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Mini-14 with a walnut handguard. Now it really looks like an M1 Carbine's big brother...
Family genealogy 1941, 1957, 1975.
M1 carbine:
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WInchester .224 Light Rifle
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Ruger's .223 Light rifle -Mini-14
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Close up of Ruger handguard
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I always like the walnut top better.
I really enjoyed this thread, and thought I would revisit it. Why????
A couple reasons. On the AR15 Retro forum, we were discussing the Winchester .224 Light Rifle, which as we covered in this original thread was an M1 carbine on steroids in many ways, and in some ways a natural evolution of the M1 carbine concept. There are probably new members here who have not heard of the .224 Winchester, and they may enjoy it.
My second reason is that like a fool, I sold that 582 Series Mini14 with all wood furniture like to a friend in a fit of AR15 snobbery, and decided to get another Mini-14. It is California Featureless like my Inland M1 Carbine I am using for a HD/Ranch?Camp weapon right now, and it has more reach than my carbine. I have areas here where we now live in the mountains, were I could get up to 200 yards, and I think is pushing the carbine's limit. With that said, I picked up a stainless 196 series , non-Ranch, with the M1 Garand style rear sight.
Anyway, I hope the new members enjoy the .224 Light rifle thread. I really do think that Ruger in 1972 built on the M1 Carbine and the .224 Light Rifle designs to come up with the Mini. The original straight side Mini-14 20 round magazines are a virtual copy of the .224 Light Rifle 20 rounder.
If anyone has trouble with my images and photobucket, let me know. I have them so I can repost from IMGUR.
This is drifting from our forum topic of M1 Carbines, and the thread is over two years old. The comparisons were made back then. No need to rehash it here.