Is The Ruger Mini 14 Obsolete?

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Komentáře • 42

  • @TACNERD1
    @TACNERD1 Před 27 dny +18

    Not sure but I do know that it would be a lot less "obsolete" if they weren't so dam expensive.

    • @sbfguy7793
      @sbfguy7793 Před 23 dny

      Precisely

    • @tbjtbj4786
      @tbjtbj4786 Před 20 dny

      Exactly. They were ok when they toped out around 400 new 250-300 used

  • @paulkopacz5051
    @paulkopacz5051 Před 27 dny +7

    Obsolete does not mean ineffective. It's the rifleman that counts.

    • @theblindsniper9130
      @theblindsniper9130  Před 27 dny +2

      Correct, 44 cal round ball still does today what it did 300 years ago

  • @kfsrmn
    @kfsrmn Před 26 dny +4

    I am calling BS. Blind is right. You are comparing an older 180 series rifle. Look at the newer 580 series rifles. Most of the issues you are listing have been addressed and have been for years. The big plus is the piston which means the rifle runs a lot cleaner. Night gear, red dots and scopes are very mountable. It was quite easy to mount pic rails on my plastic stock and my barrel is threaded. There are several forward rails available that replace the front cover. Mine is carrying a 1-4x24 illuminated LPVO. on Ruger rings that fit the built in Ruger mounts. The newer Minni's come with an accessory over action pic rail. I also have an AR and the main difference is ergonomics. For many the AR is more useable because of the adjustable stock. My wife is small and can shoot an AR while she can't shoot a Minni because of the LOP.

  • @Irishshootingchannel
    @Irishshootingchannel Před 27 dny +8

    Still one of my favourite gats. The one great thing about the mini14 is what it's not. It's not a scary black rifle so even in a place as firearm illiterate, like where I live, old biddy's don't lose their sh1t because they see someone putting a rifle into the boot (trunk) of their car.

    • @waynehendrix4806
      @waynehendrix4806 Před 27 dny +1

      And it's almost like it winks at you as it moves by.

    • @cajun5957
      @cajun5957 Před 7 dny

      Just one question I have several black rifle and as of four or so weeks ago I own a mini14. But not one of these black rifles or shotguns has scared me from day one of ownership nor did they scare any of my friends so just what constitutes a scary gun?

  • @ethanbumpus9580
    @ethanbumpus9580 Před 27 dny +5

    IMO there has been so such thing as an obsolete firearm since before the 1890s.

    • @theblindsniper9130
      @theblindsniper9130  Před 27 dny +4

      One would argue many firearms from the 1860s and onward are still quite serviceable

  • @thegrandinquisitor8239
    @thegrandinquisitor8239 Před 26 dny +1

    By the standards you laid out in this video, several firearms are obsolete.
    The Beretta 92fs
    The M16
    The AK47 & 74
    The M1 Carbine
    The M14/M1A
    The M60
    The Browning Hi-Power
    Any non semi-auto shotgun
    The Mini-14 isn't obsolete. The word you were looking for is Inferior. It certainly is Inferior to a modern AR-15. However, if the Mini-14 had been adopted by the military we would probably have seen several improvements made to it over a 60 year service life along with everyone with a cnc machine making the Mini-14 the same way they do ARs today.

  • @bufordshull2554
    @bufordshull2554 Před 26 dny +1

    You are wrong on the mini ,I have run different red dots for 30 years never had ejection problems, or debris problems or trouble loading a magazine.

  • @thegrandinquisitor8239
    @thegrandinquisitor8239 Před 26 dny +4

    The mags that would work in both the Mini-14 and AR-15 were made by Ramline and haven't been produced since the 80's.
    It's a shame Ruger and Magpul won't get together and make mags for the Mini.

  • @Se7enBeatleofDoom
    @Se7enBeatleofDoom Před 24 dny

    The A-Team standard issue rifle is always relevant.

    • @tbjtbj4786
      @tbjtbj4786 Před 20 dny

      😂 yea just remember they never shot any one

  • @charlesgillette2925
    @charlesgillette2925 Před 27 dny +1

    Some like it some not so much. I say run what you like.

  • @tbjtbj4786
    @tbjtbj4786 Před 20 dny +1

    The min-14 has the ability to attach stuff to it just like tge a1 and a2 had. Its called black tape. It worked. Was it the best no. But it worked.
    But hell my main use ar doesn't have a rail on it . And i dont want one.

  • @chrislang5659
    @chrislang5659 Před 27 dny +1

    Nope, the Mini14 will never be "obsolete" Same caliber, same capacity, same ability for optics, you may have to try harder but same! I enjoy the recoil impulse more than the AR. I think it's my favorite centerfire, with the only issue being a slight difference in accuracy, and it's really not much!

  • @scottgraham1153
    @scottgraham1153 Před 27 dny +1

    I have a Mini 14 Ruger Ranch (2009) I like to convert it back and forth from Factory stock to My Samson A-team stock. But with that said I think it's still viable for states that can't own An AR15 or an Ak. You can add a scout pic rail for optics and a light. It's a great rifle for what it is. It's not my first choice for war. But as far as protecting your home are a vermin/hunting rifle I think it does great.

    • @scottgraham1153
      @scottgraham1153 Před 27 dny

      Yeah they do make adapters you can put on them to help with accuracy, but that’s why I bought a newer version

  • @tonyrafaelviamonte2114
    @tonyrafaelviamonte2114 Před 20 dny +1

    Para mi el mini ruger es una de las mejores piezas de igenieria armamemtistica que el mundo ha visto❤
    Saludos desde Argentina🇦🇷

  • @michaelpietroburgo4980
    @michaelpietroburgo4980 Před 27 dny +1

    The ranch model and i think all of the post Bill Ruger death models have Ruger’s Proprietary scope mounts. I think the new ones ship with a set or rings. Warne makes scope rings for Rugers.

    • @kypparmstrong2775
      @kypparmstrong2775 Před 27 dny

      Not to be the English police but Rings is what you mount a scope in, Wring is what you do to wet socks 😉.

    • @michaelpietroburgo4980
      @michaelpietroburgo4980 Před 20 dny +1

      @@kypparmstrong2775 fixed in the immortal words of Ralph Wiggum “Me flunk Engrish that umpossible!”

  • @OldManMontgomery
    @OldManMontgomery Před 27 dny

    The Mini 14 may or may not be 'obsolete' in the strict sense, but it is somewhat 'out of style'. It doesn't have a separate hand grip (like the AR series) and it looks like an 'old fashioned' rifle with a wood stock.
    I'm not crazy out them due to the rather wimpy cartridge.

  • @toddbegin3690
    @toddbegin3690 Před 22 dny

    This is not a apple to apple review. The 580 series is more accurate, easy to mount a lpvo. Rails are available for weapon lights , IR lasers and etc. To be fair AR’s are way easier when it comes IR lasers. In many ways mini’s are as flexible as AK’s.

    • @theblindsniper9130
      @theblindsniper9130  Před 22 dny

      The exposed bolt and gaping hole behind the receiver are what really throws me off

    • @J.Huff76
      @J.Huff76 Před 20 dny +2

      @@theblindsniper9130 But yet the same system was used in WWII, Korean War, Vietnam, Rhodesian Bush Wars, two Oil wars, and the Paris Terrorist attacks. But when the M16 was introduced in the Vietnam war... well, I think we all know how that went. Your fear makes you look ignorant.

  • @waynehendrix4806
    @waynehendrix4806 Před 27 dny +1

    Everybody talks down the Mini, until it falls off their boat. Must be really bad I guess. 1-2 moa without stoppages is not acceptable?
    Optics?? Get a ranch. With a normal mount, I never saw a failure to throw brass out, and clear. I think a lot of detractors arguments are straw men. (straw men on fire)
    Please consider the no rail argument. What rail do you have on an M2 Ar? Hearing "they have an adapter, leatherwood, etc. doesn't sound like an stock available solution either. Thanks for considering these arguments. Light reticle scope and lights happen easily on a ranch mini. Too bad about the boating thing.

    • @tbjtbj4786
      @tbjtbj4786 Před 20 dny +1

      The problem was not the ones 2-4 moa. The problem was every once in awhile you would get one that was 8-20 moa.
      And you never knew what one it was until it was bought.
      I have seen them that officer could not qualify with. And the instructor could not qualify with.
      Put in a old ransomrest it could not reliably hit a b56 police qualifying target. Thats the problem with the old ones.
      Because they get sold and around and around that one goes.

  • @jasonjones8183
    @jasonjones8183 Před 27 dny

    Obsolete would mean that it had a standing to begin with. It has never been anything but the little sister of America's last battle rifle. .223/ 5.56 was Europe's round not America's. Thanks NATO.

  • @TARandFEATHERS
    @TARandFEATHERS Před 27 dny

    I love and have almost bought a Mini14 "mini" times, but it not using AR mags aways stopped me. Why Ruger never switched I don't understand. People can slur the Mini14 and the M14 all they want, but I'd go to battle with either.
    RockOn.StayFree.