To: archy
What are the chances that this Mini-14 is actually fully automatic (and therefore a "machine gun")?
12 posted on
06/30/2003 11:27:50 AM PDT by
spodefly
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To: spodefly
Check this out:
AC-556 Don't tell the ninja-goons at the ATF, but I can get my Mini-14 to empty a 30-round mag in about two seconds, from the shoulder, by simply using a variation of the tried-and-true "belt-loop" trick. Always good for effect, allowing for an adequate backstop.
15 posted on
06/30/2003 11:33:06 AM PDT by
Joe Brower
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To: spodefly
What are the chances that this Mini-14 is actually fully automatic (and therefore a "machine gun")? If it's a Ruger AC-556, the chances are very good, particularly if the *juveniles not identified due to their tender ages* are sons of a local cop or former cop. But I'm aware of at least one Title II dealer in Montana, and I'd be much more inclined to bet that a Montana sheriff's department and newspaper would get it right than their corresponding counterparts in New York or Los Angeles.
The full-auto Ruger AC-556 version of the Mini-14 goes for around $6000 from one NFA dealer in Maine I'm aware of, pricey, but not as steep as a more collectable early Thompson.
-archy-/-
16 posted on
06/30/2003 11:47:03 AM PDT by
archy
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To: spodefly
The chance of a Mini-14 being a full auto are somewhere between slim and none; and Slim saddled up and rode out of town yesterday.
That's assuming it was in "as manufactured condition", not modified.
60 posted on
06/30/2003 3:17:44 PM PDT by
GladesGuru
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