I have shot many thousands of rounds through both.
The advantage the AR plat form has is it is just a lot more popular. As it is use my the military and a lot of police agency’s.
I like the mini 14 better.
“The advantage the AR plat form has is it is just a lot more popular. As it is use my the military and a lot of police agency’s.”
It’s the only advantage, the ability to share and swap mags.
And it’s a very substantial one.
Old Boy is rocking a 580 series Mini with Tech Sights. Ruger almost completely remade the rifle when they started producing rifles with serial numbers starting with 580. Same action, tighter tolerances, and a thicker, tapered barrel. Hucks brass into the next county. They’re pricey, but the newer models can hold their own.
I love my ARs, but there’s still just something about the Mini I truly adore. Also, it should be of note that L. James “Jim” Sullivan was the man who helped Bill Ruger scale down & simplfy the M-14 to make the Mini-14; Sullivan had previously worked with Eugene Stoner to scale the AR-10 down into the AR-15.
What is the total at 50 cents a round?
It’s one of the stupid realities of gun control in NYS that the AR 15 is illegal while the Mini 14 is legal.