Timeline Photos Ruger Mini- 14
The Mini-14, Mini Thirty, and Mini-6.8 are small, lightweight
semi-automatic carbines manufactured by the U.S. firearms company Sturm,
Ruger. The Mini-14 non-target versions can fire both the .223 Remington
cartridge and the similar military 5.56x45mm cartridge.[1] The target
model Mini-14 rifles are chambered only for the .223 Remington
cartridge. The Mini Thirty uses the7.62×39mm and the Mini-6.8 fires 6.8
mm Remington SPC. Ruger offered a selective fire variant of the
Mini-14, the AC-556, to police and military customers. AC-556 models
have a slightly longer receiver (shared with early production "series
180" models) to allow for full automatic operation. These models are
available with features such as short barrels and bayonet lugs. The
Mini-14GB model is a semi-automatic variant for police and military use
with the additional factory options of a short barrel, folding
paratrooper stock, flash suppressor and a bayonet lug.[2] Design
Designed by L. James Sullivan[3] and William B. Ruger, the rifle
employs an investment cast, heat-treated receiver and a version of the
M1 rifle locking mechanism with a self-cleaning, fixed-piston gas
system. The Mini-14 product page[4] describes it as a "simple, rugged
Garand-style breechbolt locking system, with a fixed-piston gas system
and self-cleaning, moving gas cylinder.”[1][5] The rifle is available in
stainless or blued finish with hardwood, synthetic, or laminated stocks
and an 18.5-inch (470 mm) barrel. Target models are currently available
only in .223 Remington and are not chambered to fire the 5.56x45mm NATO
round. They feature a 22-inch (560 mm) heavy barrel and either a
laminated wood or Hogue overmolded synthetic stock.[6] Most Mini-14s
have a classic sporter appearance, in contrast to comparable autoloading
rifles such as the SKS and AR-15. However Ruger now offers some Mini-14
rifles in a black ATI adjustable folding stock with a pistol grip.
While the magazines of the Mini-14 resemble M16-style STANAG magazines,
the two designs are not interchangeable.
Production versions
Initial rifles were produced with a complex, exposed bolt hold open
device with no button for manual engagement. Stocks were somewhat
angular and heat shields were made of wood. These rifles, with serial
number prefixes before 181, were tooled and redesigned with a new stock,
new bolt hold-open mechanism, and other small changes. In 2003,
Ruger again overhauled the design and the production process to improve
accuracy and update the styling while at the same time reducing
production costs. The new models, marketed as Ranch Rifles, are based on
the previous Ranch models, with integral scope bases. In 2005, the new
ranch rifles carried serial numbers beginning with 580. These rifles are
sometimes referred to as 580 series ranch rifles. These new models use a
modified gas system designed to reduce barrel vibration, and new iron
sights. At an unspecified time in 2007 to 2008, Ruger added a
heavier tapered barrel to the Mini series. The heavier barrel had an
overall larger diameter with the barrel visibly becoming thicker in the
final inches as the barrel approaches the gas block from the muzzle.
These changes combined with tighter tolerances result in greater
potential accuracy.[5] The new mini-14 rifles are arguably capable of
shooting under 2 MOA (Minute of angle) accuracy. The "target model"
Mini-14 supposedly can shoot under 1 MOA.
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