They say they are notoriously inaccurate
I was hard up for cash about 20 years ago and let a Mini 30 go for a song. 🙁As long as you don't shoot the old pencil barrel models too hot they were plenty accurate for what they are for. I kick myself now and then for not getting one in 5.56 or 7.62x39 before everything went nuts.
I've had a few, most 581s. Eventually I always got the arse about the price of decent mags and turned it into something else. Which is a shame because I love the form factor way more than the AR15.I was hard up for cash about 20 years ago and let a Mini 30 go for a song. 🙁