mine hasn't been any harder on brass than an AR. I have easily reloaded any and all brass that goes through it.
Well, I haven't had the same experince in either accuracy or brass damage so I guess it varies.
Well, Ruger has some of the best FREE Customer Service in the business while your AR smith is gonna charge you no matter how inexpensive he/she is, you can't beat free. Everyone has an AR and there are reasons to avoid direct impingement, for instance cleaning. I like my Mini14 now that the accuracy issue is dealt with and I got mine a heck of a lot cheaper than many AR's go for these days. AR's do have a lot more "stuff" to put on them but I generally don't get a lot of stuff for my rifles. I got this Mini14 and it wasn't exactly what I wanted in one but it was inexpensive and has been a lot of fun. Would have preferred a wood stock basic rifle but this is what I havenow until I get around to getting a stock and changing it.......there aren't too many good reasons to buy a Mini-14 other than you just "like it".
I'm not familiar with these. Who takes their AR's to a gunsmith? There's nothing on an AR that takes a gunsmith to sort out.Well, Ruger has some of the best FREE Customer Service in the business while your AR smith is gonna charge you no matter how inexpensive he/she is, you can't beat free. Everyone has an AR and there are reasons to avoid direct impingement, for instance cleaning. I like my Mini14 now that the accuracy issue is dealt with and I got mine a heck of a lot cheaper than many AR's go for these days. AR's do have a lot more "stuff" to put on them but I generally don't get a lot of stuff for my rifles. I got this Mini14 and it wasn't exactly what I wanted in one but it was inexpensive and has been a lot of fun. Would have preferred a wood stock basic rifle but this is what I havenow until I get around to getting a stock and changing it....
walmart on clearance $499Whats about the cheapest starter level mini 14 you could get to experiment with the platform.