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Alex[_15_]

Keyser Soze wrote:
On 8/21/18 11:00 AM, wrote:
On Tue, 21 Aug 2018 06:27:49 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Aug 2018 20:59:30 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

On 8/20/18 7:37 PM, Alex wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 8/18/18 11:22 PM, Alex wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 8/18/18 8:03 PM, Alex wrote:
My latest is a new old stock Ruger Mini Thirty chambered in
7.62 X
39mm. It has a stainless steel 18-1/2" barrel and a "tree bark"
laminate stock. Manufactured in 1991 when the Mini Thirty was
first
introduced,
it was never a catalog item and didn't appear on their dealer
price
sheets. It will remain unfired in my collection.

The Mini 30 was introduced in 1986 and went into production in
1987.
Don't know anything about your TBZ stock.

Sorry. 1991 was when the stainless Mini Thirty was introduced. I
should have been more specific. If by TBZ stock you mean the "tree
bark" laminate you won't find it in your Google searches. That's
why
it's a collectors item. It's a 27 year-old brand new firearm that
was never offered to their distributors.

Wowser. Actually, I didn't have to google it. I spent some time
researching the "mini" series before and after I bought my Mini-14.
So, you have an old, unused Mini-30 on a stock Ruger sourced. I'm
sure
it has value...to you.

Ruger makes all of their own wood stocks. It's rather impressive
to watch.

No, Ruger does not make *all* its own wood stocks. I have a new wood
stock for a Mini-14 that is "100% Ruger" but was made by an outside
contractor.

Then it wasn't one of Ruger's *own* wooden stocks, dummy. It was an
outside contractor's wooden
stock. Wake up.

"100% Ruger" Except the parts that aren't huh?
It reminds me of the Vita top muffins my wife buys that say they are
"76% Organic". I guess the other 24% is sawdust and pesticides.

The wood stock I have came off of a brand-new, out-of-the-box Ruger
Mini-14. The stock was not made by Ruger. Ruger may manufacture some
of the wood stocks it puts on its rifles, but it does not manufacture
all of them. Period.

Who made it? What's the serial number?