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5/23/2002 4:37:57 PM EDT
check out this post on perfect union.

perfectunion.com/forums/showthread.php?s=567cdd0d15ebca91bbb111477bbfb73f&threadid=1632
5/23/2002 4:40:30 PM EDT
[#1]
YEAH IT'S TRUE!!!!!
I TYPED THE ADDRESS INTO MY ADDRESS BAR AND I ACTUALLY WENT THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NO SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!
5/23/2002 4:42:22 PM EDT
[#3]

AWESOME I LEARNED HOW TO MAKE A LINK!!!

http://perfectunion.com/forums/showthread.php?s=567cdd0d15ebca91bbb111477bbfb73f&threadid=1632
5/23/2002 4:49:35 PM EDT
[#4]
Ruger has always been a PC company, it pisses me off, but it doesn't surprise me. Just one more reason for me not to buy a mini 14
5/23/2002 4:55:24 PM EDT
[#5]
I wouldn't be surprised at all if its true .
5/23/2002 5:38:01 PM EDT
[#6]
They moved the thread... here's the new link...

perfectunion.com/forums/showthread.php?s=47789eac40a0b5fcc42a1f5d10d55520&threadid=1632


edit to add: I remember hearing this rumor a few years back from a few of the dealers in my area... I figured it was just to help inflate the prices of the used rifles... but I wouldn't be surprised if PC Ruger did something like that, take a perfectly POS rifle and make it worse...


5/23/2002 5:54:29 PM EDT
[#7]
I have no idea if Ruger changed their magwell, but I will say this:

You can't base ANYTHING on the fit of a USA mag.  The key would be to test an older factory Ruger mag (even a 5-rounder).  If that didn't fit, then, Houson, we have a problem.

-Troy
5/23/2002 6:04:45 PM EDT
[#8]
Amen to that, brother.  The only USA mag I have is for my FEG hi-power, and it requires a good hard shove to get it in to the mag well.  It's functional, but noticeably more difficult to insert than my promags.  I don't think that Ruger was screwing with the magwell.
5/23/2002 6:06:24 PM EDT
[#9]
Wouldn't that also prevent older 5 round Ruger mags from working in the mini-14? If they narrow the mag well neither hi-caps, nor any 5 rounders that fit in the old guns will work so now they will have to carry two styles of 5 round mags.

I'll have to remember to get my mitts on a new Mini 14 when I'm at the funstore tomorrow and check. (doesn't everyone start out a long holiday weekend at the gun store? )
5/23/2002 6:11:09 PM EDT
[#10]
I believe glock did the same thing with their second generation guns.
5/23/2002 6:20:07 PM EDT
[#11]

Quoted:
I believe glock did the same thing with their second generation guns.



I've got a third generation G19 and my preban +2 mag fits just fine, thank you very much.
5/23/2002 6:20:22 PM EDT
[#12]

Quoted:
I believe glock did the same thing with their second generation guns.

I've got a fairly new Glock 21 with the finger grooves and light rail and it takes hi caps fine.

Anyway, I've never heard of this website before, but they are giving away a Ruger 77 in 35 Whelen-www.perfectunion.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=1247
5/23/2002 6:22:39 PM EDT
[#13]
I have a 186 series that the hi-caps fit. I'll trade even for a bushmaster, olympic, or colt pre-ban ;)

I'm wondering if the guy was actually giving the kid mini-14 mags to try, or if he had a used rifle he wanted to get rid of ;)
5/23/2002 7:39:44 PM EDT
[#14]
I first ran into this about a year ago. I stopped by a gun shop and the owner showed me this problem also. We even had Ruger hicaps and they didn't fit either!

I posted something about it at the time and the only thing I got as far as a answer was, possibly a poorly made mag well.
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