About time. Too bad they never did much with the Mini 14
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Ruger is in the AR game...
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Re: Ruger is in the AR game...
Love your avatar, that's classic.Flesh Thorn wrote:About time. Too bad they never did much with the Mini 14
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Always liked Ruger, more for sentimental reasons than practical. Seemed I always had one at some key point in lfe.
I was in 2d Bn in 1976, our medic collected Rugers & that was the time to do so as Ruger was marking every item produced during that Bicentennial year with the "liberty mark"; "Made in the 200th year of American liberty".
He was trying to get at least one of every firearm they made with the liberty mark on it. Mini-14s were still pretty new then.
I wonder what the value of his collection would be today?
Mini-14 made for a good police weapon, the RUC replaced their .30 carbines with it & the Bermuda Regiment dumped the FN FAL for Mini-14s. I replaced an empty space in my closet with a couple over the years too.
With the price of 5.56 these days, it is well that I've moved along.
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Re: Ruger is in the AR game...
Huh. Interesting. I was issued a mini 14 but always preferred the ar because of muscle memory. They were plagued with being inaccurate. A buddy of mine had one that you could wobble the rear site back and forth.Flesh Thorn wrote:About time. Too bad they never did much with the Mini 14
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It will be interesting to see how this one turns out.
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Ruger actually sells the 20 and 30 round factory magazines now.
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Re: Ruger is in the AR game...
Agreed, pushes all my buttons, tempting to pick it up based on looks alone (well, that and previous history with the assorted rugers I've known and loved).Zonk 1/75 wrote:Nice looking rig on the link...........
Scarey, that post and my reply could be about women..
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Re: Ruger is in the AR game...
$1,995.00 You fucking kidding me????? A brother can buy some fine shit for a WHOLE lot less.
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Re: Ruger is in the AR game...
+1 to that Ranger Rock Island Ranger. $2K is approaching a complete LaRue, Noveske, etc.Rock Island Ranger wrote:$1,995.00 You fucking kidding me????? A brother can buy some fine shit for a WHOLE lot less.
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Re: Ruger is in the AR game...
Whoops. I was talking about the new Mini-14s, not the AR.K.Ingraham wrote:Agreed, pushes all my buttons, tempting to pick it up based on looks alone (well, that and previous history with the assorted rugers I've known and loved).Zonk 1/75 wrote:Nice looking rig on the link...........
Scarey, that post and my reply could be about women..
"attention to detail Ranger"...pushin'...
(or maybe I will when I get my butt off the couch)
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Re: Ruger is in the AR game...
Hey, the Mini-14 was good enough for the A-Team.Flesh Thorn wrote:About time. Too bad they never did much with the Mini 14
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