@Kame B. That's a sweet Mini, but one would be in the $1,000 - 1,200 range to get there it seems. Really like what you've done with it though. What does it weigh?
@Kame B. That's a sweet Mini, but one would be in the $1,000 - 1,200 range to get there it seems. Really like what you've done with it though. What does it weigh?
I agree 100%. I’d buy that in a heartbeat just to have something different, but the value i would put it at in my brain would be $500-$600. At double that it’s a definite no for me. It’s a shame ruger didn’t make them that way.
No thanks
No thanks
Out here the answer will be NOPE! (they dont don gun trades)...but they will put it on consignment and it will be gone in a week.Here's another thing to consider in your decision. Go to any LGS and ask if they will take an AR in trade for another firearm? Then ask if they would take a Mini, especially a 30, in trade.
Anyone care to guess what the answer will be?
ahhh a man after my own heart!How often do you actually clean your ARs? I shoot all mine silenced, which get them dirty FAST. I rarely clean them. I run AR's like I would a beater car, just keep adding oil. When they have black ooze pumping from every orifice, it just means its working.
See if you can find a good-condition used Daewoo K-2. The Koreans took the best features of the AR, the AK, and the FAL and came up with a rifle that is piston-driven and uses standard magazines.
I'm waiting for someone to make the Daewoo domestically, since further importation seems to be prohibited.
ETA: Early Daewoo imports had a 1:12 barrel, whereas later ones had a 1:7 barrel. Barrels (along with their permanently-attached barrel extensions) are easy to replace. They're held on by a press-fit pin that comes up through the bottom of the upper receiver. This press-fit pin is hollow and is internally threaded. You can thread in a common Allen set screw and the pin will back right out. The trick is to find a suitable replacement barrel.
got to try one once. Fantastic. Weighed about 5LB.Thanks for bringing up the Daewoo. I was unfamiliar with that interesting rifle. I have zero interest in the 5.56/223 cartridge, but that is a novel firearm to me.
Nowadays "Sub MOA" means it can shoot beer cans at 30 yards at the gravel pit, or the X ring at the 25 yard indoor range. People legitimately thing that "Sub MOA" means practical accuracy. Its strange.I'm wondering what the big deal is with sub-MOA AR's these days. People spend a lot of money for sub-MOA AR's. I'll bet if you pulled a dozen M4's from a military rack not a single one would shoot sub-MOA. 2 MOA more than likely. It's a rifle designed for a military application (suppressive fire), not civilian benchrest shooting which is where I see most AR's. Semi autos are really poor platforms for sub-MOA. Just about any serious benchrest shooter will tell you that.
Being a benchrest shooter that has built a sub-MOA bolt rifle for that application all of this this seems very odd to me.
AR roadkill.
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Back in the mid-80's, I bought one as a novelty. Big mistake. I should have bought a dozen at the then-reasonable prices. I notice that right now, there are two of the original ones (with the folding stock) on GunBroker, in the range of $2,000. (There are several of the later emasculated ones, with the thumbhole stock, for about half that much.)Thanks for bringing up the Daewoo. I was unfamiliar with that interesting rifle.
This reminds me of the "self cleaning" thing Colt threw around. So the gas collects in a condenser, in a nice easy to collect area, and nothing else requires any attention. But the say Colt lied about the rifle being self cleaning. Makes me wonder if people get mad the self cleaning oven feature works exactly the same way. Your right, other than a true direct impingement system, its as simple as you can get. People hear CNC milled, and think complicated.After a couple years of shooting AR’s and having built a half dozen. I have no idea what the appeal of a piston AR is. The DI is just not a problem. No matter where you put the gas system it gets dirty. On a piston AR it’s under the handguard so you don’t have access to it. On a DI AR you pull the bolt carrier out and the whole gas system is sitting in your hand. It comes apart with no tools and there are very few parts.
On the same note people always say the AR15 is complex. I have no idea what they are talking about. They are as simple as a semi auto rifle can be built. They are simpiler, have fewer parts, and are easier to take apart and assemble than any semi auto firearm I’ve ever encountered.
I’m not a big fan of semi autos to begin with, but I just don’t think you can do any better than an AR15 at any price if your looking for an accurate and reliable semi auto rifle, period.
Back in the 80's Daewoo was that company that made awful electronics, and awful cars. Can't blame people for not buying. That said, its one of the most well designed rifles I have ever seen.Back in the mid-80's, I bought one as a novelty. Big mistake. I should have bought a dozen at the then-reasonable prices. I notice that right now, there are two of the original ones (with the folding stock) on GunBroker, in the range of $2,000. (There are several of the later emasculated ones, with the thumbhole stock, for about half that much.)
For some reason these guns were overlooked when they were easily available. Perhaps the importers priced them too low, and that created the impression that they were of poor quality. Nothing could have been further from the truth.
Why doesn't this allegedly pro-gun Administration reverse the import ban? It could be done with a stroke of the pen.
you remind me of my "a tuned 1911 runs as reliably as a Glock, or revolver demo" that usually means char, and ash flying out every opening and making you look like you cleaned a chimney after a few hundred rounds of dirty ammo.How often do you actually clean your ARs? I shoot all mine silenced, which get them dirty FAST. I rarely clean them. I run AR's like I would a beater car, just keep adding oil. When they have black ooze pumping from every orifice, it just means its working.