Ruger Mini-30 7.62x39mm
Model: 5804
Ruger Mini-30 7.62x39mm
Model: 5804
Full Specifications
About This Firearm
The Ruger Mini-30 is a hardwood-stocked semi-automatic 7.62x39mm built for ranch work and close-cover deer hunting. It has an MSRP of $1,389. Its receiver is solid stainless steel with the scope mounts machined into it, so an optic sits over the bore instead of out on an AK side rail.
It arrives sighted, with a protected blade front and an adjustable ghost ring rear aperture, so it can be zeroed with nothing bought. The rear aperture adjusts, and length of pull is a fixed 13 inches. The magazines hold five rounds and are Ruger's Mini Thirty pattern instead of AK ones. Check the muzzle for threads before buying anything that screws on.
If you're cross-shopping, the Century Arms VSKA has an MSRP of $949.99 at 7.50 lbs and comes with a 30-round magazine on a stamped AK receiver. The CMMG Resolute Mk47 has an MSRP of $1,949.95 at 7.00 lbs and 33 inches, with AR controls and a 5/8x24 muzzle. The Ruger arrives sighted and scope-ready where neither of those does.
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Strengths & Limitations
- Scope rings and a Picatinny rail both come with the rifle, and the receiver is already drilled for that rail, so an optic needs no extra parts.
- The barrel is cold hammer forged stainless in a stainless receiver, which is weather protection a blued or phosphate-finished AK does not have.
- Two magazines come with it, where the AK-pattern rifles in this caliber ship with one.
- Length of pull is fixed at 13 inches with no spacers in the system, which is short for a tall shooter.
- The hardwood stock has no M-LOK and no rail ahead of the action, so a light or a bipod means replacing it.
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7.62x39mm Ballistics →Frequently Asked Questions
Does it take AK magazines?
No. It feeds Ruger's Mini Thirty pattern magazine, which is also what the Generation II Ranch bolt rifle in this caliber uses, so those two share spares.
What is the gas system?
A fixed-piston system with a self-cleaning moving gas cylinder, working a Garand-style breech bolt locking system.
What twist rate is the barrel?
1:10 right hand, which suits the bullet weights 7.62x39mm is normally loaded with.
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