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So what is wrong with the Ruger mini-14?
Posted by prplhze2000 on 11/21/22 at 9:14 pm11
I can remember when it was once pretty popular.
re: So what is wrong with the Ruger mini-14?Posted by Rize on 11/21/22 at 9:16 pm to prplhze2000
Bad rep for being inaccurate and I’d much rather the AR platform.
re: So what is wrong with the Ruger mini-14?Posted by Purple Spoon on 11/21/22 at 9:33 pm to prplhze2000
Less accurate , less reliable AR with less accessories.
I don’t hate it though. It’s a cool gun.
I don’t hate it though. It’s a cool gun.
It was basically a means to an end during the 90s AWB.
Once you could get functional ARs again and they began really innovating the Stoner platform, the mini 14 became kind of useless/antiquated and actually way more expensive than the flooded AR market.
Once you could get functional ARs again and they began really innovating the Stoner platform, the mini 14 became kind of useless/antiquated and actually way more expensive than the flooded AR market.
re: So what is wrong with the Ruger mini-14?Posted by turkish on 11/21/22 at 10:00 pm to prplhze2000
I can’t.
re: So what is wrong with the Ruger mini-14?Posted by elprez00 on 11/21/22 at 10:57 pm to prplhze2000
Nothing is wrong with it. You’ve just got to understand what you’re buying.
re: So what is wrong with the Ruger mini-14?Posted by Handsome Pete on 11/21/22 at 11:15 pm to prplhze2000
Nothing. It’s a cool little ranch rifle that functions just fine as a battle rifle if needed. Stylish and uniquely American. Definitely not an obnoxious hunk of threatening black metal.
Definitely not an obnoxious hunk of threatening black metal.
Also easy and fun to modify.
Definitely not an obnoxious hunk of threatening black metal.
Also easy and fun to modify.
re: So what is wrong with the Ruger mini-14?Posted by zippyputt on 11/21/22 at 11:32 pm to prplhze2000
I’ll take it all day long over an AR.
Accurate if you know how to shoot it and MUCH more reliable than an AR. It is more accurate than an AK however. It’s essentially an M1 Garand. It can be disassibled with no special tools and cleaned an reassembled in 2 minutes or less. It would be my go to gun for survival situation.
Accurate if you know how to shoot it and MUCH more reliable than an AR. It is more accurate than an AK however. It’s essentially an M1 Garand. It can be disassibled with no special tools and cleaned an reassembled in 2 minutes or less. It would be my go to gun for survival situation.
re: So what is wrong with the Ruger mini-14?Posted by BorrisMart on 11/22/22 at 5:32 am to Jack Ruby
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It was basically a means to an end during the 90s AWB.
Weren't they making those long before that? I love mini 14's, but a friend's deceased grandpaw left him a mini 30 and that thing is fun to shoot.
re: So what is wrong with the Ruger mini-14?Posted by Clames on 11/22/22 at 5:44 am to prplhze2000
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I can remember when it was once pretty popular.
They still are and Ruger made design and production changes years ago that fixed most of the issues being brought up here. I have a M1 Garand and a M1A and would have no problems adding a Mini-14 to the stable.
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re: So what is wrong with the Ruger mini-14?Posted by BorrisMart on 11/22/22 at 5:58 am to Clames
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would have no problems adding a Mini-14 to the stable
I know all guns have gone up recently in price but mini 14s have gone up a shite ton from what I have seen in gun shops (if they even have any in stock or can get them). I always thought people loved them.
re: So what is wrong with the Ruger mini-14?Posted by NorthEnd on 11/22/22 at 6:28 am to prplhze2000
I have one in stainless. It’s a fantastic gun. Not a damn thing wrong with them.
re: So what is wrong with the Ruger mini-14?Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt on 11/22/22 at 6:37 am to zippyputt
They just cost too much for what they are. You can have a more accurate AR15 for half of what a mini cost. There's nothing "wrong" with them, it just doesn't make much sense to buy them unless that's just what you want. They are damn cool little rifles.
Maybe if the AR was built by a drunk retarded monkey with no thumbs.
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MUCH more reliable than an AR
Maybe if the AR was built by a drunk retarded monkey with no thumbs.
re: So what is wrong with the Ruger mini-14?Posted by Stexas on 11/22/22 at 7:12 am to BorrisMart
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Weren't they making those long before that? I love mini 14's
Yeah, my best friend had one when I was a kid in the 80s. We shot everything we could with it. It was stainless and road in the Jeep any time the Jeep got off pavement. Hogs, javelina, coyotes, snakes, you name it and we gave them hell with that thing. Super fun.
re: So what is wrong with the Ruger mini-14?Posted by Snipe on 11/22/22 at 7:32 am to prplhze2000
It's a battle tank in a war with stealth fighters.
re: So what is wrong with the Ruger mini-14?Posted by zippyputt on 11/22/22 at 7:35 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Sure an AR can be accurate with a red dot scope. So is a mini. Build has nothing to do with reliability of the platform and base weapon. Same round, same round capacity. MUCH more simple and easy firearm to deal with.
re: So what is wrong with the Ruger mini-14?Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt on 11/22/22 at 8:44 am to zippyputt
The mini may look simpler, but it really isn't. The AR15 is about as simple and modular as a semi auto rifle can be. They're inherently accurate.
re: So what is wrong with the Ruger mini-14?Posted by Clyde Tipton on 11/22/22 at 8:44 am to prplhze2000
I killed my first deer with one.
She ran about 250 yards after a perfect shot with the .223.
Speaking of...
They don't shoot 5.56?
She ran about 250 yards after a perfect shot with the .223.
Speaking of...
quote:
So what is wrong with the Ruger mini-14?
They don't shoot 5.56?
re: So what is wrong with the Ruger mini-14?Posted by TideCPA on 11/22/22 at 8:56 am to prplhze2000
There's nothing wrong with a Ruger Mini-14. It's always been a solid rifle built on a well-known, reliable platform. The problem for the Mini-14 is that the market for alternatives has been turned on its head the last 20 or so years. You can buy a quality AR-15 for half the price of a Mini-14. Hell, you can buy a USGI M1 Garand with new stock and new Criterion barrel for about the same cost as a Mini-14.
re: So what is wrong with the Ruger mini-14?Posted by upgrayedd on 11/22/22 at 8:57 am to prplhze2000
Lucky Gunner did a video on this the other day. They mentioned price so I went and looked it up. Those things are $1,000. There's no way I could justify a grand for that unless it was just something I had to have in the collection. Not to mention mags are 2-3x higher than a pmag.
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