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thanks for the replies on the "mini 30"

trepat
thanks for all the help. according to my serial # my mini 30 was manufactured in 91 so I guess i can "legally" make it as an assault style weapon, right? anyways thanks again!
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  • Laredo Lefty
    No, you cannot legally make it an "assault weapon"

    The Mini-14's and 30's were never classified as assault weapons, with the exception of the GB model of the 14 as it had a folding stock, flash hider and a pistol grip.

    The regular Mini-14's and 30's had none of those features, thus were not assault weapons.
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  • bambihunter
    That gun would have been legally grandfathered IF (and only IF) it was in the assault configuration before the ban.
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  • trepat
    THANKS ALOT FOR ALL THE INFO! IT HAS BEEN A REAL HELP. I GUESS I'LL JUST ENJOY THE RIFLE IN ITS ORIGINAL CONFIGURATION AND BE HAPPY WITH IT JUST THE WAY IT IS. MY FATHER JUST PASSED AWAY AND IT WAS ONE OF THE GUNS THAT WAS IN HIS COLLECTION THAT HAS NEVER BEEN FIRED . IT WAS STILL NEW IN THE BOX AND IT WAS ONE OF THE RIFLES HE LEFT TO ME. HE HAD SOME EXTRA MAGS FOR IT AND IT HAD SOME PAPERS THAT HAD MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT BEING PRE-BAN. THE PAPERS MUST HAVE BEEN REFERING TO THE MINI-14 AND NOT THE MINI-30. JUST AS WELL AS I HAVE JUST SIGHTED IN THE SCOPE AND AM VERY PLEASED WITH THE RIFLE AS IS! I PLAN ON TAKING IT WITH ME WHITETAIL HUNTING ON OUR FARM. IT SEEMS TO BE A VERY CAPABLE BRUSH GUN AS THIS IS WHERE I USUALLY HUNT. THANKS AGAIN!
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  • Colt Super
    .223 is not usually considered to be a good "brush" caliber. Brush guns normally are thought of as being big-bore rifles with heavy bullets, typically something like the .45-70, .338, .44Magnum (rifle).

    The reason being that a heavy bullet is less likely to be deflected by... TA DA... brush.

    I have read, however, that this old-timey wisdom is false. Still...

    God Bless America and...
    NEVER Forget WACO
    NEVER, EVER Forget 911
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  • bambihunter
    The mini-30 is 7.62x39 (same as AK or SKS), not .223 (same as AR-15). The 7.62x39 cartridge isn't the best brush gun, but the mini-30 is a nice gun where a carbine is called for (in thicker than average stuff). Trepat will be fine as long as he keeps the distances relatively short, this might cause a debate within itself, but I'd personally say no further than 100 yards.
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  • redcedars
    trepat, I think you may be missing the point on the so-called assault weapons ban. Let me take a swing at it. By "pre-ban configuration", I mean a configuration that would now be illegal pursuant to the ban, more than two of the "bad" features. By "pre-ban" I mean only receiver manufactured prior to the ban.

    To be pre-ban means only to have been manufactured prior to the ban. In order to be legal now in a pre-ban configuration, the firearm must have actually been in a pre-ban configuration before the ban took effect.

    The obvious issue is proof that a pre-ban built receiver was in the now-prohibited configuration, prior to the ban. Some models came from the factory in a now-prohibited configuration, so those are easy. We know those were in a pre-ban configuration before the ban. But others came from the factory in a configuration that would still be legal, but were, prior to the ban, altered in a way that was perfectly legal then, but is now illegal. Those guns too are legal in the pre-ban configuration. But how to prove, one way or the other?

    Since your Mini-30, although pre-ban manufacture, was not altered to a pre-ban configuration prior to the ban, it cannot now be so altered.

    redcedars
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