I had a mini-14 ranch. Using Black Hills 55gr sp ammo it was deadly consistant on ground squirrels out to 200 yards box stock. As far as I' m concerned Ruger has the best factory support bar none. I bought a used Blackhawk combo 45 acp/lc that had two acp cylinders. I called to get the LC cyl. They told me to send them the gun. I did. They tuned the gun, replaced all worn parts and timed the new cyl. for the cost of shipping one way. They did the same thing when I burned out the barrel on my M-77V. It was totally my fault trying to break 4000fps with 40 gr bullets in the 22/250. Again I paid to ship the rifle to them. They rebarreled my rifle and checked and replaced any worn parts and shipped it back for free.
I have: M-77v 22/250
Vaquero 45lc
Blackhawk 45 acp/lc combo
Super Redhawk 454 casull
Sold the mini-14 for an ar-15 H-bar. Huge mistake Uncomfortable, spring slappin rattle trap.