A Minor Ruger Scoop?
The SHOT show doesn’t kick off until later this week, but I just may have stumbled across one of Ruger’s new offerings a bit before its official unveiling.
Shooters with long memories might recall that Ruger used to offer Mini-14s with factory-installed folding stocks, back before the late Bill Ruger’s ill-considered attempt at gun-banner appeasement.
Well, it looks like Ruger is poised to reintroduce an updated Mini-14 Factory Folder, this time with a stock that both folds AND collapses, along with the de rigueur rail farm on the forend.
Nicely done, Ruger. It’s about time!
[...] TD discovered this photo on the Ruger website: [...]
Pingback by Ruger *TACTICAL* Mini-14 is official: About time!!! | The Firearm Blog — January 11, 2009 @ 5:20 pm
AWESOME find! How did you find it?
Comment by Steve — January 11, 2009 @ 5:21 pm
[...] like Ruger is finally shedding the legacy of Bill Ruger and once again making a political incorrect versi…. When we were at Blackhawk, they showed us a Ruger 10/22 stock that was Ruger branded, and I seem [...]
Pingback by Snowflakes in Hell » Blog Archive » Tactical Mini-14 — January 11, 2009 @ 5:41 pm
You know, I wasn’t planning on spending much time at the Ruger booth, but now they’re going to be my very first stop.
Comment by Ahab — January 11, 2009 @ 5:54 pm
I really want to like the minis, but every time I pick one up, look at the price, think about mag availability and do a quick mental compare to the other options (AK/VZ or AR) the other option wins.
If they could flood the market with 20 and 30 rounders that actually feed for $15 a mag, and tighten up the bore on the mini-30 to work with Wolf et. al., I’d be looking at them seriously.
Comment by aczarnowski — January 12, 2009 @ 10:06 am
[...] to TD, I now have a new “first stop” planned for Thursday morning – the Ruger booth. Last year, they were one of the top [...]
Pingback by Countdown to SHOT 2009 – Call me Ahab — January 12, 2009 @ 10:20 am
Bill Ruger sold out the gun community a long time ago. Being politically correct during the assault weapon ban, not offering hi cap mags for the mini thirty etc. It seems they are now struggling like everybody else and and have prostituted those lofty principles in pursuit of the dollar. I hope that the gun community has not forgotten this and continues to by ar-15’s
Comment by Bret — January 12, 2009 @ 12:21 pm
[...] already know about Ruger’s likely new product announcement since it broke on blogs before anywhere else. I’ll be curious to see how, if at all, this [...]
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