[Jed Eckert]

Another interesting variation of the Mini 14/AC-556. Select fire, so even if they were ever to become available on the surplus market the price would be ridiculous.

[TTFlyer]

Man I would love to have one of those!

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***And the guns are typically older than many of officers carrying them.***

I bought my first Ruger Mini-14 back in 1976 when they first came on the market. Suddenly they disappeared from the market and you could not find them anywhere. Later I found they were being sent to France. During some riot over there about thirty years ago, I noticed the TV news showed the police armed with them.

They came back on the American market in the mid 1980s.

[buwaya]

I noticed this being carried.
I was wondering how long it would take before an article appeared.
Its reasonably well known that Ruger supplied the French I think.
The recent “resurrected” guns item I found quite striking was the Brazilian police, having some bloody situation a couple of years ago, using ancient Madsen LMG’s.

[Jed Eckert]

Reading over the article again it appears these are semi-auto and not select fire. There might still be hope to get one someday. Already own a stainless Mini 14 & Mini 30.

[Daffynition]

They are not black. Not nearly scary enough.

[ozzymandus]

I saw them on the news and said, “French cops have Mini-14s?” Wow!

[Lurker]

One of the first rifles I bough was a Stainless Ranch Mini-14. We still have it.