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Ruger Mini-14
The Ruger Mini-14/AC556can be seen in the following movies and television series used by the following actors:
Ruger Mini-14
Film
- Ironbar in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
- City Cowboys in Crocodile Dundee
- 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
- Snake Eater
- Drug dealers in Elite Squad
- Gang members in S.W.A.T.
- Redfoot's henchmen in The Usual Suspects
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.
Ruger Mini-14 in Muzzelite™ MZ14 Bullpup Stock
The Muzzelite™ MZ14 is a polymer rifle stock that was designed to convert the Ruger Mini-14/AC556 into a compact bullpup carbine. Contrary to some urban legends, these were never seriously looked at as an alternative weapon for law enforcement. The trigger pull is too long and the bullpup itself is back heavy. Most Police departments already had full auto AC556 rifles or semi auto Rugers (as well as AR15s) if they needed a 5.56mm assault rifle. It is a simple vacuformed clamshell body that uses a rod to activate the trigger. The Muzzelite™ Stock was sold in configurations that could hold the Ruger Mini-14, the Ruger 10-22 and the Marlin Camp Carbine in 9mm, though the only version used in most movies or television shows were the Ruger Mini 14 version. Also in films like Total Recall, the AC556 full auto carbine with a shorter barrel was used inside this bullpup stock.
The Muzzelite™ stock enclosed Ruger Mini 14 has been used in countless B-Movies and television shows as a result of it's futuristic appearance. Films like Starship Troopers and the television series Space: Above and Beyond utilized customized futuristic guns based on the Ruger Mini inside of a Muzzelite™ stock. These were preferred by the prop makers at Hollywood's Hand Prop Room, since the futuristic shape of the Muzzelite™ stock made it easier to create unusual science fiction rifles, but also the fact that it expands the appearance potential of the Ruger Mini 14, known in the industry as 'the jamless wonder'. The Mini-14 never jams or stovepipes using movie blanks, something that cannot be said of any of the other common 5.56 weapons used in films.
Film
- Starship Troopers (Heavily modified version, called the "Morita Rifle")
- Arnold Schwarzenegger as Douglas Quaid in Total Recall
- Michael Gross as Burt Gummer in Tremors 3: Back to Perfection
Television
- Vori soldiers and Robert Beltran as Chakotay in Star Trek: Voyager (episode "Nemesis", with and without tactical flashlights mounted on the carry handle)
- Space: Above and Beyond (another heavily modified version, also made by the Hand Prop Room, which also assisted in the production of the fictional rifles for Starship Troopers.