I don't think you're crazy but, for whatever reason, I'm starting to believe you're anti-Ruger. Regarding the trigger assembly falling out of a Mini-14 with regularity, I've shot them extensively for decades and never had one come out; I'm not even sure how it's possible if the rifle hasn't been tampered with.
For full clarity, I am not anti-Ruger and actually suggested my girlfriend pick up the LCP II for a carry weapon (she's very small and recoil sensitive). It has just been in my experience that every Ruger I have owned personally has malfunctioned. That is not the case for literally any other rifle that I have owned or used -- including those from Century Arms. And like I said, there are hundreds (if not thousands) of people online complaining about trigger assemblies falling out of their Ruger Mini-14s. I posted a link if you're skeptical, so obviously I am not making this one up!
Ive put quite a lot of rounds through minis and never had a trigger fall out. Many times rapid firing. Just my experience.
I doubt anyone could shoot one faster than mine.
Trigger guard has never fallen out.
Anyone who’s trigger guard falls out upon firing most likely reassembled the rifle incorrectly.
The only thing I will say is that, after further research, this common problem tends to be only the case for wooden stocks. I can't tell from your video, but it appears as if that is a synthetic stock. Are you guys all shooting out of a synthetic one? That right there would likely solve the entire mystery.
Also, I certainly did not assembly the rifle incorrectly, and I highly doubt that every single person having this problem has somehow managed to reassemble the rifle in such a fashion that it operates just fine, but rapid fire somehow results in the trigger assembly falling out. I'm not sure how you could even design a rifle that it would operate consistently and reliably but suddenly start having the trigger assembly fall out during bursts of rapid fire.
Again, I'm not arguing with you guys or thinking that you're lying to me -- but there are clearly tons of people who have owned these things over the last decade on Ruger forums, firearms forums, AR-15 forums, youtube, or other such locations that are all independently experiencing these problems. In fact, when I google "Ruger Mini-14 Trigger Assembly" Google's intellisense suggests "falls out" or "keeps falling out."
In my case, the Ruger I had these issues with I actually purchased brand new back in 2019 (and paid a pretty penny for it!). When I experienced this problem, I told the FFL I sold it to exactly why I was selling it. He
confirmed to me that this is an issue that is
common and typically resolved by sanding the wooden stock down or purchasing a synthetic one. The research I've conducted online seems to be pretty consistent that this is how multiple people solved this problem.
That seems to be counterintuitive. The stock fit should be tight when you can the trigger guard shut. Making that fitting loose could theoretically cuase the situation you describe if the assembly was loose to begin with, where I think you would want to shim it until a tight fit. The guard should not be easy to pull open. It should be solid and require inserting a tool into the hole drilled in the trigger guard to pry it open.
I'm unsure specifically about what part needs sanded but you're more than welcome to look this up online if that would help. There's no shortage of people who are suggesting this fix.
Again, I don't want to derail the thread and I'm very happy that those of you here have had success with your Ruger Mini-14s. I don't gain anything from getting people to dislike Ruger -- like I said, their customer service was great. I also
really wanted to like the min-14 because it's a lot more convenient in my state to hunt groundhog with it than a "big black scary AR-15."
It's just generally understood that this is a common problem with these rifles and a lot of people are independently experiencing it. It seems like the few folks here aren't having that issue, but I'd wonder if maybe you guys either:
1. Own rifles manufactured around the same time before this became an issue
2. All have synthetic stocks
3. Got yours used whereas an owner prior to you had already fixed this issue
I don't know but, again, it is a real thing that a lot of people experience.
I hope you're doing okay and that rifle helps you remember the time you two had together.
in their patrol cars. I have seen their guns and understand why people bet their lives on the 14. 
