Will Ruger incorporate any of the American rifle design features in the Mini 14?

The mini's best feature is its lack of features. Only someone who lives in a ban state can appreciate.

NIGHTLORD40K said:

I think he was comparing it to the (equally hideous) M14 EBR

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Spew.



But to each their own I guess. World would be boring if we were all the same. (And tacky and hideous if we all liked ruger plastic)

Mate had a mini-14 in .223 for deers. Like this


I didn't shoot it much, never took it apart, but nothing on it jumped out at me as unacceptable. Lightweight and accurate enough.

AFAIK it had a Weaver Rail. Threading a barrel is pretty trivial and I wouldn't NOT buy a factory rifle because it wasn't threaded. Plus you play the barrel lottery, and it may not even be worth threading.


As to swap-a-stocks... there's plenty of aftermarket parts. Manufacturers have to design their products for "the average". Whoever gets closest to "the average" gets the sales. If you're either side of average then it'll be slightly off, but useable.
If you're too far off average then you need custom. Companies don't exist just for you.

It is what it is.

Light weight and handy, a Wood-N-Steel (w/ a little modern polymer here and there) field accurate "M-14 action" carbine,

...chambered in a useful caliber for its intended purpose.

GR

NIGHTLORD40K said:

Im sure they are only keeping it in production as a hedge against AR bans. Indeed, Im surprised they havent introduced a fixed-magazine version that top loads via stripper (or en-bloc ) clip.

Such a rifle would be so featureless as to avoid anything short of a complete prohibition on self-loading rifles. Block off the gas port, and you could even easily turn it into a manually operated repeater.

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The idea of a mini 14 with en-blocs seems awesome to me! Not sure why, but it does.

NIGHTLORD40K said:

Im sure they are only keeping it in production as a hedge against AR bans. Indeed, Im surprised they havent introduced a fixed-magazine version that top loads via stripper (or en-bloc ) clip.

Such a rifle would be so featureless as to avoid anything short of a complete prohibition on self-loading rifles. Block off the gas port, and you could even easily turn it into a manually operated repeater.

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I know you are trying to describe a completely undesirable rifle but a .223 sks equivalent with reasonable accuracy, some modern niceties at a ~$500 price point would be just fine with me.

I mean it only exists in fantasy land and I'm probably the only possible buyer for it but still I would love that rifle.

NIGHTLORD40K said:

I think he was comparing it to the (equally hideous) M14 EBR-
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That's exactly what i was referring to, and "beauty is in the eye of the beholder and/or beer holder".