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Yep, I stumbled across someone that wants to sell a 1976 made "180 Series" Ruger Mini-14 in almost new condition. He has six 20rd Ruger factory mags to sell with it.
The rifle says "Made in the 200th year of American Freedom" on the side of the receiver and wears a really nicely grained walnut stock. Bluing is about 98% and the bore is pristine. It has a wooden upper foreend stock...not the black plastic part you normally see on Mini-14s.
The guy will take 475 bucks for it...no less...and yes..I tried.
So...this sure seems MUCH better made than the newer Mini-14s I have seen and beat the pants off Dad's Ranch Rifle..are the earlier Mini-14s better guns than the later ones?
Are these "bicentennial" marked Mini-14s rare or colectable?
At this price, I am tempted. It would make a nice casual ranch plinker or ATV gun and since I would not scope it anyways, the fact that it only has provisions for iron sights does not bother me at all. I know they're not target rifles, but I am betting it will hit "minute of varmint" at 100yds or less and thats all I'd want it for anyways.
(I have a tricked out 22-250 boltgun for longrange accurate smallbore shooting...so this does not have to fit that role)
So...anyone out there know about these early Mini-14s? This one sure looks nice. With Obama coming...another hi-cap rifle like this might not be a bad buy, eh?
Thanks in advance for the advice/opinions.
- brickboy240
The rifle says "Made in the 200th year of American Freedom" on the side of the receiver and wears a really nicely grained walnut stock. Bluing is about 98% and the bore is pristine. It has a wooden upper foreend stock...not the black plastic part you normally see on Mini-14s.
The guy will take 475 bucks for it...no less...and yes..I tried.
So...this sure seems MUCH better made than the newer Mini-14s I have seen and beat the pants off Dad's Ranch Rifle..are the earlier Mini-14s better guns than the later ones?
Are these "bicentennial" marked Mini-14s rare or colectable?
At this price, I am tempted. It would make a nice casual ranch plinker or ATV gun and since I would not scope it anyways, the fact that it only has provisions for iron sights does not bother me at all. I know they're not target rifles, but I am betting it will hit "minute of varmint" at 100yds or less and thats all I'd want it for anyways.
(I have a tricked out 22-250 boltgun for longrange accurate smallbore shooting...so this does not have to fit that role)
So...anyone out there know about these early Mini-14s? This one sure looks nice. With Obama coming...another hi-cap rifle like this might not be a bad buy, eh?
Thanks in advance for the advice/opinions.
- brickboy240