Thread: When you buy a dud

What ammo are you using? IIRC a Ruger runs a 0.308 barrel in their Mini 30 and the Russians run 0.312 in their rattle guns for 7.62x39, are you using military ammo or sporting? If sporting, is it of eastern european origin. I could of course stand to be corrected about this???

I've heard the 580 series have .310. I've been running a mixture all sporting of Hornady, PPU, PMC, Barnual as I'm still trying to find a cartridge it likes. Funnily enough it's been playing up since I ran the American ammo through it.

Originally Posted by Mathias

What ammo are you using? IIRC a Ruger runs a 0.308 barrel in their Mini 30 and the Russians run 0.312 in their rattle guns for 7.62x39, are you using military ammo or sporting? If sporting, is it of eastern european origin. I could of course stand to be corrected about this???

I have heard similar but my understanding is with the .308 barrel, ruger allowed a longer throat to allow the Milsurp ammo to function in them even though the Milsurp is normally 311. This could be worth investigating further as I am not sure of the accuracy when applied to all mini 30s.