Ruger 30 round Mini-14 magazines: Time are a-changin’
In last November for the first time in a long while did Ruger finally start selling mini-14 20 round magazines to the general public. Previously they had restricted them to law enforcement only. Now only 5 months later they are selling 30 rounders!
This is a great move by Ruger. At this rate we should be seeing a 100 round drum pretty soon 
Bob Dylan got it right when he sung
Come senators, congressmen, please heed the call
Don’t stand in the doorway, don’t block up the hall
For he that gets hurt will be he who has stalled
The battle outside ragin’
Will soon shake your windows and rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin’
They are selling for $49.95 at Ruger.com.
Hat Tip: Michael Bane via. Say Uncle
FIFTY BUCKS? *choke*
I’ll stand up and take notice when the mini14 can take STANAGs and is priced as if it’s not gold plated.
Ruger traditionally has a very high opinion of their own products, and due to the LEO marked 30-rounders being in such high demand for the past decade plus, a lot of desperate Mini owners will sing Ruger’s praises for this price.
I’ll still to the CJ mags I got from Brownells and spent a few minutes tweaking with pliers and a file. They’re a firmer fit and feed just as well as any factory mag.
On a sidenote though, I seem to recall Bill Ruger himself saying he never intended civilians to be able to purchase high-cap mags. The times are a changin’ indeed.
Now if Ruger could only start making guns that weren’t crap, they’d really be onto something. I’m not holding my breath on them coming up with their own designs, though.
I think Ruger really blew it by configuring their rifle not to use mags that were compatible with the AR.
If the mags were the same but just needed the hole in front, most manufacturers would have just added the hole. I am sure there would be a drill jig sold also to convert older mags.
Either way, you would not have to pay $50 for a 30 round mag.
Correction, EzGoingKev, that’s $50 for an INFERIOR 30 round magazine. I bought two factory 20 rounders for my K-Mini-14 a few years back, and they didn’t feed any better than the lousy unmarked 20 and 30 rounders I already had. The best mags I had were the AR-15 compatible Ramline mags. During the ban I couldn’t find decent Mini-14 mags for less than $40, whereas good AR mags were going for $18.
The Mini-14 design is based on an M1 Carbine prototype that was intended to be easier to produce, but ultimately proved too fragile for use with the .30 M1 cartridge and was rejected by the ordinance board. Odd that Ruger chose to do the same thing with .223.
well, i think if you try the new mini 14, you wont be calling it junk. the new 580 series mini 14 ranch rifle can shoot circles around AR15s all day long. as far as the magazines price, you get what you pay for. ruger mini 14 high caps are the absolute best you can get. sure you can spend $14.95 and buy the el-cheapazz wannabee junk magazines and spend $100 bucks in ammo and 40m hours trying to get them to shoot right just to have the jam when you really need them , or you can buy a ruger factory high cap and have no problems and be happy, your choice. thats the problem with this world anymore,alot of you guys feel that if you cant get it for next to nothing or free its to expensive. if you want the best, buy the best. you know as well as i do theres not one single manufacturer of mini 14 mags out there that can even come close to rugers reliability and quality. i remeber when ruger first started selling high cap magazines to the public. that lasted all of about 11 months if i can remeber correctly. ive got 2 20rd and 1 30rd blued and 1 ultra-rare 30rd stainless factory mags. all of them are still working flawlessly even after all of these years. id suggest instead of sniveling about ow expensive they are, you save your lunch money and have daddy buy ya one with it and try it out.
I bought a NRA edition Ruger M-14 Ranch Rifle and it is the best damn rifle I have ever owned,and I have and still do collect rifles and handguns. I have put over 2000 rds. through the rifle w/o a misfire,stovepipe….etc. ! This fine rifle came with two 20 rd. mags.,and when Ruger came out with the 30 rounders I bought six of ‘em. ! You pilgrims just can’t go wrong with this rifle.
Bruce, good to hear!
What about the mini-30 any hope that they are going to make a 30 round magazine any time soon. i got 8 different after market 30 rounders, they are all crap. from the polymer promag to the stainless steel national. all crap i tell u.
I just ordered my new ruger mini 14 tactical for $560 via an employee purchase program. (I work at a gun shop.) Cannot wait to start putting some rounds down range through this baby. Hope it lives up to the hype. For the price, I found this to be a good solution, while I save for building my dream AR.
Ive owned my mini for almost 2 years now, never had a problem with the gun. One of my favorites. The only problem I have is getting magazines. New york state law states I cannot have a magaizine with a capacity over 10 rounds. Class b felony. Hope all the criminals and thugs got the memo. Be a bummer trying to defend my family with my 5 round mags against some guy with a 30 or 40 round capacity ak or ar. guess i could chuck rocks right? Is that still legal? glad the mags are out there wish i could legally have them.