Ruger Mini 14

[mr_leetzor]

new ones on the way .. ?

I'm about to order a new mini-14 from Reed's they have a couple in stock but I don't know if it is one of these smaller ones.

Anyway to find out from say the serial number or model number on the rifle ?

[GTKrockeTT]

What you say about the Mini-14 applies word for word to my SKS:

1) Most used rifle for me
2) Very reliable
3) Medium accuracy
But $600 less than a Mini-14.

And yes, Bill Ruger made "quality gun ownership affordable" for your generation, but he all but took it away for my generation ;-)

so, someone paid you to take a SKS? i say this since i bought my NIB Mini-14 for $450. of course, that was a few years ago, but last i checked, SKS's weren't free back then either.

heck, even now, they're still under $600.

http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/36_59_586/products_id/14303

[Overkill]

I'm about to order a new mini-14 from Reed's they have a couple in stock but I don't know if it is one of these smaller ones.

Anyway to find out from say the serial number or model number on the rifle ?

These are not the new model Ranch Rifle. If you order a RR, you won't get one like was shown in the picture. If you want one like that, you can find one here on Gunbroker:

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=57372515

However, the current stainless ranch rifle looks very similar, the only difference being an 18" barrel and a slightly longer stock on the ranch.

[Dump1567]

These are not the new model Ranch Rifle. If you order a RR, you won't get one like was shown in the picture. If you want one like that, you can find one here on Gunbroker:

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=57372515

However, the current stainless ranch rifle looks very similar, the only difference being an 18" barrel and a slightly longer stock on the ranch.

Go 16 inches.

[metalhead357]

Hmmmm, interesting take(s) on Mr. Ruger. Its strange to basically hear 'my logic' used on S&W used on Ruger instead. I guess I'm making (or maybe you are differing distinctions of sell-out) Mr. Ruger was but one man while S&W climbed directly into bed with Clinton. Mr. Ruger undoubtedly expressed a very PUBLIC statement that he had fears, reservations, etc about civilian use & ownership. I dont fault him for a mental handicapped short sightedness in HIS aging years. S&W though is more than a single individual & is/was a complete corporate sell-out IMO. Ruger never seemed to want to allow AWB's but S&W was willing to let it happen & was trying to make it happen. One thing to sit passively by the sideline and mouth off vs. actively engaging and colluding with the enemy IMO.

Also interesting take on the two companies as a comparision in products on the whole- as Ruger has NOT really changed it product line in really any drastic way in 20+ years while S&W seems to change thier line up (and 6,000 confusing model numbers) what? Like every other day Just exactly how many models does S&W have? I doubt they even know

But hey, I know some will still want thier say, or rebuttle- have at it; no harm no foul, but lets get back to the actual discussion 'fore this leads to a truly political thread rather than one about Mini 14.

I say if'n ya' dont want Ruger- fine, leaves more for me! And you can have all the S&W ya' want!!!!!!!

[Dump1567]

Quick pick of mine:

[colin1]

Mine is a Ranch with a 18" barrel, tried lots of different ammo, and had no luck with making it group. It really pissed me off when my buddy shooting next to me with a $200 used SKS is outshooting my brand new $600 mini. Like I said its fun to shoot at cans but thats about it. I can hit the target at 100 yards but the thing is just not consistant. Oh and +1 on how it flings the shells a mile. I was shooting on some BLM land once and accidently peppered some guys truck with 30 cases. I felt like such a dumb@ss.

[Overkill]

Mine is a Ranch with a 18" barrel, tried lots of different ammo, and had no luck with making it group. It really pissed me off when my buddy shooting next to me with a $200 used SKS is outshooting my brand new $600 mini. Like I said its fun to shoot at cans but thats about it. I can hit the target at 100 yards but the thing is just not consistant. Oh and +1 on how it flings the shells a mile. I was shooting on some BLM land once and accidently peppered some guys truck with 30 cases. I felt like such a dumb@ss.

Have you spent any time on the PerfectUnion forum? There are quite a few inexpensive options that you can do to your mini that will likely have a very positive impact on its accuracy (e.g. pin-on muzzle break, re-tightening the gas block screws,etc)

[stator]

Fixed.

From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini-30



He makes some quality affordable guns, no doubts there, but WHAT A DICK!

The only real high-profile killing with a Mini-14 was in Montreal by a MUSLIM Algerian male who killed 14 women. He was raised to hate western women who did not follow muslim law. Go figure... but back in 1989 when this occurred, the media did not talk about what muslims were doing to their women. As I see it, the problem was nothing to do with the mini-14 but the radical Muslim views of the shooter and his father. You could easily say that this was an act of terrorism.

Also, when Bill Ruger realized that the '94 crime bill would target his mini-14 as an AW, he had to lobby for an exemption which was written into the law.

As I stated earlier, Bill died a despised man. He should have just updated his product rather than opening pandora's box by government regulating his competitors. If the '94 crime bill never happened, we'd just have the Roberti-Roos laws and would be shooting our OLL now.

[Mesa Tactical]

The only real high-profile killing with a Mini-14 was in Montreal by a MUSLIM Algerian male who killed 14 women. He was raised to hate western women who did not follow muslim law. Go figure... but back in 1989 when this occurred, the media did not talk about what muslims were doing to their women. As I see it, the problem was nothing to do with the mini-14 but the radical Muslim views of the shooter and his father. You could easily say that this was an act of terrorism.

The Miami shootout of 1986 wasn't high profile enough?

http://www.firearmstactical.com/briefs7.htm

I've never heard of the Montreal shooting.

[JPglee1]

Wow...the cops sure did fire a lot more rounds than the bad guys in the Miami shootout!


J

[Stanze]

The Miami shootout of 1986 wasn't high profile enough?

http://www.firearmstactical.com/briefs7.htm

I've never heard of the Montreal shooting.

I too never heard about the Montreal shooting, there was a recent one, but the shooter had a Beretta Storm Carbine.

There's a made for TV movie about the Miami Shootout. In the movie the robber had a AC556. There were supposedly(I'll take ATF reports with a grain of salt thanks) 10 Mini-14 rifles counted at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco(There is also a made for TV movie for this as well).

http://usgovinfo.about.com/blwacoguns.htm

[ibbryn]

The Montreal shooting was the event that triggered that countries modern gun controls.

I've been pretty happy, and lucky I guess, with my old skool mini. Its accurate enough for my needs. Bought it THE DAY Gray Davis was elected. Bought another THE DAY Feinstein was reelected.

As stated previously, check out Perfect Union for lot of tips on tighening the accuracy. In mine there was significent play tween the receiver and stock. I shimmed it and it's ok but glass bed would help even more. The thin barrell and the lack of good full capacity mags are the problems CA residents will not be able to over come.

[stator]

The Miami shootout of 1986 wasn't high profile enough?

http://www.firearmstactical.com/briefs7.htm

I've never heard of the Montreal shooting.

Yes high-profile but did not really high-light the mini-14... just FBI firepower to disguise the real problem that occurred. This was target fixation on perp #1 who was driving the car by all of the FBI agents. They did not instinctively divide up the targets and thus, perp #2 was not fully engaged until seconds later. Those seconds caused the deaths of two agents.

Marc Lepine, on the other hand, committed mass murder execution-style with a mini-14. He kill 14 women and injuried more than a dozen more. It shocked Canada, and rocked the USA. It was the event that sent Bill Ruger on to continue his gun-control agenda while lobbying for an exception to the mini-14. He picked up on Josh Sugermann's assault weapon spin to influence the attention of the gun-control politicians away from his mini-14.

I'm surprised nobody remembers that one. It was the one that committed Bill Ruger to champion for his form of gun control... AW & Mag capacity ban for years to come. He really believed that the end for his mini-14 and 10-22 was coming.

[GJJ]

I like my Mini-14. From standing or one knee, I can hit as well as with my Garand or AR-15. It is 2-3 MOA when you shorten the barrel. It never malfunctions. What more can you ask?