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How/What serial numbers or other markings can identify pre-ban Mini 14s. Can anyone tell me "before & after" numbers
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  • duckhunter
    GO TO RUGER.COM

    I WOULD RATHER BE DUCK HUNTING.
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  • Sandbar
    I just read that the ban on AKs was by executive order in 1989. Am i correct taht the pre-ban date on mini 14s is the assault rifle date of Sept,13,93?
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  • Laredo Lefty
    Mini 14's were never part of any bans. They are still sold, even here in calif in the same configuration as the originals.

    The only Mini that fell in the banned catagory was the Govt model with flash hider, bayo lug, pistol grip and folding stock.

    Were you just interested in what serial number range was being made at the time of the ban?

    "Never let school interfere with your education"
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  • Sandbar
    I've seen several w/aftermarket folding stocks & flash hiders. I was told that it illegal to do this to a post ban gun. I want to buy a mini but want to make sure I'm legal. I'm looking at one now that has an aftermarket folding stock and the original stock. Exactly what I want.
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  • ameriskin
    they're considered preban if they were made before sept 13 1994. and the mini's were affected by the ban. you cannot put a folding stock on a post ban mini legally. i think the 184 series was the last of the preban, but i can't remember. cody

    if you're in my yard tonight, you'll be there in the morning
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  • JudgeColt
    How many times do we have to go through this?

    With the following exceptions, there is NO SUCH THING as a "pre-ban" Mini-14. Unless it is a pre-9-13-94 factory GB, a pre-9-13-94 original factory folder non-GB, or a standard Mini-14 modified into "assault weapon" status prior to 9-13-94 (and never "disassembled" from AW configuration after 9-13-94, which, according to recent ATF rulings, would cause it to lose its pre-ban "grandfathered" status), no Mini-14 has the characteristics necessary to make it an "assault weapon." It makes no difference when it was made.

    That means no non-GB, non-factory folder or non-previously modified Mini can now be legally modified with the forbidden characteristics, no matter when the basic rifle was originally manufactured. Therefore, the common references to "pre-ban" and "post-ban" do not apply to the Ruger Mini-14, with the exceptions noted.

    There is a web site (or used to be - my bookmark no longer works) that gives approximate manufacturing dates for Mini-14s. A search might turn it up again. Just remember, the manufacturing date of a Mini-14 confers no right to legally modify it into "assault weapon" configuration now. I suggest you just buy a pre-ban GB and then you can legally modify it to your heart's content.
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