Mini-14 in France

[pennsy]

watching the reporting on Fox News about the latest terrorist/hostage goings on in Paris and there was a live shot of one of the Paris cops holding what looked like an older Mini-14 with 20 rd mag. wooden stock . I am not an expert on dating them but it had the older style front sight.

Rich

Saw this on another forum:They are select-fire AC 556 rifles, you can tell by the selector lever on the back right of receiver. as well as some heavier operating parts to deal with automatic fire.

I love Ruger, but these French guys are armed with ****. I saw one of them armed with a 9mm grease gun. Which would be fine if the terrorists has mosin nagants. Lo

 

[contender]

Ruger has exported many firearms to France.

 

[George Tucker]

I heard once that 80% of all Ruger Mini14 Rifles were sold to other Countries, would work real good in the Bush. Sent quite a few to collect those Virgins in the big beyond.

 

[5of7]

watching the reporting on Fox News about the latest terrorist/hostage goings on in Paris and there was a live shot of one of the Paris cops holding what looked like an older Mini-14 with 20 rd mag. wooden stock . I am not an expert on dating them but it had the older style front sight.

Rich

I just noticed the same thing watching Fox News. About 10 or 15 Paris cops walking down the street and it was kind of a 2 second exposure. Sure looked like a mini 14 to me. 8)

 

[WIL TERRY]

I'VE seen Legionairres with Mini-14 carbines.

 

[57springer]

I heard once that 80% of all Ruger Mini14 Rifles were sold to other Countries, would work real good in the Bush. Sent quite a few to collect those Virgins in the big beyond.

yes ,go mini 14 :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

 

[hittman]

Weren't all the exports in .222?

 

[setterspell]

A still shot on NBC nightly news this evening clearly showed a AC556

 

[FastEd]

I, too, was surprised to see the Mini 14s...

 

[bobski]

werent they called gb-802''s in the day? i owned a bunch in the 80's.

 

[HAWKEYE#28]

Shades of our late Friend and Mentor, Mr Stephen Vogel, who was instrumental and extremely successful in his endeavors as both the Sturm Ruger Corporation's National and International Marketing Manager for his Father in Law, WBR.

 

[contender]

Some of the Mimi-14's were in .222 that were exported. A few, (read collectable) in .222 are here in the USA. But I do believe they shipped both calibers to other countries.

 

[john guedry]

I do notice the sling is attached in the rear through the stock and not on a swivel. (like an m-1 carbine)

 

[David Bradshaw]

Origin of the ramped front sight on early Mini-14s, as related by the Bill Rugers, father and son: French Gendarmes were prone to buttstroke and otherwise whack a person with their carbines. To reduce cuts and visible injury, the order called for a front sight sans sharp edges. Thus, the ramped, rounded blade. The Mini-14 was released in the U.S. with the same sight. As a footnote, during NATO rifle trials, the M-16 was more reliable in sand than the Mini-14----providing the dust cover was kept closed.

Later, the semi-auto and three-position select fire (semi, three shot burst, full auto) AC 556 series was introduced with M-1 Carbine style front sight with integral bayonet lug. Believe early French Mini-14s were semi-auto.
David Bradshaw

 

[Joe Reilly]

The January issue of Shooting Illustrated has a short article about this. It is called The Mousqueton A.M.D..

 

[bobski]

....as mentioned, semi autos are gb-802's then.