Mini 14 beats an AR15 any day

[HoneyBadger]

When I was building my very first AR, I "dry fired" the lower by itself hundreds of times before I read that it was potentially damaging. Never broke anything. Still shoot that lower the most. Probably has 2000+rds through it after the separated "dry firing".

never owned or shot a mini 14. Never wanted to.

[Bailey Guns]

I'm of the opinion the older Mini-14s got a bad accuracy rep from the very course front sight blade. At 100 yards the blade will almost completely obscure a regular-sized silhouette target. I had an older Ranch Rifle that would group about 6 or 8 inches at 100 yds with the irons...but scoped it would group around 1 or 2 inches with the same ammo.

I still have two (that I NEVER shoot)...an older, late 70s vintage GB model and a new (never fired) "LE" model. I keep 'em around now for sentimental reasons.

[Mazin]

This thread reminds me that I Miss the "Your Gun is Poop thread", so I bumped it

IMHO the Mini 14 was one of the very few flops that Ruger has produced.

[osok-308]

Mini 14 and mosin nagant...the only 2 rifles I need.

Yes on the mosin, no on the mini.

There's a reason the AR-15 has been in front line service with the U.S. Armed Forces for over 50 years, there's a reason the Marine Corps ditched the M-14 platform as a DMR platform and went with the MK-12 and M-110.

Beautifully said. Eugene Stoner's design has lasted the test of time.

[hollohas]

Now if Ark Tactical still has the AR556 by Ruger in stock, what do you al think of that AR?

He had a couple last week.

[osok-308]

It's also not a good sign for the mini 14 that Ruger started making ARs. If even Ruger is jumping on the bandwagon, that can't be a good sign for the mini...

[CapLock]

Like Stag lefty I sold my mini when I got into ARs. Never did miss it.
As to indoor vs outdoor. My great grandfather was sickened when he first heard of indoor plumbing. Said it would be over his dead body before anyone took a shit in his house. LoL

[Aloha_Shooter]

IMHO the Mini 14 was one of the very few flops that Ruger has produced.

I wouldn't go that far. The Mini-14 was (and continues to be) a commercial success. It has been popular as a general utility gun. I just wouldn't say it "beats an AR-15 any day" as the OP did. Stupid regressive liberals (I'm sorry, that's double redundant) will certainly be more alarmed at the appearance of a cheap tacticool AR than a Mini-14 ranch model. As much as they like to say "you can't judge a book by its cover," they do that constantly so if your objective is to be armed with considerable firepower without inducing panic attacks and knee jerk pants-wetting, the Mini-14 is a safer bet than an AR. I kind of like seeing liberals wet their pants or bark mindlessly so I prefer the AR.

[BPTactical]

Again, the ONLY reason the Mini series of Ruger rifles stayed in production was Ruger essentially gave them away to LE agencies.

[Joe_K]

I encountered a guy at the rifle range one day that was shooting a Mini 14 and preaching the gospel during target changes to all that would listen that AR-15's were junk, couldn't be depended on when SHTF, and that the Mini was the way to go, when pressed for why he had chosen the Mini 14 as his "ultimate survival rifle" and after pointing out that no Military of substance has ever issued them, that few LE agencies still carried them, that mags were twice the cost of PMAGS, and that his rifle could only hope to shoot 2-3 MOA- he replied that he just didn't like the AR-15 and that his Mini 14 worked and he saw no real reason to switch.

I tend to view such folks as the Amish of the shooting community, yes a horse and buggy still works as a daily commuter, but even Ezekiel Schmidt wishes he had an F-150.

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