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Posted: 1/2/2024 5:18:19 AM EDT
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https://www.ar15.com/forums/Armory/Lucky-Gunner-mini-14-videos/52-540726/
Thread I posted with Lucky Gunner videos critical of Minis |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 5:24:28 AM EDT
[#2]
Admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery.
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Posted: 1/2/2024 5:29:25 AM EDT
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Good luck, but my experience was bad with two of them. Being a Garand and M14 guy there is no rifle I wanted to love more than the Mini 14.
Both of my rifles were the newer 5.56 “Tactical”‘models with the heavier barrel. The first was so bad in the accuracy department after a trip back for a warranty repair Ruger replaced it with a new one. The replacement rifle had both terrible accuracy and functioning problems. You are right, pancakes were a better choice. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 5:29:57 AM EDT
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I had one back when mags for it were impossible to find. I ended up getting a usa mag or some such that ejected the fired round and the one below it with every shot so it was a 30 round capacity, 15 shot mag.
I understand the allure. She looks nice but just spends your money and you get nothing out of it. If the accuracy was acceptable, I'd have one. Last test I was was around 6moa. That's shotgun territory. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 5:33:52 AM EDT
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Don't worry, Aimless. There have been a LOT of relapse threads on Arfcom lately.
You'll earn your chip yet! One day at a time!!! |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 5:36:59 AM EDT
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The only reason I think they are cool is because I loved watching A-Team as a teen. Yeah, those were AC556’s, but a Mini-14 variant nonetheless. I would never own one, but they are fun to look at because of the nostalgia.
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Posted: 1/2/2024 6:39:29 AM EDT
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Which one did you get?
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Posted: 1/2/2024 6:39:57 AM EDT
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Everyone loves Denny's. It's an American institution!
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Posted: 1/2/2024 6:42:54 AM EDT
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So l, did you get one? You should tapco it if so. For old times sake.
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Posted: 1/2/2024 7:05:10 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Which one did you get? Does it matter? You can take the lawyer out of New York, but you can't take New York out of the lawyer. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 7:17:02 AM EDT
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Thinking back to when you were a younger bird with tiny flippers, what tasted best, the red or the blue paint chips?
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Posted: 1/2/2024 7:20:47 AM EDT
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You finally have the freedom to buy any kind of gun you want, and this is what you do with it.
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Posted: 1/2/2024 7:22:26 AM EDT
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Great concept, but marginal execution is about how you summed it up years ago and I think that’s correct.
So much potential, but for years Ruger was content to produce and market a rifle that didn’t live up to expectations and one has to ask “why?” |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 8:12:45 AM EDT
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So you like shotguns…
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Posted: 1/2/2024 8:18:30 AM EDT
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Beats a boomerang in a tree.
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Posted: 1/2/2024 8:21:06 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Everyone loves Denny's. It's an American institution! I don't have to worry about getting shot at Waffle House. The last time I went to Denny's the African queens were trying to start a fight with their waitress. I'm pretty sure none of them had any money. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 8:24:43 AM EDT
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Ambien walrus?
Don't feel bad OP, I walked in for ammo and left with a Glock 48 and Sig P238. First Glock in 5 years, after I jumped on the M&P train. Oops happens. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 8:26:23 AM EDT
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Posted: 1/2/2024 8:31:18 AM EDT
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Gross
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Posted: 1/2/2024 8:31:43 AM EDT
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what kind of syrup for Mini 14 ?
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Posted: 1/2/2024 8:49:10 AM EDT
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I feel your pain, Aimless….since the late 1970s…
The Mini14, superficially at least, implies the M1 carbine—but in 5.56….and the wood & steel appeals to my Boomer expectation of a rifle—not “plastic fantastic” not “combat Tupperware,” nor even the “Mattel 16….” Yet it has never delivered, IME in at least 6 purchases. I still have one & a bunch of factory mags. It’s certainly reliable & seldom (if ever) has jammed, but it’s more AK accuracy than AR, so not that different from my M1 carbine. It’s like anything—there’s the expectation of what you hope & dream it will be—then there’s the reality of what it is, warts et al……but I always find myself with the HOPE “Ruger got it better one this one….” It also reminds me of how The Left thinks “Socialism will work THIS time…..” Ironic, no? Never cared for Denny’s though….I’ll skip eating before stopping there for chow. I always expect a cigarette butt in my scrambled eggs, based on the waitstaff in the 2 or 3 I’ve stopped at….not my thing. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 8:51:53 AM EDT
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The last time I owned a Mini-14 Bill Clinton was president.
Still have the Mini-30. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 8:56:07 AM EDT
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I bought a stainless GB folder model Mini14 years ago off of a guy that needed fast cash. $200 with 6 stainless Ruger mags.
During the Clinton Ban, I sold the Mini for $1200 with 1 mag. Sold the other 5 mags for $100 each. It was acrually a good shooting rifle. Started to send it off to Accuracy Speaks before I ended up selling it. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 8:56:13 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Which one did you get? |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 8:57:59 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: "Tactical" Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Which one did you get? Of course. The A-Team Signature Edition. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 8:59:28 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The last time I owned a Mini-14 Bill Clinton was president. Still have the Mini-30. I waited for 7 months for my order to come in. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 9:00:23 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I don't have to worry about getting shot at Waffle House. The last time I went to Denny's the African queens were trying to start a fight with their waitress. I'm pretty sure none of them had any money. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Everyone loves Denny's. It's an American institution! I don't have to worry about getting shot at Waffle House. The last time I went to Denny's the African queens were trying to start a fight with their waitress. I'm pretty sure none of them had any money. Really? Tons of folks get shot at Waffle House! This one. This dude killed 4. In the parking lot. Another one. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 9:00:26 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Of course. The A-Team Signature Edition. 
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Posted: 1/2/2024 9:00:54 AM EDT
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Posted: 1/2/2024 9:03:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Tapicol- FIFY |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 9:03:10 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: https://www.ar15.com/forums/Armory/Lucky-Gunner-mini-14-videos/52-540726/ Thread I posted with Lucky Gunner videos critical of Minis Have not seen that. Thanks. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 9:03:44 AM EDT
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Mini 14 vs. Dennys.
Living it up man. Living it up. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 9:04:50 AM EDT
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I bought one for $275 when I was 18
I put a CHOATE folding stock and A2 style flash suppressor on it got some reliable 30 round mags, hung it on the wall of my bedroom My Evil stepmother had a fit ran to my Dad bitching a fit My old man laughed I sold it when I joined the Army. I worried that CUNT would throw it in a dumpster …..I want it back for sentimental reasons   Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 9:04:52 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Really? Tons of folks get shot at Waffle House! This one. This dude killed 4. In the parking lot. Another one. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 9:07:11 AM EDT
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Just say you were high on pancakes at the time of ordering! And would like to cancel the order.
Arf needs a support forum 
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Posted: 1/2/2024 9:07:24 AM EDT
[#36]
Double tap
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Posted: 1/2/2024 9:09:06 AM EDT
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I wasn't ready
 Buy it and throw down the driveway.. because you can. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 9:09:31 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I used to see them travelling in the south and thought they were dangerous. I've never been in one. The closet one is in AZ 250+ miles Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Really? Tons of folks get shot at Waffle House! This one. This dude killed 4. In the parking lot. Another one. It wasn't too sketchy but I made sure I went there only during daylight hours. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 9:11:09 AM EDT
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Once you have all the Glocks and 1911's and AR's a mans true character is revealed in the stupid guns he buys.
Mini 14's, trade in 870's, old Smith wheel guns or 3rd gen autos and maybe the odd SKS, M1A or lever gun. All signs of a man's maturity and understanding that sometimes you just buy a stupid gun because you want it. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 9:21:11 AM EDT
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Imagine buying a crappy .223 for the same money a M1 Garand goes for.
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Posted: 1/2/2024 9:22:52 AM EDT
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I wish I had kept mine, it got sold 30 years ago to fund my first AR.
It just worked and had fair accuracy. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 9:36:04 AM EDT
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Quoted: heck I started a thread making fun of a guy with a mini last week. CoC #6 much? 
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Posted: 1/2/2024 9:39:10 AM EDT
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I probably had four or five including a Mini-30.
Main problem back then was lack of factory mags and accuracy. Can't imagine having nostalgia for an inferior tool... But that's just like my opinion man... |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 9:43:38 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Mini 14 vs. Dennys. Living it up man. Living it up. Good times. Good times. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 9:45:16 AM EDT
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You traded a Mini-30 AND a Remy 870 for a G19?
What else ya got? |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 9:48:37 AM EDT
[#46]
Glad I went to IHOP yesterday instead of Denny's and had French Toast instead of pancakes.
My gun safe is already stuffed. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 9:51:43 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Does it matter? You can take the lawyer out of New York, but you can't take New York out of the lawyer. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Which one did you get? Does it matter? You can take the lawyer out of New York, but you can't take New York out of the lawyer. Damn, maybe the commies are right. Humans can't be trusted with freedom.
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Posted: 1/2/2024 9:56:48 AM EDT
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The mini is a fine rifle.
One day I'm going to write a book, "my life in CA, how I learned to love the Mini 14"  Have you seen my videos?  Ruger Mini14 3-gun rifle match run and gun |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 9:57:49 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You finally have the freedom to buy any kind of gun you want, and this is what you do with it.  Attached File |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 9:59:00 AM EDT
[#50]
Am I looking at the price tags on those things correctly?
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