Mini 14 gb factory folder full#
Mini 14 gb factory folder plus#
Mini 14 gb factory folder series#

But the most common complaint I hear from Mini-14 haters is the magazine. Many bash the Mini-14 as a rifle that can only hit the side of a barn from the inside and that the ergos and layout sucks compared to an AR-15. You have a compact, lightweight, capable rifle chambered in 5.56x45mm that can withstands the rigorous of outdoor use in places like a airboat in the brackish humid swamps of Florida. Especially when it is combined with the factory folding stock. The Ruger Mini-14 GB is in my opinion the best variant of the rifle ever brought to market.

Mini 14 gb factory folder full#

Mine was made in December of 1989 and shipped out to the market in January 1990 with full production ending in 2003. Here is my personal stainless GB Model in a factory laminated stock with all stainless components. After that until production ceased in the mid 1990s they were sold only to law enforcement agencies. The stocks were only commercially sold to the public until 1989 when Bill Ruger pulled them from the civilian market as a response to the Cleveland School shooting in Stockton, California. They are getting very hard to find these days. Here my factory folder with all the proper hardware. In today's markets the folding stock actually costs as much as a current production Mini-14 due to popularity and rarity. A solid piece of design from a bygone era of wood and steel. The key accessory for the rifle, other than the rifle itself was the folding stock that was inspired for the AC556K. Ruger's main Mini for Law Enforcement sales. 300 BLK.īut the most sought after variant that is available in the US market is the Ruger Mini-14 GB.Ī semi-auto clone of the AC556. Other variants were target models with adjustable barrel weights that look like a suppressor to dampen harmonics and even odd chamberings like the 'Triple Deuce' (.222 Remington), along with more modern loadings like the 6.8 SPC and.

Mini 14 gb factory folder plus#

A standard Mini-14 made for the French National Police with a checkered walnut stock with rubber butt pad and different receiver markings plus a M1 Carbine style oiler/sling mount. Both came with a flash hider and the full-size model came with a bayonet lug also.Īdditionally, there was also the French contract Mousqueton AMD.

The AC556 is a standard 18 inch barreled Mini-14 with a giggle switch and the AC556K is the 13 inch barreled version. The Ruger AC556 and AC556K of course the regular Mini's full-auto cousin introduced to the market in 1978. There has been other, more interesting variants.

Mini 14 gb factory folder series#

Pre 580 Series Ranch Rifle w/ Butler Creek Folding Stock & replacement Tech Sight.īut between 1973 and the present time. The current production redesigned the rear sight to be solid and still give the shooter the ability to mount a scope. The original Mini-14 was a Iron Sight only rifle and the Ranch Rifle had a small folding rear sight that gave the shooter the option of mounting a scope. The two most common being the standard Mini-14 and the Ranch Rifle, which starting in 2005, was redesigned and the standard Mini-14 and Ranch Rifle became the same when the 580 Series came online. Since 1973, the Ruger Mini-14 has been in production in one variant or another.