Discussions can go on almost forever with the die hard AR’s and Mini-14 folks. For the Mini-14 fans here are 8 reasons why its better than the AR15.Posted on 02/23/2018 5:13:57 AM PST by w1n1
Discussions can go on almost forever with the die hard AR’s and Mini-14 folks. For the Mini-14 fans here are 8 reasons why its better than the AR15.
Mini30 is better
Then again, save money and get a LRB M14 (say no to SA M1A, they are traitors)
No AR15 has a cold hammer forged barrel?
Ruger makes very high quality products. Much better choice than a AR.
I like the mini in all stainless. Plus you get the added bonus of not having to guess if you punched the same hole in your paper target twice. You may have missed the target completely, but it’s easier to count the number if hits when the grouping is spread out like that.
Brass is easier to find for the mini-14 if you’re a handloader. The obvious solution is to have both. But don’t try to explain it to your wife.
Thats a right handed target, correct?
LOL — exactly what I was thinking! “Do they make this in a left-hand version?”
I agree. The Ruger Mini 14 is a better gun than the CAR-15. But if both were select fire weapons, the AR-15 would win hard down if it has a hardened, tempered barrel.
In Cabada the CAR-15 has been moved to the “restricted firearm”classification, simply for the reason it is now “politically incorrect” , since it has been summarily decided by “regulation” ( not law) that it’s design purpose is to kill human beings in large numbers. This is patently not factual, but none the less , the Cnadfian Giovernment and provincial fire-arms officers have foisted this new regulation on the Canadian Public.
If you want to see a draconian firearms system, just look at how canada continues to follow a policy of whitlingdown the so called priveleges of an ordinary citizen to posses and use firearms.
Why , do you ask?
Because both provincial and federal governments are run by social elites who are deeply fearful of the people themselves, and so they have a continuous campaign of propaganda and fear mongering when it comes to private citizen firearms use.
Its so bad in Canada that off duty police officers in most jurisdictions in Canada are not allowed to conceal carry a handgun. So if there is a public attack, the right of self defense to deadly force cannot be reasonably exercised.Secondly the training for such self defense is very, very difficult to organize in Canada. Many Canadians travel to the USA to get it.
So if you want to take a look where these leftists in the USA want the 2nd amendment to go, look no further than Canada. Its actually a lefty government created administrative , costly nightmare to own a “restricted weapon” in Canada.They make permitting process hard on purpose so that only the most dedicated people with enough money can run the administrative gauntlet every 6 years to renew one’s restricted firearms permit.They under serve the course demand, for example, forcing ones permits to expire.
That’s what the left wants for the USA. Avoid it at all costs.
My concern is that the Mini -14 will be the next “assault weapon” to be vilified as politically incorrect. Soon private ownership of the CAR-15 will likely be toast.
But then we all can buy beautiful stainless mini-14s to make sure that self defense skills can be learned and passed on by ordinary citizens so that the right of self defense can remain alive.
I think that the AR is way more badass looking. Scares people easier than does the Ruger.
I love both - AND the Mini-Thirty.........too bad they fell out of the canoe into the river years ago........
Remember a great article surveying combat veterans on their opinions on the AR-15 vs. the Mini-14.
For urban warfare, the winner was the Mini-14. For all the reasons stated here.
For warfare where targets were over 25 yards - the winner was the AR-15 for the obvious reason - accuracy.
They both use the same brass.
The Mini-14 shoots .223/5.56. How is it easier to find? Does the Mini-14 not sling the brass as far as an AR does?
“gast piston” - is that some proprietary Ruger technology?
If you’re a handloader, you should be able to clip a turn off of the ejector spring to keep brass from flying too far. (From hearing ohers tell it. I’m afraid of guns)
I was responding to the mini-14 vs. mini-30 post. They don’t shoot the same caliber.
He was comparing it to the mini-30 which is 7.62x39.
I purchased my mini-14 in 1975 for $299.
It still looks like new. It’s worth considerably more now than when purchased.
It was a good investment that has undergone lots increase in value.
The Mini 14 got a bad reputation here as the firearm that Ghamil Garbi (aka Marc Lepine) used to commit his rampage at Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal in 1989.
What anti gunners won’t tell you is that Gharbi stabbed one or two of his victims to death after the gun apparently jammed and that the Montreal city coroner determined that poor police response time was the major factor as to why Gharbi achieved the death toll that he did. Police did not enter the computer science building until some ten minutes after Gharbi had taken his own life and thirty minutes after he began shooting (the Montreal 911 centre did not give accurate address information to police). Gharbi would likely have killed many even with a single shot rifle or shotgun.
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