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RIFLES

Ruger Mini 6.8 SPC

Powerful enough for deer, light, handy and now varmint accurate, the Ruger Mini has finally come of age in the 6.8 SPC chambering. Jennifer Renville found the controllability and lack of recoil to be just the ticket. Leupold’s 2-7x33 was a good match.

It had the friendly ergonomics of an M1 Carbine or 10/22, and it possessed coyote-dropping potential with its .223 chambering. And it’s been reliable, even after months of being ignored behind the seat of the F-150. Later, the Mini 30 brought ballistic espectability, but accuracy had always been so-so. It had the right feel and Garand lineage, but four- to six-MOA groups frequently kept it in the back of the safe. Three years ago Ruger resolved to realize the design’s potential, ...

Ruger Mini 6.8 SPC

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