Ruger Mini-14 Folding Stocks Back on the Market

[Martinjmpr]

I pity the fool who pays nearly $300 for a folding stock.

[Irving]

Folding stocks have been available for shotguns for quite a while.
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That's funny.

[Justin]

I pity the fool who pays nearly $300 for a folding stock.

If you're building a reproduction A-Team van, $300 for a show-correct stock for the rifles is going to be chump change.

[Zundfolge]

If you're building a reproduction A-Team van, $300 for a show-correct stock for the rifles is going to be chump change.

Yeah, good luck finding a 1981 Chevy G20 long wheelbase 3/4-ton van that isn't a beat to death, rusted out hulk.

[Bailey Guns]

It's an 85...but pretty good shape looks like with only 130k on the odo. Blackberry vines included, no extra charge. With all those bins inside it would make a perfect "Free Candy" van.

https://www.carsforsale.com/vehicle/details/64392739

[Martinjmpr]

Cool beans !

Had one of those on a stainless Mini in the mid 80’s. Now if they’d bring back the M-14 style flash suppressor/front sight combo again I’d think about accessorizing another Mini, but I would go Mini-30.

I don't think Ruger ever sold them with the M-14 style flash suppressor from the factory. I had one on mine but it was an aftermarket accessory I got at a gun show some time in the late 80's.

To my knowledge, the early generation (180 - 18X series) only came with three styles of sight:

1. The long single blade-type sight with no protective "ears" on most of the "civilian" Minis (the gun that George Peppard is holding in the photo above - the flash suppressor is an aftermarket add-on.)




2. The AC-556 (select fire Mini sold to law enforcement) and the Mini-14 GB (semi-auto only) had a small birdcage-type flash suppressor on the barrel tip with the front sight halfway down the barrel above an M-16 style bayonet lug.



3. The much shorter single-blade type front sight with protective "ears" but no flash suppressor on the "Ranch rifle."



I don't think the Mini-14 changed much after the introduction of the "Ranch Rifle" in the late 80's or early 90's until they completely revamped it with the 581 series in 2005 or so.

[Justin]

It's an 85...but pretty good shape looks like with only 130k on the odo. Blackberry vines included, no extra charge. With all those bins inside it would make a perfect "Free Candy" van.

https://www.carsforsale.com/vehicle/details/64392739

Just needs an LS swap, paint job, brush guard, and the A-Team toy box in the back.

Bam, done, and time for Cars and Coffee.

[SideShow Bob]

I don't think Ruger ever sold them with the M-14 style flash suppressor from the factory. I had one on mine but it was an aftermarket accessory I got at a gun show some time in the late 80's.

To my knowledge, the early generation (180 - 18X series) only came with three styles of sight:

1. The long single blade-type sight with no protective "ears" on most of the "civilian" Minis (the gun that George Peppard is holding in the photo above - the flash suppressor is an aftermarket add-on.)




2. The AC-556 (select fire Mini sold to law enforcement) and the Mini-14 GB (semi-auto only) had a small birdcage-type flash suppressor on the barrel tip with the front sight halfway down the barrel above an M-16 style bayonet lug.



3. The much shorter single-blade type front sight with protective "ears" but no flash suppressor on the "Ranch rifle."



I don't think the Mini-14 changed much after the introduction of the "Ranch Rifle" in the late 80's or early 90's until they completely revamped it with the 581 series in 2005 or so.

It was aftermarket, it replaced the front sight that was near the muzzle (first gen mini ?) & incorporated the protected front sight & long flash suppressor in one unit. It looked very similar to the M-14.

[Martinjmpr]

It was aftermarket, it replaced the front sight that was near the muzzle (first gen mini ?) & incorporated the protected front sight & long flash suppressor in one unit. It looked very similar to the M-14.

Yep, I had one on my (IIRC) 183-series Mini-14 as well. I think it might have even incorporated an M-14 bayonet lug but I'm not 100% sure. I sold the gun in 1996 and don't have any pictures.

[Not_A_Llama]

If they sold a 11.5” pistol version of the Mini and Samson did a brace version of the stock, I would consider buying a Mini-14, which is such a weird thing to say.