Oh dear god. The A Team called.

[popsgarland]

Yuck. Not for me.

I like my Mini 14 ranch/target in 223 only. shoots great and I hit what I'm
shooting at.

 

[Moonpie]

 

[robertc1024]

I'd shoot it. It got me thinking, I've never shot a mini 14.

 

[KJQ6945]

I came real close to buying an AC556 years ago. I loved that gun from the A-Team. I re watched the series. 750,000 rounds fired, and not a single hit.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

I came real close to buying an AC556 years ago. I loved that gun from the A-Team. I re watched the series. 750,000 rounds fired, and not a single hit.

Same here.

 

[Tnhawk]

Yuck. Not for me.

I like my Mini 14 ranch/target in 223 only. shoots great and I hit what I'm
shooting at.

My Mini 14 is a 6.8 spc. My biggest issue is there are no magazines available.

 

[General Zod]

I'd shoot it. It got me thinking, I've never shot a mini 14.

Come out to one of the East Texas shoots. I've got an early 80s vintage Mini-14 you can try out. I enjoy shooting it, and it hits stuff I aim at. My son has done some 100+ yard shooting with it with no problems.

As for Ruger's realization that hey, there's actually a market for Mini-14s with the old AC-556 side folding stock...well, there's another solution for that.

A-TM Folding Stock for the Ruger® Mini-14® and Mini Thirty®

Check out the deal on A-TM Folding Stock for the Ruger® Mini-14® and Mini Thirty® at Samson Manufacturing

www.samson-mfg.com

Several hundred bucks cheaper to buy a Mini, then buy the repro stock. The whole rifle slides out of the factory stock and will install in the new one with no screws or anything.

 

[andre3k]

Mine in 7.62x39

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[echo1]

I traded off my 580 series for a '54 Tuls SKS and a 1K brick of X39 years ago, manly because I'm a Kali occupant and can't (supposedly) have big mags. PAX

 

[Tnhawk]

I traded off my 580 series for a '54 Tuls SKS and a 1K brick of X39 years ago, manly because I'm a Kali occupant and can't (supposedly) have big mags. PAX

Big mags isn't a problem with the mini 14 6.8, ruger only sold 5 rounds magazines to the public. They made 20 round for LE.

 

[echo1]

Big mags isn't a problem with the mini 14 6.8, ruger only sold 5 rounds magazines to the public. They made 20 round for LE.

Not in Idaho, I had a half dozen. For my RAR in X39 I have 10 ten rounders and 2 20s. They're mostly Promags that suck at feeding I got the 20's as part of a package deal as barter fodder. PAX

 

[Tnhawk]

Not in Idaho, I had a half dozen. For my RAR in X39 I have 10 ten rounders and 2 20s. They're mostly Promags that suck at feeding I got the 20's as part of a package deal as barter fodder. PAX

I was referring to RUGER magazines. I'll probably never purchase another ruger after the manner of support they provided for the 6.8 Ranch Rifle.

Most of the mags made by Promag were not reliable.

 

[General Zod]

I was referring to RUGER magazines. Those made by Promag were not reliable.

Promag is total crap. I bought a 30 round mag when I first got my Mini-14. The follower tipped while I was shooting it. Dumped all of the ammo down into the mag beside the spring.

 

[Eli]

I own an AC-556F, which is the short barrel, full auto version of this rifle. When I first saw this I thought they were offering the full auto version again (for police/military qualified buyers). I was really excited because new parts no longer exist for my 1983 vintage machine gun. Unfortunately, I saw that it is semi-only.

When I got interested in NFA stuff as an adult, the AC-556 was desirable because you could send a broken one to Ruger and they'd send a brand new AC-556 back! Unfortunately, while an earlier BATF ruling allowed the original manufacturer to replace a damaged receiver with a new one, they changed their mind. No idea what happened to the rest of the inventory!

Eli

 

[zackmars]

Worth noting that cdnn has a few versions of mini 14's for around 1k

https://www.cdnnsports.com/rugerr-mini-14r-5-56-tactical-rifle-brown-stock.html

https://www.cdnnsports.com/rugerr-mini-14r-stainless-ranch-556.html

Plus

https://www.samson-mfg.com/a-tm-folding-stock-for-the-ruger-mini-14-copy.html

 

[Lonesome Dove]

At $1000 I'd buy another M1a over the Ruger, I feel the Ranch rifle should start at about $750.

 

[zackmars]

At $1000 I'd buy another M1a over the Ruger, I feel the Ranch rifle should start at about $750.

1k is a lot better than the 1800 they were asking a few months ago

 

[Tonyt915]

Got mine when Walmart cleared them out for $399, picked up the Samson stock as soon as the blue’d version was released. Just wish it had a threaded barrel