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Ruger gb factory folder mini 149/28/2023 ![]() Thompson fires Mini-14 GB offhand at multiple hanging plates at 50 yards. Although Mini-14 GB with folding stock is very handy, the stock is not especially comfortable for actual shooting. The Mini-14 was always popular for use by prisons, and a lot of the Mini-14 GBs I’ve seen were former prison guns, though most of those were fixed-stock models. (There was a select-fire version of the Mini-14-the AC-556.) Sling swivels allow the attachment of standard-type slings. Thirty-round magazines were also available, though theoretically limited to government sales. Other features of the GB models included a flash suppressor and ventilated fiberglass handguard to dissipate heat. This version of the Mini-14 had all the features I wanted. In Ruger cataloguese, the “K” designates stainless steel, the “20” a 20-round magazine, and the “F” a folding stock. I had a chance to buy a K-Mini-14/20 GBF from a deputy I knew. The “GB” stands for Government Bayonet, which the GB will take. State Department Security personnel, and still considered it a viable combat rifle, but I didn’t really get the incentive to buy another Mini-14 until I saw the stainless Mini-14 GB Government Model designed for military and LE sales. I had seen the Mini-14 in use with the French CRS (Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité) and other French police units as well as U.S. Folding-stock Mini-14 GB with stock in folded position and 20-round magazine inserted. As a result, that stainless Mini-14 got traded in a few years later. I had been using combat rifles with pistol-grip stocks and sometimes folding stocks. I liked the rifle but didn’t like the stock. When the stainless steel Mini-14 was introduced in 1979, I purchased one since I liked the idea of a rifle I could carry with me in all types of weather. I looked at a Mini-14 in a local gun shop, but that was all. I was not buying any guns when I was home, as I would have had to store them. Or maybe nitride treated.When the Ruger Mini-14 was introduced in 1974/75, I was working overseas. I suppose plan b is to buy a stock and have the stainess parts Cerakoted. Personally I want to get one of these to use on my Mini-14 in 300 AAC Blackout so I'm waiting for a blued or otherwise blackned stainless version. But people who have older Mini-14 rifles will probably be glad to see these stocks on the market. Who cares? Many people likely won't especially given the cost of a new Mini-14. Not sure who, if not Samson, is making the pistol grip. It is being reported on TOS that Samson gets the wood from Ruger and only makes the metal parts. I don't know what relationship Samson has with Ruger but I do note the A TM stock is "endorsed" by Ruger. I haven't seen one live and in person yet but pictures show a stock that looks very much like the 1980s original. Well, Samson Mfg has fjnally filled the void and is now selling what they call the A TM stock. I would email the CEO once or twice a year just to keep the pressure on. Once the ban expired, a few vocal Mini-14 owners started pestering Ruger to bring a factory folder back into the market. ![]() After the ban was signed into law, Ruger disposed of and/or repurposed the tooling to make other products. The Mini-14 was sold as a factory folder back before the Clinton Ban.
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