On Sun, 7 May 2017 08:30:44 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

On 5/7/17 7:11 AM, Poco Deplorevole wrote:
On Friday, May 5, 2017 at 4:02:58 PM UTC-4, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 5/5/17 3:46 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 05 May 2017 12:27:40 -0400, Poco Deplorevole
wrote:

Finally got the Ruger Mini-14 Ranch Rifle that I've been lusting for. Love it. Also love the Burris
prism sight. Of course, without the sight I was shooting dime size groupings at 100yds unsupported.
(Just kidding! I'm not nearly the shot our southern Maryland boy is!)

Here's a couple photos. Hope they're viewable:

http://s98.photobucket.com/user/jher...uger%20Mini-14



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Looks nice John. It's so unusual to see a rifle with a wooden stock
these days. Does it have an internal box magazine?

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Man, that "scope" is mounted high. No, it uses magazines.

Here, Harry. Even chubby cheeks can get a decent weld. I suppose you'd cut the handle off to mount the sight lower, eh?

http://www.hwsportsman.net/AR332-1.jpg

In case you think that is the 'exceptional' way of mounting the sight--

http://tinyurl.com/mv7dvbc

Learn something.


On the more modern versions of that "AR" rifle, there is no carry
handle. What there is is a rail mounted on the upper receiver right
above the action and the barrel. If there is a carry handle, it is
removable so a sight can be mounted on a rail. None of the photos in
what you posted show a Mini-14, anyway. I tried out the sight you bought
at a Bass Pro Shop. It is a decent sight for the price. Interestingly,
the firearms sales counters at that store are almost 100 yards away from
the other side of the store, so you can easily see how the sight would
perform at that fairly typical distance. I ended up buying a Vortex
sight instead. You pays your money and you makes your choice.

Tactical optics tend to be mounted higher than the scope on a varmint
rifle. Different type of optic, different sport, different kind of
shooter and done at a much faster pace.
You are right that AR optics have to be mounted higher because there
is virtually no drop at the comb. That was one thing that prompted the
"handle" (for iron sights)

On 5/7/17 10:49 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 7 May 2017 08:30:44 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

On 5/7/17 7:11 AM, Poco Deplorevole wrote:
On Friday, May 5, 2017 at 4:02:58 PM UTC-4, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 5/5/17 3:46 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 05 May 2017 12:27:40 -0400, Poco Deplorevole
wrote:

Finally got the Ruger Mini-14 Ranch Rifle that I've been lusting for. Love it. Also love the Burris
prism sight. Of course, without the sight I was shooting dime size groupings at 100yds unsupported.
(Just kidding! I'm not nearly the shot our southern Maryland boy is!)

Here's a couple photos. Hope they're viewable:

http://s98.photobucket.com/user/jher...uger%20Mini-14



===

Looks nice John. It's so unusual to see a rifle with a wooden stock
these days. Does it have an internal box magazine?

---
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Man, that "scope" is mounted high. No, it uses magazines.

Here, Harry. Even chubby cheeks can get a decent weld. I suppose you'd cut the handle off to mount the sight lower, eh?

http://www.hwsportsman.net/AR332-1.jpg

In case you think that is the 'exceptional' way of mounting the sight--

http://tinyurl.com/mv7dvbc

Learn something.


On the more modern versions of that "AR" rifle, there is no carry
handle. What there is is a rail mounted on the upper receiver right
above the action and the barrel. If there is a carry handle, it is
removable so a sight can be mounted on a rail. None of the photos in
what you posted show a Mini-14, anyway. I tried out the sight you bought
at a Bass Pro Shop. It is a decent sight for the price. Interestingly,
the firearms sales counters at that store are almost 100 yards away from
the other side of the store, so you can easily see how the sight would
perform at that fairly typical distance. I ended up buying a Vortex
sight instead. You pays your money and you makes your choice.

Tactical optics tend to be mounted higher than the scope on a varmint
rifle. Different type of optic, different sport, different kind of
shooter and done at a much faster pace.
You are right that AR optics have to be mounted higher because there
is virtually no drop at the comb. That was one thing that prompted the
"handle" (for iron sights)


I have this on two of my rifles, the Mini-14 and the CZ 512, and a
"fancier" laced-on leather one on my Henry lever action rifle:

http://tinyurl.com/k8hpxst

When I had my AR, I mounted the scope so it would co-witness with the
steel front sight.

On Sun, 7 May 2017 11:31:39 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

On 5/7/17 10:49 AM, wrote:

Tactical optics tend to be mounted higher than the scope on a varmint
rifle. Different type of optic, different sport, different kind of
shooter and done at a much faster pace.
You are right that AR optics have to be mounted higher because there
is virtually no drop at the comb. That was one thing that prompted the
"handle" (for iron sights)


I have this on two of my rifles, the Mini-14 and the CZ 512, and a
"fancier" laced-on leather one on my Henry lever action rifle:

http://tinyurl.com/k8hpxst

When I had my AR, I mounted the scope so it would co-witness with the
steel front sight.


In sporting terms you are more of a varmint shooter even if your
"woodchucks" are plastic or steel.
Tactical shooters tend to be more of a run and gun style where you are
not welding your cheek on the stock regulating your breathing and
trying to shoot between heartbeats. If you hit the steel, it is a hit.
Tight groups do not score any more than barely nicking the edge.

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On Sun, 7 May 2017 08:30:44 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

On 5/7/17 7:11 AM, Poco Deplorevole wrote:
On Friday, May 5, 2017 at 4:02:58 PM UTC-4, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 5/5/17 3:46 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 05 May 2017 12:27:40 -0400, Poco Deplorevole
wrote:

Finally got the Ruger Mini-14 Ranch Rifle that I've been lusting
for. Love it. Also love the Burris
prism sight. Of course, without the sight I was shooting dime size
groupings at 100yds unsupported.
(Just kidding! I'm not nearly the shot our southern Maryland boy is!)

Here's a couple photos. Hope they're viewable:

http://s98.photobucket.com/user/jher...uger%20Mini-14



===

Looks nice John. It's so unusual to see a rifle with a wooden stock
these days. Does it have an internal box magazine?

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Man, that "scope" is mounted high. No, it uses magazines.

Here, Harry. Even chubby cheeks can get a decent weld. I suppose you'd
cut the handle off to mount the sight lower, eh?

http://www.hwsportsman.net/AR332-1.jpg

In case you think that is the 'exceptional' way of mounting the sight--

http://tinyurl.com/mv7dvbc

Learn something.


On the more modern versions of that "AR" rifle, there is no carry
handle. What there is is a rail mounted on the upper receiver right
above the action and the barrel. If there is a carry handle, it is
removable so a sight can be mounted on a rail. None of the photos in
what you posted show a Mini-14, anyway. I tried out the sight you bought
at a Bass Pro Shop. It is a decent sight for the price. Interestingly,
the firearms sales counters at that store are almost 100 yards away from
the other side of the store, so you can easily see how the sight would
perform at that fairly typical distance. I ended up buying a Vortex
sight instead. You pays your money and you makes your choice.

Tactical optics tend to be mounted higher than the scope on a varmint
rifle. Different type of optic, different sport, different kind of
shooter and done at a much faster pace.
You are right that AR optics have to be mounted higher because there
is virtually no drop at the comb. That was one thing that prompted the
"handle" (for iron sights)



The "handle" was because the barrel and action are all in line to the the
shoulder. Stops the rise on automatic fire. Was fully automatic, not
select fire when I was in the Air Force. Never got to fire full auto, we
did semiauto. Removes the moment angle.