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Maybe it would be no big deal for you, but it would be for me. I'm not a gun plumber and I don't play one on TV. I'm sure a gunsmith could pin it for you, but you simply couldn't legally take delivery of the rifle at a MA FFL and drive it to a gunsmith (nor take it home and fix it yourself). As soon as you are in possession of that unpinned rifle in MA, you have committed a felony.
Sorry, but you can't have a working, collapsible stock on a post-ban Mini 14 here in MA. It must be a fixed stock or a pinned collapsible stock.
Yes and no. Your Mini-14 indeed had a bad barrel. But that's true of all Mini-14s. Their barrels suck.
You can get a post-ban AR15 for under $1000. Can't have a collapsible stock on it, though.
I just don't get what a collapsible stock has to do with being an assault rifle, mass shootings or protection of the civilian liberals. The logic just doesn't work. A collapsible stock allows it to be stored with less of a footprint. What does that have to do with anything except storage? Besides, Massachusetts is #50 in gun violence-the lowest in the country. As the Commissioner of Police Chiefs stated, all this stuff does absolutely nothing to stop crime! All police chiefs in all 351 Cities & towns and 100 plus Universities have advised all sponsors to walk away from this legislation-it will make our state less secure and violates the Constitution which they have taken an oath to defend the constitution. I am expected to honor my oath even as a Veteran They are just pecking at it until there is nothing is left. What will happen to the Bay State when there are no weapons for people to protect themselves from criminals, an invasion China or Russia and the military has been reduced-No resistance is very very bad! What about wild animals that want to kill us (every day there are bear roaming around my house) Do they expect me to throw apples at them just to get to my truck? I can't tell you how many times I have had to shot across the bow of a coyote growling at me they hunt in packs so they are all around me. Not cool Dem's... you will be crying when it becomes a reality and crime goes up due to the real problem Soft on Crime. When they know of less resistance, they the criminals will be emboldened to swoop in and kill, rob etc. It's a moot point I guess... the Supreme Court of the United States will reverse all of this junk; but, in the mean time we have to wait up to 6 years unless an emergency session is requested.
You're preaching to the choir.
It is better to preach to the choir... the ones with no survival skills have filters in their ears.LOL
I've heard that the Mini 14 is basically a prison guard rifle and not much use beyond that. True? Really know nothing much about it.
They are known for poor accuracy.
OK, so why would a prison want a rifle that has such a problem? If I was a corrections officer trying to break up a fight and came under armed attack by prison gang members, I would hope that a tower guard would shoot down my attackers rather than miss them and hit me.
I watched a series called locked up extended stay. San Quentin, Frontera, Folsom and other prisons and their inmates were featured. Guards in the towers and catwalks were armed with what looked like Mini 14 rifles.I don't know where that prison rifle thing came from I think there was some prison that actually used it for some reason and it just became'80s gun shop bullshit....
Lore. Also, a 14 year old thread. Yes, even the hey-day of 'the A Team'.I don't know where that prison rifle thing came from I think there was some prison that actually used it for some reason and it just became'80s gun shop bullshit....
With those needs in mind, the French government placed an order with renowned U.S. gunmaker Sturm, Ruger & Company of Southport, CT for its Mini-14 rifle chambered in .223 Rem. These French-contract guns resembled the standard commercial Mini-14 from the late 1970s in nearly every way, but the receiver markings read:MousquetonA.M.D. - 5.56A.P.
Prisons don’t actually expect to be shooting their rifles and they aren’t likely to be breaking up a fight by shooting. And if they did, they wouldn’t particularly care about collateral damage. But, the reality is that they wouldn’t be taking long shots and 3 MOA is perfectly fine for that purpose. What a prison cares about is 1) is it cheap and 2) is it durable.
Manufacturers suggested retail for Mini 14 is about a grand. No thanks. Many rifles out there on the market that cost much less, are equally reliable (if not more so!) and are considerably more accurate.
