03-27-2008, 06:55 PM
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| poor man's socom-16
I'm building a short mini-14 mainly for brush gun, hog hunting,etc. I've already cut the barrel to 16 inches and added a scout rail. I wanted to cut down the stock, but I don't know the legal minimum overall length for a rifle. Anybody have a clue?
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03-27-2008, 06:59 PM
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Just buy one of these, I suppose they're legal everywhere: Butler Creek Stainless Steel Folding Stock for Ruger MINI 14/30 |
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03-27-2008, 07:04 PM
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I'm not a big folding stock fan. I know shotguns have a minimum length, but not sure about rifles.
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03-27-2008, 07:09 PM
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I don't like them either. The stock on the mini-14 is rather petite anyway, if you made it much smaller it would lose it's utility, you may as well go to the pistol grip choate design and remove the folding stock. I had a mini-14 for many years, thought it was pretty handy right out of the box. | |
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03-27-2008, 07:24 PM
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The overall length must be 26" or it is a Short-Barreled Rifle.
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03-27-2008, 09:04 PM
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Thanks for the feedback guys. I saw a similar project in a magazine and there's a company that offers the alterations as a package but they listed no specifics on stock length, only barrel length.
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03-27-2008, 10:44 PM
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^_^ Remember! If you have a question, just go to google or wikipedia. =] Between the two, they know everything.  And I mean EVERYTHING!
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03-28-2008, 11:00 AM
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