i have had a mini- 14 .223 stainless ranch model with an older weaver 4x for a few years and it is no target rifle that's for sure. but it will shoot 3 or 4 inch groups at 200 yards with a cool barrel with no problem. but if you are going to shoot it like a machine gun then forget it. the barrel gets hot and good luck hitting anything small. they are fun to shoot fast at times though. one thing it never does is jam up. it always fires when you pull the trigger. it's not the best coyote gun but it will do the job out a couple of hundred yards with no problem. many a coyote have met their maker with one of these.