Thoughts on a Mini 14

[UKYankee]

Hi Sim G,

thats great, did have fun with it when I used a club one last week. I thought your gun looked really good; where did you source the goodies to customize it or is there anywhre you would recommend?

Thanks very much,
Dave

[Sim G]

Brownells for most of it. The mo- rod though, you won't get shipped to the UK by the maker. Keep an eye out on eBay dot com and try to negotiate.

[UKYankee]

Cheers Sim,

i'll keep my eyes open.

[Amber Dog]

If we had semi autos I would buy a bullpup mini 14.

[Burner]

You know why all the bull pup kits conversion kits went off the market about 25 years ago and never came back?
Because everyone that made them lost their arse and went out of business. They were all junk.

The Mini 14?
Well they may be ok in a straight pull, other then that, every one I have seen was a inaccurate, jam o matic, over priced problem.

[Blackstuff]

If Sportsmans hadn't just put Steyr AUG's back up to £1400 i would have suggested looking at those (previously £799 ) I've got one and its a great little plinking and fox gun You might still be able to find one for that price if the retailer hasn't noticed Sportsmans putting them back up to the original price . . .

[UKYankee]

I did have a look at an AUG but from the tone of the reviews I read it seemed to suggest waiting a few years to sort out the 'issues'. It did look interesting though.

I had a go with the club's straight pull AK47 (Saiga) look alike which was quite fun and then in another thread someone was discussing them. Looked on the RusMillitary site and was taken by the 'sporter' version. It was CHEAP, £495 and had a longer barrel so shooting out to 400 - 600 yards seemed reasonable. Quite tempted I must say.

[ovenpaa]

If this AK47 clone is the same thing has Doz has then I am very impressed with them. We shot a McQueen together and it rained so much water was running out of the end of the barrel like it had a hose pipe stuffed in the receiver and it never missed a beat.

[Chapuis]

If Sportsmans hadn't just put Steyr AUG's back up to £1400 i would have suggested looking at those (previously £799 ) I've got one and its a great little plinking and fox gun You might still be able to find one for that price if the retailer hasn't noticed Sportsmans putting them back up to the original price . . .

I am glad that you said about the Sportsman putting the price back up Blackstuff because I thought I lost my marbles and had imagined the lower price. I too would buy one at the lower price but not at £1400.

[Blackstuff]

I am glad that you said about the Sportsman putting the price back up Blackstuff because I thought I lost my marbles and had imagined the lower price. I too would buy one at the lower price but not at £1400.

I would've snapped one up straight away for £799, unfortunately i couldn't keep it in my pants and bought one of the first batch for £1200 :roll: I was nearly crying when i saw the price drop! The only thing that consoled me was getting an ACOG to put on it for 20% of the price it should have been