Thread: Ruger Mini-14 Foldable stocks (what the heck 10/22s too)
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Old 03-23-2020, 07:14 PM
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Someone once described the Mini-14 as the American AK-47
The AR-18/AR-180 is a better fit as an "American AK-47". It's mostly stamped metal with a few easy to machine parts designed for inexpensive production on low tech industrial equipment by low skilled workers - pretty much the polar opposite of the M16/AR-15.

The Mini-14 has more in common with the M-1 Carbine, in terms of the short stroke gas tappet gas system, with of course the obvious M1 Garand and M14 influences in terms of the overall layout, the trigger housing an the detachable box magazine.
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