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Member Section => Tactical Rifle & Carbine => Topic started by: dj454 on March 19, 2009, 09:31:48 PM
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This is the coolest Mini 14 I have seen. I have always wanted a mini 14 but I think I have got to get this one.
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Will be at GUNSITE the week of April 5 shooting one of those...
mb
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w/ the retooling of the production line, I think the only problem left with them is the $$$$$ magazines.
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I like the stock on the other tactical version better, but would like mounting rails in it. I didn't see any in the catalog picture.
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Michael,
Keep us posted on the results of shooting this at gunsite. I like the 16.1 barreled one with the flash hider and synthetic stock.
http://www.ruger-firearms.com/Firearms/FAProdView?model=5847&return=Y
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I had a mini once back in the day '90 or so, mediocre but ok accuracy 4"-6" at 100 yards. I got rid of it over the mag issue when mine were stolen and couldn't find high caps to replace them. I thought about getting a new one last month for about 10 seconds and then said no after seeing the price tag of $900 msrp, then no became hell no. I'm not buying any tactical carbine that doesn't use widely available mags, AR, AK or FN FAL again. The mini was nice when it was cheap, but given that I can buy a new bushmaster at gander for $200 dollars more I wouldn't even look at it. I suggest you look at keltecs new su-16c. It takes AR mags and according to to a review at www.gunblast.com (with ok video for once) it will pull 1 moa at one hundred yards with factory ammo. They're only going for $770. I haven't looked at one yet but its on my to do list this week.
fightingquaker13
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Will be at GUNSITE the week of April 5 shooting one of those...
mb
And that helps me how? ? ? ;D
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Tapco makes some nice tactical upgrades for the mini
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SCAR kicks ass but @$569.00+- :o :o :o
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All the above mentioned rifles I'm sure are fine guns but the mini 14 calls to me. It is just one of those rifles I have always wanted, I think it was from watching the A Team when I was a kid. I met a gentleman at the range a couple of weeks ago with the NRA mini and he was shooting 2-3 inch groups at 100 yards and that is plenty accurate for me. He also had an AR (didn't catch the brand)with a 16 inch barrel he was having loads of trouble with. It kept jamming on him and he finally went home disgusted. The mini ran flawlessly. I know they are not tack drivers but neither are box stock AR's. I know with enough parts the AR will shoot rings around a mini 14 in accuracy but it is hard to beat the dependability of a mini 14. That is just my opinion I know some will disagree but that is why they build so many different firearms so we can all have one we like.
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All the above mentioned rifles I'm sure are fine guns but the mini 14 calls to me. It is just one of those rifles I have always wanted, I think it was from watching the A Team when I was a kid.
You do remember those guys never manged to actually hit anybody right? ;D You're right about relabilty though. I never shot mine all that heavily but the two or three years I owned it it never jammed, not once. If you scope it I think three inches is easily doable. If it floats your boat, thats all that matters, but I would invest in at least four or five mags, because AWB aside, you never know when ruger might stop making them. Have fun with it.
fightingquaker13
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You do remember those guys never manged to actually hit anybody right? ;D You're right about relabilty though. I never shot mine all that heavily but the two or three years I owned it it never jammed, not once. If you scope it I think three inches is easily doable. If it floats your boat, thats all that matters, but I would invest in at least four or five mags, because AWB aside, you never know when ruger might stop making them. Have fun with it.
fightingquaker13
Sure they did they shot lots of tires and hood latches and radiators......
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Good looking rifle.
Bill Ruger Sr. must be turning over in his grave though, as much as he was the author/enabler of the last "Assault Weapon Ban".
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Good looking rifle.
Bill Ruger Sr. must be turning over in his grave though, as much as he was the author/enabler of the last "Assault Weapon Ban".
While I agree with you in spirit, Bill did ten times more for firearms enthusiasts then you or I will ever do. I can't really bitch about the man with a blackhawk, 10/22 and M77 in my closet. Se la vie. :-X
fightngquaker13
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Bill did ten times more for firearms enthusiasts then you or I will ever do. I can't really bitch about the man with a blackhawk, 10/22 and M77 in my closet. fightngquaker13
+1 I really wish people would stop grinding their Bill Ruger axe. Bill Ruger did not "ban" assault rifles, he manufactured them. Bill T.
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Look I own several Rugers P89,P90,P95,GP100,SP101,10/22,PC9,and mini6.8. I only have one thing to say they all work and i can depend on them 100% of the time. As for MOA mini please the gun is not perfect but it does do one thing well shoot shoot shoot.
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It hurts me deeply to say this (I own half a dozen Rugers and love them all!), but we were at Gander Mountain last weekend and I picked up a new Mini 14 just to look it over. The reciever, bolt carrier, bolt, trigger mechanism, pretty much everything other than the barrel was cast so rough it looked 100 times worse than the surplus rifles all around it. The finish looked like grey spray paint over the cast parts... I know companies have to cut costs... But MAN! If the new ones are all like that, look for an older used one and rebuild it with whatever parts you like.
I pulled the bolt back and slowly let it close on that rifle a couple times. It felt like somebody dumped a hand full of sand in there... Even jammed opening and failed to close once! Looked clean, didnt see any debri, but the surface of ALL the parts was pitted like a sponge. :(
I couldnt believe my eyes, even did a double and tripple check to be SURE it was a "new" rifle. Hopefully it was just some weird fluke :-\.
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My dad just got a Miny and at 50 yards I would not be surprised if me or my dad could hit a quarter at that range and it would be the gun I would go for if I could pick one gun and go and survive with it for any period of time, depending on how much ammo I had, which probably wouldn't be a problem for a good time.