This tiny m1style carbine weapon was designed to be amazingly rugged, especially considering how it was originally crafted for the whacking of sly coyotes on the open range. Question ruger 583 series mini 30 question shooting. It is not necessarily the very first serial number shipped, but it can be used to. Sep 5, 2016 583 series mini14 fitted with bsa 1x30 red dot sight and thermold polymer magazine.
Mini thirty serial numbers rollmarked with mini14 ranch rifles beginning in 2001. Many people do not know that ruger is one of the largest investment casting and heat treating companies in the us. My first experience with the ruger mini14 was in the late 1970s shortly after the little. The ruger mini 14s biggest problem and how to fix it. So far only modsaddons are a good trigger job, wolff hammer spring, and a vortex strike eagle 16 scope. With products made in america, ruger offers consumers almost 700 variations of more than 40 product lines. The mini30 is an excellent deer rifle, especially since in many places its illegal to hunt deer with calibers smaller than 6mm. The changes that ruger made in the mini14 have been great, but. You can buy ruger mini 30 with confidence from thousands of.
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Ruger mini 30 arrived in excellent condition as nd is a welcome addition to our safety. Just had my new to me 583 series mini 14 ranch rifle out to finish a sitein at camp. This is the after video of the used 580 series ruger mini 14. Ruger mini14 question registered users do not see the above ad.
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