What makes them so expensive ?
Ruger can't be the company able to take the M14 design and downsize it to use .233 Rem....Production units made and costs to manufacture would be two reasons. I wonder how easy it would be for someone to complete and 80% Ruger?
I don’t own a lot of them or have shot hundreds of them either but from what I have seen the mini is the more accurate version and doesn’t chunk the brass into the next county, the ranch makes it easy to mount optics. So I have a scope on my ranch that’s not as accurate as an iron sighted mini....
So why are Mini-14's so expensive now compared to 2006?Look at the machining process of building a mini 14 vs an ar receiver set. Then look at single sourcing your stock, sights, flash hider, mags, etc. A mini is a lot more complex than an ar15. It should cost more. Weather they are better than an ar15, or worth the extra cost, well that's up to you.