It appears that the Ruger “show stopping” product may be a gussied-up Mini-14. It seems that TD over at The Unforgiving Minute found a picture of a Mini-14 rifle tucked away on Ruger’s website. The rifle (pictured here) appears to be of a Mini-14 with a quad-rail and a folding, adjustable buttstock.
I speculated that Ruger may introduce something to attract the AR15 buyers, as that market is white-hot right now. Frankly, I was expecting more. As I was discussing with Eric Shelton of the Handgun Podcast, the photo looks like a Mini-14 with a TAPCO or ATI stock. The rifle looks very much like the Mini-14 with the ATI Strikeforce stock that sells for $109.00. While interesting, I would not consider it a “show stopper.”
Maybe I’m missing something, but I hope Ruger has more than a Mini-14 with an after-market stock for us in a couple of days.
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