Ruger Mini-14

The Ruger Mini-14/AC556can be seen in the following movies and television series used by the following actors:

Blued Ruger Mini-14 Standard Model Semiautomatic Rifle (Pre-2005) with 30 round magazine - 5.56mm

Ruger AC556 Carbine - 5.56mm. This is the full automatic version of the Mini 14 with a distinctive Barrel and bayonet lug. Ruger also offers the Mini-14 GB ("Government Barrel" Model) which is a semi automatic only version of the AC556 for Law Enforcement and (some) civilian sales. The Full Auto AC556 has a distinctive Auto Selector Switch on the back of the receiver that the Semi Auto Ruger Mini 14 does not.

Stainless Steel Ruger AC556 Carbine with Full Stock - 5.56mm

Stainless Steel Ruger Mini-14 GB-F ("Government Barrel, Folding Stock") - 5.56mm

Stainless Steel Mini-14 GB in an Aftermarket Choate Folding Stock, as used by the Military of Bermuda - 5.56mm

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Current production Mini-14 "Ranch Rifle"; Inline Wooden Stock and Blued Finish - 5.56mm. This is the production model after 2005 with changes to the receiver, the front sight placement and rear sight.

Ruger Mini-14

Film

• Ironbar in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

• City Cowboys in Crocodile Dundee

• Crocodile Dundee 2

• Geena Davis as Samantha Caine in The Long Kiss Goodnight

• Prison guards in Face/Off

• A Prison Guard in Boondock Saints

• Some of Travis' henchmen in Lethal Weapon 3

• Rob Lowe as Paul Barish in Tommy Boy

• Cuervo Jones in Escape from LA

• M.C. Gainey as Earl in Breakdown

• John Travolta as Major Vic 'Deak' Deakins in Broken Arrow

• We Own the Night

• The Dark Knight

• Snake Eater

• Crocodile Dundee II

• Drug dealers in Elite Squad

• Gang members in S.W.A.T.

• Redfoot's henchmen in The Usual Suspects

• The 51st State

Television

• Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer in 24

• Wielded by numerous members of The A-Team

• CSI: Miami

Video Games

• Can be used by the Player Character, Tommy Vercetti in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

Ruger Mini-30

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Stainless Steel Ruger Mini-30, Chambered in 7.62x39mm, with a shortened and modified barrel with Flash-hider/Muzzle-break combination device and several 30 round magazines.

The Ruger Mini-30 was introduced in 1987 to used the 7.62x39 (AK47) round. The Mini-14 was a popular hunting rifle but sometimes the .223 Remington/5.56mm round was not approved for hunting, thus the Mini-30 was developed so that hunters could use a 'legal' .30 caliber round. Like the Mini-14, the Mini-30 is not particularly accurate for precise hunting shots, and is used primarily as a utility 'varmint' gun. Essentially identical to the Mini-14, it only differs in the fact that it is chambered in 7.62x39mm. The relative barrel thickness and fatter, more dynamically curved high-capacity magazines are the easiest way to tell them apart.

Muzzelite MZ14 Bullpup

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Muzzelite MZ14 Bullpup 5.56mm with scope

The Muzzelite MZ14 is a polymer rifle stock that converts a Ruger Mini14/AC556/Mini 30 into a compact bullpup carbine originally designed for US Police Forces/SWAT Teams during the 1980s to convert Mini-14's into "Assault Rifles" when AR15/M16's were not avaliable. Although a number of shooters claim it is unreliable, It has become popular amongst the movie industry due to its futuristic look and sometimes used to take the role of the externally similar FAMAS currently used by the French Military.

Film

• Starship Troopers

• RoboCop 3

• Predator 2

• Arnold Schwarzenegger as Douglas Quaid in Total Recall

• Michael Gross as Burt Gummer in Tremors 3: Back to Perfection

Television

• Vori soldiers and Robert Beltran as Chakotay in Star Trek: Voyager (episode "Nemesis", with and without tactical flashlights mounted on the carry handle)