Actually, it was the opposite. The day I decided to stop wasting my time trying to get my early 80s mini 14 to not be a steaming pile of Bill " let me write this magazine ban for you" Ruger garbage, is when I started living gun life to the fullest. Traded for a lever 357 marlin and never regretted it.If you don't own a mini, I kinda have to assume you are wasting your life
