I'm upvoting bc it tells you the minimum you need to know in 150 seconds, with good production. If I want to learn all the finer points, I'll watch a 15 min video with lots of commentary. I just want a quick refresher.
Great rifles, love mine immensely ... I have the Mini-14 Tactical with wood stock and the barrel has the flash hider which is a nice feature. Nice to see a simple video for people, nice job.
I've bent brass punches trying to remove the trigger group from my rifle. Maybe my punches are soft and/or my rifle is stiff in that area, but I found that a thick screwdriver worked just fine
Wish there was someone reproducing the wood barrel cover as seen in early production Mini-14’s. Personally, the only Mini-14 I’m attracted towards is the GB variant which I managed to find in a pawn shop (185 series) that was a former Texas DPS gun. Guess I prefer rifles that resemble ‘battle rifles’.
Not bragging here . I've shot thousands of rounds with my '90's vintage Ranch Rifle with out doing any take down whatsoever, just a drop of oil here and there and a brush down the barrel . So I think it's time for good cleaning .
That’s one of the beauties of the Mini-14 compared to other more tactical looking rifles, the area to clean is minimal, easy to get to and done quickly with just a rag and lubricants.
I can't help but think it would be awesome if Ruger scaled this up as an affordable alternative to the M1a or the FNAR, as a traditional layout solid semi auto in a full power cartridge. And because the mini uses a simplified shorter gas system, and built in slots for rings or a rail, it could lend itself to very handy alternative to an AR pistol. If an alternative trigger group was produced that moves a pistol grip closer to the magwell, then it could have even better ergonomics in a pistol grip stick than it does now... all while sporting its legendary ruggedness, and maintenence free operation.
@@grbenson8989 yes i know... it's not a battle rifle cartridge. I'm talking about a simplified redesigned m14. The mini14 is in many ways a simplified smaller m14, hence the term mini-14. So it would stand to reason the same cost saving design principles should work on another redesign to scale it back up to a battle rifle... why? Because the m1a has certainly advantages vs other battle rifles, mainly how it interacts with the stock/magazine/gas system, it has a very compact set-up for what it does. But the mini has an even shorter gas system. That means the action could be installed in a pistol or sbr style chassis and you'd have something smaller than an ar10 pistol, and far cheaper than a scar 17 sbr, or an XCR-M. A redesigned trigger pack, designed just for pistol grip chasis, and you can move the entire point if balance 1.5 inches closer to the right hand, while moving the point of balance further back due to the mini's gas system change. Rugers minis also have a great receiver top mount "ruger rings" scope mount system, that's both light, and strong. I don't think ruger has much of an incentive to do this though.
@@ravissary79 Yep. Understood. You had a pretty involved 'ask' and I gave a very simplistic answer that didn't really address what you're angling for. I too would love to see the Mini-xx system scaled into a battle rifle. Particularly because, as you note, the M1A has a lot of benefits as a battle rifle, but it's pricey and, when compared with the Mini-xx system, complicated. Also agree that Ruger has little-to-no incentive to do this. Unfortunately.
@@grbenson8989 I'm not a machinist, but wonder if I should learn really basic fabrication so I can machine or have-machined a simple block that can fit tightly into the lock-up slots, but can hold an ar15 trigger pack at the correct orientation so that it can cycle and strike an m1a or mini14 style pin/bolt setup... which moves the trigger forward, abd just include a threaded wedge for ar grips, and the balance issues that m1a-pistol grip stocks for cqb work can be resolved. In actuality... these are smallish fixes. Ideally you could redesign the entire bolt/barrel relationship to emulate an ar10 style setup, which eliminates the need for a steel receiver, and can drive down cost on bolts and barrels in the aftermarket and make barrelswaps something the regular guy can do... maybe even save weight on the receiver. The reasons it might not work I'd that the ar10 style barrel nut might make the workspace around the receiver/oprod, spring guide a little too crowded. And if upscaled to compensate, the dimensional and weight benefits of the design might disappear in a puff of poor planning... So maybe that's the bridge too far 🤔
Is it true that the rings we put on a mini 14 have to come from Ruger? I'm looking to get a used mini 14 and I'm told that it is the case. Now I don't know if the guy is trying to get more for his overall package, but I already have rings since I have my own scope. Thanks for answering this!
For the record the manual isn't very helpful at all compared to even 5% of this video. Only thing manual was firm on I didn't see elsewhere was magazine meant to be inserted into an open bolt
Put the safety on and stick a screwdriver in the little hole that is facing the butt end of the rifle. The trigger guard flexes a little it snaps into and out of position.
@@TexasNationalist1836 same rotating bolt action with long piston. Uses a magazine vs an embloc clip. Ok it’s more like an “improved Garand action” which is exactly what the m14 was-a box magazine fed Garand.
