Ruger Mini 14 Oklahoma State Highway Patrol

[Buck7144]

That may be, my connection is with a lieutenant on the lake patrol. He was issued the rifle but his was select fire. From what he told me then most of the rifles were standard law enforcement semi auto but a few were semi, 3 shot burst and full auto. Saw a you tube video on the full auto that was exported, Forgotten Weapons.

This officer was issued a airboat, ski boat and cabin cruiser. We had problems with go fast boats on the lake so he took off and came back pulling a confiscated drug boat from Florida, and put a stop to the go fast boat problem. Back then, you fixed problems instead of whining about them and he was one if the best! Those guys had unbelievable authority that did not stop at borders. He worked a lot with the Texas Rangers on interstate problems.

Those were good times!

 

[kmoore]

In the 80s Oregon State Police had them in the governor's protection detail. Full stocked Mini-14s were used in the state prisons on the wall detail.

 

[jbm]

Very interesting! I am extremely pleased to have the rifle and the connection to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol!

 

[repoman0325]

Very interesting! I am extremely pleased to have the rifle and the connection to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol

My father was an Oklahoma State Trooper for 30 years, im some what of a historian on the OHP i have 2 of the wooden stock rifles and one of the folders, i can gladly answer your questions.

 

[chet15]

Thank you. There seems to be very little information on these that I can find. The Ruger letter says that this one went to the Oklahoma highway patrol in 1982.

There were actually quite a few KMini-14/20GBF's produced. They were a pretty hot seller in the pre-ban era.
These were a general item sold by Ruger in their law enforcement catalog, so anybody could have got them at the time.
Not sure if some of the guns shipped to the OSHP were marked OSHP or not.

 

[kmoore]

In Oregon the state owed firearms are not marked with property of Oregon. They all have serial numbers and tracked by that. When the Prison issued Mini 14s went to surplus, a cop shop gun dealer bought them. I looked over some but passed. The Mini 14/20GBFs were used by the governor's dignitary protection unit. I don't know what happened to those. About 1990, the state police formed their 1st SWAT teams, the dignitary unit quit carrying the full auto Mini 14s. A better suited weapon was chosen, the MP 5. The state prison system since has ARs and they even have SWAT teams using ARs.

 

[repoman0325]

There were actually quite a few KMini-14/20GBF's produced. They were a pretty hot seller in the pre-ban era.
These were a general item sold by Ruger in their law enforcement catalog, so anybody could have got them at the time.
Not sure if some of the guns shipped to the OSHP were marked OSHP or not.

Oklahoma had around 700 of the full wood stock gb models, they were special ordered with a red butt stock cushion, the intials O.H.P. was stamped on top of the receiver, the second mini 1p4 the state bought was the stainless steel folding stock gb model, it did not have and ohp marking, and was not well liked by the Troopers