Posted May 24, 2018 9:00 pm by Comments

By Mike Searson

Ruger's Tactical Mini-14
Ruger’s Tactical Mini-14

U.S.A.-(Ammoland.com)- We have had a love/hate relationship with the Ruger Mini-14 since we first became aware of them back in the 1980s. Like a typical kid growing up in New York City at the time, my first exposure to the Mini-14 was watching the A-Team when I was in the 8th grade. I always liked their look and who wouldn’t? It was basically a scaled-down M14 and Ruger used to offer them with a metal folding stock.

Mini-14/30 Folding Stock Style Rifle

I have owned two over the years and thus the nature for the “hate”. Despite placing optics on them, they never came close to an AR in the accuracy department. Magazines made by the aftermarket companies were less reliable and more expensive than their AR counterparts and it just seemed as if you had to pour more money into them to get them to run the way you wanted them.

Until now, that is!

Well actually until a few years ago (2005) when Ruger basically overhauled the Mini-14‘s shortcomings.

The Mini-14 piqued our curiosity when we started seeing their prices inch higher than comparable ARs and knowing Ruger’s marketing and sales strategies led us to believe …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand

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