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Discuss. 
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Dude you are just bored and are trying to relive the Pacers-Piston brawl.
Let me sum it up.
"I own a mini 14 and use it for home defense and shooting 1000 yards it is the best"
"all mini 14's suck and if you own one you suck and your holding it wrong anyway get a glock 19...sorry I mean a Colt 6920"
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OK, I'll start.
The open (Garand-style) action on the Mini-14 is superior for reliability in a muddy or sandy environment. The Ruger Mini-14 and the AK-47 are the only modern semi-auto rifles that can feed a spent case from the magazine.
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America needs to understand that our troops are not 'disposable'. Each represents a family; Fathers, Mothers, Sons, Daughters, Cousins, Uncles, Aunts... Our Citizens are our most valuable treasure; we waste far too many.
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I like'm both but, if I can only have one make it an AR-15.
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And the Mini-14 already has the gas piston system that AR folks wish their rifles had, thus cleaner chambers.
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Me too. I haven't been without an AR platform carbine since the late 1970s. Its pros are that it's the US standard battle rifle, so there's lots of accessories and parts availability. Here's a picture I snapped of my rifles in the late 1970s. ![[Linked Image]](http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w188/TheRealHawkeye/My1979RifleCollectionII_zps4822ec24.jpg)
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Do much catfishing?
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Dude - you need to get that prostate checked...
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Good thing I only feed my AR's cases with bullets in them...
Have you ever really tried to make a mini puke? It ain't hard to do.
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According to Clint Smith at Thunder ranch, no mini-14 has ever made it through the urban rifle course without a fatal break.
End of story.
Mini-14s suck. ARS don't.
“Live free or die. Death is not the worst of evils.” - General
John Stark.
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According to Clint Smith at Thunder ranch, no mini-14 has ever made it through the urban rifle course without a fatal break.
End of story.
Mini-14s suck. ARS don't. Significant if true.
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Easy to find out, go run 1000 rounds with each and see which one you prefer.
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can't be so, why the Mini is universally accepted and in use today in every single major military and LE program in the world!
Its is without peer as a military, LE and self defense firearm!
Why just look at the old A-team TV shows if you want more proof!
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The Mini-14 was Bill Ruger attempt to give urban commandos something to waste their Wolfe ammo in on their weekends off, after working all week at Walmart's
A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.
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According to Clint Smith at Thunder ranch, no mini-14 has ever made it through the urban rifle course without a fatal break.
End of story.
Mini-14s suck. ARS don't. This your source? "Last year the smith at Gunsite told me that a mini-14 has never finished the carbine class without a mechanical failure. That's a LOT of mini-14s." - CDC (August 1st, 2000, Snipercountry.com) "As for Mini 14s, I been aroud a number of them and ... they have always functioned very well. What is breaking on all these guns in the tactical schools? The only one I ever actualy saw with something broken in my time in the gunsmith biz was a Ranch Rifle with a busted rear sight." - Tom Simpson (August 1st, 2000, Snipercountry.com) Source
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I myself have no desire to own a 4th mini 14 however I do wonder how many crunches it takes to get to the chocolate core. Or would one of them actually go 1000 rounds in total?
I will just google mini 14 and get back with a knowledgeable answer so that I can appear to be knowledgeable.
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The Mini-14 was Bill Ruger attempt to give urban commandos something to waste their Wolfe ammo in on their weekends off, after working all week at Walmart's Not true. The owners manual states not to shoot steel cased ammo in the rifle and if you do it will void the warranty. Plus, everyone knows, 9 out of 10 wannabe commados prefer the AR-15 to the Mini. Hell, almost every time I'm on the 600yd range and bullets start zinging over the berm from the 200yd range it turns to be some dumbass with a AR-15 M4 clone, a red dot sight and a serious look on his face.
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I myself have no desire to own a 4th mini 14 however I do wonder how many crunches it takes to get to the chocolate core. Or would one of them actually go 1000 rounds in total?
I will just google mini 14 and get back with a knowledgeable answer so that I can appear to be knowledgeable.
It'll take more than Google  
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