[Shaka]

"As far as the Mini-14 goes, I rate it superior to the AR-15 in all ways. "

Are you nuts???? In ALL ways?? Yeah...please tell our military...they've made a terrible mistake in their weapons choices the past 30 years...I guess you've never fired an AR. Not to put the mini down...how do you equate....nevermind. (Poor man's AR)...nuff said.

[culpeper]

The good thing about mini's are they are all the same, very standardized and simple, so they are easy to clean and maintain. I've fired thousands of rounds out of mine with no problems except the few soft points that jammed. However with the AR's there are many manufacturers and some are clearly better than others, I've seen some that stovepiped alot. How would you rate the various manufacturers? Most of my acquaintances love Bushmasters with Armalites coming in second and Colts probably third. How do you rate them?