gsbuickman
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Hiya Guys ... as luck would have it it looks like an "all weather" Mini Ranch followed me home while last minute Christmas shopping with my girlfriend for $625 and I think it'll go nicely with my series 182 Mini 14 from 1982' .
This may not be as sexy as my series 182 thanks in part to the Tupperware furniture that the action is setting in but it shouldn't be too hard to track down some nice Factory wooden furniture to replace it. I might just get froggy and get a power ball & some Mother's mag and aluminum polish and see just how shiny this receiver and Barrel will polish out because it's just a little too flat for my liking. I think Ruger calls it a brushed stainless all-weather finish but I think it's more of the a brushed aluminum or flat matte brushed nickel . Other than that I like it and it'll make a nice addition to my collection and this one has the upgrades that Ruger made to their tooling to improve accuracy and I think this one also has a 1:9 twist barrel where my 182 has the original 1:8. Even though I know I don't need it for this model because of the tapered heavy bull barrel I'm thinking of ordering an inexpensive strut for the barrel just for looks ...
This may not be as sexy as my series 182 thanks in part to the Tupperware furniture that the action is setting in but it shouldn't be too hard to track down some nice Factory wooden furniture to replace it. I might just get froggy and get a power ball & some Mother's mag and aluminum polish and see just how shiny this receiver and Barrel will polish out because it's just a little too flat for my liking. I think Ruger calls it a brushed stainless all-weather finish but I think it's more of the a brushed aluminum or flat matte brushed nickel . Other than that I like it and it'll make a nice addition to my collection and this one has the upgrades that Ruger made to their tooling to improve accuracy and I think this one also has a 1:9 twist barrel where my 182 has the original 1:8. Even though I know I don't need it for this model because of the tapered heavy bull barrel I'm thinking of ordering an inexpensive strut for the barrel just for looks ...