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* Can be used by the Player Character, Tommy Vercetti in ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]'' | * Can be used by the Player Character, Tommy Vercetti in ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]'' | ||
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== Ruger Mini-30 == | == Ruger Mini-30 == | ||
[[Image:Ruger_Mini-30.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Stainless Steel Ruger Mini-30, Chambered in 7.62x39mm, with a shortened and modified barrel with Flash-hider/Muzzle-break combination device and several 30 round magazines.]] | |||
The Ruger Mini-30 was introduced in 1987 to used the 7.62x39 (AK47) round. The Mini-14 was a popular hunting rifle but sometimes the .223 Remington/5.56mm round was not approved for hunting, thus the Mini-30 was developed so that hunters could use a 'legal' .30 caliber round. Like the Mini-14, the Mini-30 is not particularly accurate for precise hunting shots, and is used primarily as a utility 'varmint' gun. Essentially identical to the Mini-14, it only differs in the fact that it is chambered in 7.62x39mm. The relative barrel thickness and fatter, more dynamically curved high-capacity magazines are the easiest way to tell them apart. | |||
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Revision as of 01:35, 10 July 2008
The Ruger Mini-14 can be seen in the following movies and television series used by the following actors:
Film
- Geena Davis as Samantha Caine in The Long Kiss Goodnight
- Prison guards in Face/Off
- A Prison Guard in Boondock Saints
- Some of Travis' henchmen in Lethal Weapon 3
- Cuervo Jones in Escape from LA
- M.C. Gainey as Earl in Breakdown
- John Travolta as Major Vic 'Deak' Deakins in Broken Arrow
- Gang members in S.W.A.T.
Television
- Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer in 24
- Wielded by numerous members of The A-Team
Video Games
- Can be used by the Player Character, Tommy Vercetti in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Ruger Mini-30
The Ruger Mini-30 was introduced in 1987 to used the 7.62x39 (AK47) round. The Mini-14 was a popular hunting rifle but sometimes the .223 Remington/5.56mm round was not approved for hunting, thus the Mini-30 was developed so that hunters could use a 'legal' .30 caliber round. Like the Mini-14, the Mini-30 is not particularly accurate for precise hunting shots, and is used primarily as a utility 'varmint' gun. Essentially identical to the Mini-14, it only differs in the fact that it is chambered in 7.62x39mm. The relative barrel thickness and fatter, more dynamically curved high-capacity magazines are the easiest way to tell them apart.