That is the reason my wife and mom wanted the 22's in the first place. They both want to go to the appleseed event as well. I got to talking about it at work and one of the CNA's and one of the RN's I work with want to go to it as well. I did my homework and it sounds like it will be a good learning event for the basics of shooting. I am still not sure why my wife wants to go to it cause she qualified expert in the Air Force. But, I am going cause I can always learn something and she wants to go.

As far as the mini-14, we love ours. I dont have any complaints about it and it does anything it was designed to do with out any problems.