Top-Gun Ruger Mini-14 5356mm
Two MAXIMIZED Mini-14s that are ready for patrol!
BILL RUGER is reported to have once said that if the Mini-14 had been developed a year earlier, the US military would have adopted it instead of the M16. How likely that outcome would have been is a matter of conjecture.
Where law enforcement was concerned, there were no constraints limiting the ammunition used to full metal jacketed (FMJ) bullets, the major weakness of the 5.56×45mm. Not only are such bullets relatively ineffective against assailants, but they also tend to over-penetrate, posing a threat to others. Law enforcement may select from the many expanding bullets on the commercial market, just as they do with issue sidearms.
In spite of the Mini-14’s general military-like design, it came with sporting sights and a stock, which while comfortable enough, was equipped with a curved plastic butt plate patterned after those used on 19th-century carbines. Although Ruger had offered a more military-like version of the Mini-14, it soon stopped making it available to the public along with high-capacity magazines, offering the rifle with only a 5-round magazine.
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