12/10/2023 0 Comments Ruger gb factory folder mini 14![]() ![]() It really is too much fun to walk through the woods shooting, taking off hand pot shots at dirt clods and pine cones. It is truly an M1 Carbine with a hard on, especially shooting MK262 Mod1 77 grainers. This Mini has replaced the M1 Carbine as my house weapon and favorite long gun. That's one reason I settled with the new 582 series, that has additional benefits of consistent accuracy because of the new sights and heavier barrel. I even fired an AC556K full-auto Mini with a short barrel and a folding stock at a rangemaster school one time. With the post and wing front sight, they are more accurate than the early Minis with the mile high, unprotected front sight. I REALLY love the GBs, (wish I had yours) but in California, they are a felony because of the flash hider. I just alway wished they had a little more thump. I even carried an M1 carbine as my trunk weapon much of my LEO career, and had used it as my primary home and farm weapon. ![]() My Postal Inspector cousin's M1 carbine (he used asa truck weapon in the 70ds, 80s, and 90s) was the first centerfire rifle I ever fired at about 10 years old. The M1 Carbine has been my favorite long arm since I was a tiny kid, since my dad talked about using one on Iwo Jima. I added a wood handguard (like they used to have) to loose the lawyer designed fiberglass monstrosity Ruger now uses. I love my M1 Carbine with a hard on! I shoot MK262 Mod1 77 grain ammo, and it still thumps at 300 yards with almost 900 ft lbs ME. It shoots 2 - 2.5 MOA with irons, and doesn't wander zero anymore like the whippy barreled ones did. M1 carbine/AR15 style post and wing front sight, sturdy ghost ring rear, heavier stepped and tapered barrel (same diameter as the mini-30 barrel). I sold them because I loved the idea, but was disappointed in the execution of the idea. I had a 180 series, and a 185 series, and the were both cold bore weapons, with terrible sights. As a teen back in 1976, my father bought one and now, Mini-14s bring me back to the good old days.Nice weapon! I am a BIG Mini fan. I know that the Mini-14 are not the greatest rifle out there, but I've always liked them and they're fast shooting and handle well. All I can say is that if you find either a Mini-14 rifle with a folding stock or just the stock at a good price, jump on it since they're not getting any cheaper. I have two of the original folding (stainless steel) stock standard rifles that I picked up over the last couple of years at decent prices, just to have on hand as trading material down the road. "I" like the looks and feel of the original folding stocks and I too wish Ruger would sell them again, if they were true to the original specs and not all dicked up with some funky rail system or AR/M4 stock like on their current plastic folders. I'm sure if somebody would ever offer them again, some will start to complain that it doesn't have accessory rails all over it or its just too heavy. ![]() ![]() Also, a member was thinking about doing a reproduction run of these stocks, but due to the cost, the project fell apart. This has been brought up several times here and the chances of Ruger reintroducing a true copy is slim to freak'n zero. ![]()
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