Whats the better rifle?

>>32110803
Mini because the ammo is cheaper.

its the mini14 if youre american or the slavshit if youre a soon to be dead commie

The sks was a real military rifle. Just sayin'

>>32110803
The mini. Better more useful ammo is almost always more available. And if you ever want to shoot past 150 yards .223 has better ballistics than drunken Ivan rounds.

>>32110803
The SKS is made for war, the mini 14 was made based off the design of a war rifle tho...anyways my vote goes to the SKS

>>32110803
Okay, see it like this,
I'm a MAfag and a poorfag. One gun is around/sub $500 with pricier ammo while the other is around $1,000 new and at best $800 with cheaper ammo. Which is better for me since ARs and such are out?

>>32110843
Mini 14

7.62 x 39 is largely imported. Prices will go up if (when) Trump's tariffs get enacted.

>>32110803
Mini-14 is probably the better overall rifle because it has a detachable mag, but the SKS looks better, is cheaper, and has that really fun top-loading style of loading and shooting.

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The mini-14 accuracy is shit. Rugers solution to that was to add a barrel harmonizer add-on product.

You will never be able to do what the pic related can do. Bullpup SKS with detachable mags. SGWorks kit, $200.

>>32110807
they're pretty close
steel case 223 and 7.62 is about 25 cents each

>>32110871
That's the old mini. The new ones have much tighter tolerances and thicker barrels so the accuracy is better stock than in an old one with the accu-strut.

>>32110851
Fair enough, thanks. Not too sure how I'll find a rifle range here but owning a semi auto that isn't a .22 is good.

>>32110812
what is the AC-556?

>>32110803
Used both on the ranch. Mini is better for accuracy. SKS is better if you want to blow rockchucks up at 50yds.

>>32110961
It´s shit

>>32110871
Only Mini-14s made before 2005 have accuracy issues.

>>32111008
t. mall ninja with a $3400 AR

>>32111022
I replied in Jeopardy style

>what is eat a dick for $400, Alex?

>>32111018
t. retard with mini 14 and regrets
get an ar or ak, stop buying shit like this

>>32110803
Dollar-for-dollar goes to the SKS, considering you can still get Chinese for 300.

The SKS also wins on aftermarket.

Mini-14 wins on aesthetics.

>>32111036
>get an ar or ak

I have both and no ruger shit allowed in my safe m8

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>$30 mags
or
>not having to buy mags

>>32111055
thank god, get the SKS

>>32110803
Get the SKS first, then the mini-14 or -30 later.

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>>32110871
The Inaccurate mini meme is as dated as the ar15 jamming meme or the ak in accuracy meme. The have since been fixed

>being upset your rifle shoots 2 moa
>when you yourself can't even shoot 4 moa

>>32111282
>muh barrel struts

This expression indicates a mini owner's confusion and lack of understanding. When confronted with something he cannot understand or respond to, mini owners mumble, "Muh barrel struts" or "These issues have been fixed. Ruger did us right this time." This is usually followed by buyers remorse and irrational statements about "ranch rifles."

>>32110803
minis were inaccurate as fuck - unless they fixed that in the last 10 years, the SKS blows it away.

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>>32110807
>Mini because the ammo is cheaper.

really don't think so.

SKS is better because it's more reliable.

Time to pick up an AR or AK though.

>>32111342
They did. The key issue was the pencil barrels overheating way too easily. They have since moved to much thicker barrels.

>>32110872
>Mini-14
>Steel-case .223

lol good luck with that

considering you can buy 3 SKSs for the price of one mini 14, I'd go with the slavshit

>>32110803
The sks unless youre willing to pay an extra $400 on "muh aesthetics"

>>32111391
That's not true.

SKS is expensive now, because no one makes it anymore.

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>>32111396
in what dimension is the mini prettier than the SKS? only a maximum countryballing burger would say the mini is prettier than the SKS.

>MUH PRICETAG

I look at guns the same way I look at cars. Mr. Kia isn't selling you that car for $15,000 because he's just a swell guy. Mr. Kia is selling you that car for $15,000 because that is all that piece of shit is worth.

Generally speaking, you get what you pay for. There is a good reason why SKSs cost less than Mini-14s.

>>32111407
>There is a good reason why SKSs cost less than Mini-14s.

yes, but it's not that the Mini 14 is objectively better than the SKS.

>>32111407
SKS: Something made for foreign military purposes, retired, and sold off as surplus for what is good money for those countries.

Mini-14: Something made for the domestic sporting market (and the A-Team) at prices consistent for domestic manufacture.

And one is better because it costs more?

Okie dokie...

>>32111400
Lol talk out your ass more

>>32110851
Aren't we manufacturing 7.62 x39 domestically lately?

>>32111456
sure but not at milsurp prices.

>>32111456
There are some domestic manufacturers. And there are enough guns in 7.62x39 to justify tooling up for it if imports are taxed unreasonably, which theres no reason to believe will happen.

>>32111471
Ah so same issues as 8mm, 303, 45-70, and other oddball rounds. Shame it is handy for pigs (hog not police)

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>>32111506
>(hog not police)
Why not police? I found it to be great against police. It puts them down reliably.

>>32111506
>Ah so same issues as 8mm, 303, 45-70, and other oddball rounds
Not really. Considering the sheer number of guns in 7.63x39, theres no reason to believe decent brass case ammo wouldnt be available within a few years for just slightly more than .223. Someone is going to tap into that market if steel case isnt available

>>32110818
>mini
>hitting anything beyond 150 yards

Nothing like a rifle that shoots 6 MOA out of the box.

>>32111522
isn't a steel case harder to make than a brass case?

>>32111529
You're spouting memes. I don't like the mini, but I don't go around repeating bullshit I hear from fudds

>>32111538
>but I don't go around repeating bullshit I hear from fudds
>FUDDS
>shittalking the mini-shitteen

>>32111531
It's really very very similar according to my limited knowledge. Same type of tooling is used, with the extra step of coating the casings for steel

>>32111544
I'm sorry kiddo, I don't get your idiotic use of greentext

>>32111531
I have no idea but it doesnt really matter. Just as long as its cheap, low quality ammo people will have no choice but to buy it in place of steel case, if steel case was no longer available/ not worth the money

>>32111414
Spotted the retard

>>32111522
I hope so. My friends in Florida do love their slav guns for pest removal. And while I am more used to lever and AR patterns I like having cheap guns and ammo for all. Especially when voting commies out of office comes around

>>32111566
Honestly, in this situation it probably wouldnt actually be as cheap as steel case, but it would be cheaper than current domestic prices and it would be better quality than steel case

>>32111585
>and it would be better quality than steel case

how do you figure? my steel milsurp spam can shit works flawlessyl, and has sealed bullets and primers.

>>32111585
Good enough for this decade

>>32110803
Mini-14 solely for the ammo.

If the SKS was 5.56 and functioned the same then that'd win but I imagine any reproduced SKS in 5.56 would cost too much to compete.

WWMPD?

What would Michael Platt do?

>>32111591
Steel case uses low quality projectiles and powder, causing fouling and wear much quicker. Quality control isnt great so you get 3-5 moa from most of it. Also some of it is corrosive. even the stuff marked non-corrosive has corrosive primers that slipped by. Not that most of that is really a problem. Ive used steel case in nearly all of my guns

>>32110851
Century and a bunch if other people are manufacturing x39 domestically now. Its far cheaper than 5.56. Just check SGAMMO

>>32111036
ARs are for faggots though

Wouldn't a better comparison be the Mini 30 vs the SKS?

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>>32111069
Thats not OP, retard

Mini 14? Should be Mini 30.

Either way if you are not a poorfag/slav shit, then the real answer is the Springfield M1A Scout or SOCOM.

Mini 14 is a nice light rifle in theory.
Unless you get ruger or tapco mags it won't feed for shit. Mine stopped working after 20 rounds becouse the firing pin I'll trade it for a sks any day

>>32110803
Don't listen to these dumb motherfuckers.

We have domestically produced 7.62x39, and the imported 7.62 is almost always cheaper than .223/5.56 with the exception of steel cases stuff, which will make your 6 MOA gun into a 12 or worse MOA gun.

At least the SKS was made for steel cased ammo and can shoot 2/3 MOA at 100 yds.

Also, the clips aren't unobtanium compared to Ruger mags, and frankly a clip is much more handy for ranch work.
It's a nice compact package that's about $300 cheaper and uses cheaper ammo that'll do the same thing the other thing will inside 300 yds.

Go SKS.

A reason the mini14 is so much is because it fills a very small and precise niche market. There aren't many 556 ranch rifles on the market. Every old Fudd afraid of black rifles can grab a mini and have the intermediate cartridge role filled.

>>32110803
The one you go inna woods with

You do go inna woods, don't you?

>>32111065
how does it feel being a poorfag

>>32111018
this is a funny argument from a mini 14 owner
I wonder if he realizes that even 300$ ar's out perform his rifle

>>32112484

Astetically he probably doesn't give a shit. I would rather have a $800 wood mini over any AR.

>>32112484
>$300 ARs

The price always gets lower every time someone mentions an ar

>>32112505
the fuck is an astetic

>>32112514
right now
today
you can literally buy a completed lower for 99$ and a completed upper for 189$

>>32112524
Sauce right now

I love the mini but it's a rifle that isn't even remotely worth what it costs. 4 moa out of the box isn't a meme, it's what the average mini is at best capable of. There are exceptions like the target model which is phenomenally accurate and blows AR's almost twice it's price away.
The standard minis though? No, not when the AR-556 is cheaper and better in every aspect except debatably aesthetics.

>>32111433
https://www.gunwatcher.com/Search/sks-for-sale

For $100 you could buy an AR or AK, m8.

>>32112617
>For $100 more*

>>32111407
That's not sound logic there friendo. While I do agree that if you are willing spend more money you have better options, that does not mean that something less expensive is not an equal or better value than something at a higher price point.

Your logic ignores the concept of diminishing returns and of course, "good deals".

For example, an AR-15 for $600-$700 is "better" than a Mini-14 at $800.