![]() ![]() ![]() If your looking to government for the solution, you obviously don't understand the problem. $325 sounds like a fair price, so I wouldn't let not being able to get the folding stock stop you. I don't know how they would be able to tell when it was added, but I wanted to make sure you were aware of the rules. Since a folding stock also has a pistol grip, it can not be added to a weapon that was not already an "assult weapon" in 94. If it did not have more than one of the above, then it was not an assult weapon, and you can not have more than one evil feature. If it had two or more of these before the ban, then it is classified as an "assult weapon" and you can add whatever you want to it. The evil features are a pistol grip, a folding stock, a flash suppressor (or threaded barrel), and a bayonet lug. Even though the rifle was made in 83, if it did not have two or more "evil features" before the 94 ban, then you can not (legally) add a folding stock to the gun. I am sure that you are aware of this, but I will tell you anyway. Also, if you know any mail-order vendors for such items, please post! What's the going rate on a Ruger factory folding stock? I know Ruger restricted availability of such items to the general public, but again I'd just like to hear what they're going for in your area. In our area, it's very hard to find them - although at the last gunshow there was a rack of pre-ban Minis (stainless, factory folding stock) for $1,100 each.Ģ. ![]() How much would such a rifle go for in today's market? I do realize that price variations in geography are significant, but I'd just like to hear what pre-bans are going for in your area, without factory stocks. I believe he's going to use the proceeds to buy a Bushmaster carbine.ġ. His Ruger does not have the factory folding stock, it's a Ramline (?) stock. Samson says a blued-steel version could happen in the future.A buddy of mine is going to sell his pre-ban, blue, non-Ranch Mini-14, along with five PMI pre-ban 30 round magazines. The first run is a stainless steel version. Ruger also found the old blueprints for the walnut wood, which Samson includes in the new release. Leroy James 'Jim' Sullivan and William Batternman 'Bill. The project took six years, culminating in 1973 with the Mini-14. However, Samson assures those interested that the new mold is the exact same shape and feel as the original. In 1967, Sullivan and Ruger began the process of shrinking the venerable M-14 7.62 service rifle into a more compact version chambered in. Since it’s tougher to find nowadays, the new grips are not bakelite. Originally, Ruger made the grips from bakelite. ![]() The grip is also different in terms of make. So the metal pieces on the stock, with the exception of one, come from Ruger’s original casting molds. However, given how busy Ruger is, the manufacturer told Samson to keep working on the project. Then Ruger got back to Samson with the original casting molds for the stock.Īt that point, Biggers thought Ruger would take over the project. Samson’s Dave Biggers recently told Gun Talk TV that they had already done a prototype made out of aluminum. Samson first approached Ruger about the Mini-14 Folding Stock. And now, thanks to Samson Manufacturing, we can have one. For us, the nostalgic longing for the Ruger Mini-14 popularized on “The A-Team” in the ’80s never faded. There was something so cool about John “Hannibal” Smith grabbing the Ruger Mini-14 with a side folding stock and holding back the enemy. ![]()
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