100 yard test

Temperature was 78 degrees. Three round groups as I did not have enough ammo left for 5rd groups. As I'm cheap, I used the same target for the scope sighting in and the 100-yd test, hence the white pasters.

Center group is Remington UMC 123gr FMJ - 2.474 in.


Winchester 123gr FMJ - 1.787 in.


DoubleTap 123gr Rifle Defense - 1.2445 in.


BVAC 123gr V-MAX - 1.755 in.


One of the tighter groups of the day. DoubleTap 123gr Barnes Triple Shock X - 0.953 in.


The tightest group of the day. BVAC 123gr V-MAX - 0.801 in.




Final impression is that the Ruger Mini-30 Tactical delivers best results with BVAC and DoubleTap. Both brands consistently produced tighter groups than ammunition from the larger manufacturers. During testing no malfunctions of any type were encountered. Overall I'm very pleased with the performance of this rifle, but I wouldn't complain if Ruger supplied an additional magazine. I think this is a positive addition to the Ruger Mini family of rifles.