On 10/18/14 11:31 AM, wrote:
On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 10:12:29 -0400, Poco Loco
wrote:

Was looking at rifles yesterday. I like the Ruger Mini-14 Ranch Rifle.
http://www.ruger.com/products/mini14...le/models.html

But, it's not in the works right yet. Might go on a Christmas list
though.

The only Mini 14 that ever even tempted me was a stainless ranch rifle
in selective fire.
It would have been a great investment at $800 (1983)




Did the selective model also have the skinny barrel of the Mini-14's of
that era? They sure had a rep for being incredibly inaccurate rifles
because of barrel flexing. I suppose when you were considering an auto
version accuracy didn't matter much if you were just spraying out rounds.

The barrel was redesigned in this century and made stiffer, but the
accuracy reviews on the new models are mixed, and there is quite a
market of "accurizing" pieces and parts and gunsmiths who work on the
"minis."

I've fired a couple of Mini-14's and one Mini-30 and was thinking of
buying one until I decided to get an AR-15. I liked the rifle, though I
thought at the time it was heavy at 7 pounds empty. But my AR-15 weighs
7.3 pounds according to my postal scale with a 10-round mag. Maybe the
balance was different.

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