The company is now best known by the shortened ruger name. Find ruger mini 14 for sale at, the worlds largest gun auction site. Its truly become part of the american landscape for gun lovers. Three ruger semiautomatic longarms a preban ruger mini14 gb folding stock. I used this book to get to grips with all the variants of the. History of the ruger mini14 bill ruger towers over mikhail kalashnikov, the inventor of the ak47, in this undated photograph. Junior2532, a good resource is always the blue book of guns. Mini 14 rugged, reliable and durable on the farm, ranch or in the deep woods. The above chart shows the approximate first serial number shipped for the indicated year.
Vvoc members had recently upgraded from m1 carbines to colt ar15s. The ac556 differed from the original mini14 in two major obvious. Uses two cartridges in removable clip removable bb or pellet mag manual. Simple, rugged, garandstyle action with breech bolt locking system, a fixedpiston gas system and selfcleaning moving gas cylinder gives unparalleled reliability under harsh operating conditions. The mini 14 ranch was the first prominent upgrade made to the original mini 14 rifles since their introduction in 1973. Can someone point me to a good detailed rundown of the model differences the 180s through the 580s of the mini 14. Mini 14 serial numbers rollmarked with mini 14 ranch rifles beginning in 2000. I apologize for this being my first post and asking this type of question, but i have a mini14 gbf that i bought new and. Proposed assault weapons ban would protect more than 2,200. Leroy james jim sullivan and william batternman bill ruger are names that may not have quite the same household recognition as eugene stoner or. Leroy james jim sullivan and william batternman bill ruger are names that may not have quite the same household recognition as eugene stoner or mikhail kalashnikov, but they probably should. From law agencies to hollywood movies, the mini 14 has made a lot of appearances in public. Samson manufacturings new atm stock for the ruger mini14 is a nearly. At, you can buy ruger mini 14 from a trusted online source.
Synthetic stock and blued barrel create a sleek stealthy look. It is used by hunters, sport shooters, and law enforcement agencies. Meet the latest addition to the gun of the week series the ruger mini14. This semiautomatic model was introduced in 1982 with the major improvement being a new scope mount rail machined into the receiver which provides a stable mounting base. Ruger, it incorporated numerous innovations and costsaving engineering changes. Its also familiar to the general public through cinema. The ruger ac556 is the selectfire version of the the mini14 series of rifles that, had bill ruger introduced just a year or two earlier, might have.
Gunsmilitary weaponsguns and ammomilitary historytactical gear panzer. Sadly, its also been part of some cultureshaping tragedies over the year. Navy news defense news federal news c4isr cyber history. If you want your mini14 to fit your body, needs and pocketbook, heres the authoritative source on customizing this. The mini14gb model is a semiautomatic variant for police and military use with the. History of the ruger mini14 the good gun the good gun. Gunsmilitary weaponsguns and ammomilitary historytactical gearpanzer. My understanding is that this gb came out of the minnesota prison system. Samson mfg announces ac556 stock for ruger mini14 and 1022. Lots of history and interesting information, systematically going though each variant of the mini14. Since 1973, the ruger mini 14 has been part of the great line of firearms produced by the company. The name mini14 was coined because it resembles a smaller version of the military m14 rifle. None that i can remember went out and bought a mini14 at that time.
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