with my mini-14 the best I have grouped at 200 yards was around 8 inch groups. The best groups ive seen with a remington 7400 in 30-06 cal. were 4 inch groups. the 7400 would deffinately be better than the mini-14 at 200 yards. Id seriously look into ar-15's Ive seen guys shooting 1 inch groups at 200 yards with basically stock ar's with nothing more than a scope and trigger job.