Go to an outdoor range. Some indoor ranges allow .223 if they have the proper bullet trap for it.
Anyway, I had a Mini-14, and I hated it. It's inaccurate and high-quality factory high capacity magazines are hard to come by. Go for an AR-15 carbine if you want a plinking rifle. A Bushmaster M4 carbine is the way to go.
As for the Ruger PC9, I have no clue. You would be better off getting an AR-15 for home defense since .223 has better penetration and fragmentation characteristics.
themao
Anyway, I had a Mini-14, and I hated it. It's inaccurate and high-quality factory high capacity magazines are hard to come by. Go for an AR-15 carbine if you want a plinking rifle. A Bushmaster M4 carbine is the way to go.
As for the Ruger PC9, I have no clue. You would be better off getting an AR-15 for home defense since .223 has better penetration and fragmentation characteristics.
themao