearms. i.e. Colt Confederate Navy .36. Hawkins.50 cal, 59 Enfield-Patterson 2 band. (or three band). [ ] Original Winchester 1873 (C model) 45-70. [ ] Browning model 11 semi auto 16 gauge. RE; Black powder, like your bullet casting segments: Familiarization, Basics: Disassembly/assembly, maintenance: garrison (detailed) & field (general), nomenclature, spare parts & tools carried, Cycle of operation, loading/unloading, etc. In other words, just do what you do: By the numbers. As always thank you for you instruction. SemperFi beny benson Msgt/USMC Infantry 0331,32,69, 8511.
