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Ruger Mini-14
The Ruger Mini-14/AC556 can be seen in the following movies and television series used by the following actors:
Ruger Mini-14
Please note that many times a semi auto only Mini 14 GB rifle is used to impersonate a full auto AC556, especially when mounted into a factory folding stock. Unless the rifle fires full auto, or one can clearly see the selector switch (which the Mini 14 doesn't have) it will be identified as a Mini-14 until it's pedigree as an AC556 can be verified.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Notation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome | Angry Anderson | Ironbar | underfolding stock | 1985 |
| Crocodile Dundee | City Cowboys | 1986 | ||
| Crocodile Dundee | Roo-shooters | 1986 | ||
| Fatal Beauty | Mike Jolly | Earl Skinner | AC556K | 1987 |
| A Fish Called Wanda | Michael Palin | Ken | scoped AC556 with suppressor | 1988 |
| Crocodile Dundee II | Drug Dealer gangmembers | 1988 | ||
| Predator 2 | Jamaican Drug Gang | AC556K | 1990 | |
| Lethal Weapon 3 | Travis' henchmen | 1992 | ||
| Léon (The Professional) | Various actors | NYPD ESU officers | Mini-14 GB-F | 1994 |
| Tommy Boy | Rob Lowe | Paul Barish | 1995 | |
| The Usual Suspects | Redfoot's henchmen | Mini-14 GB-F, optics mounted | 1995 | |
| Escape from LA | George Corraface | Cuervo Jones | AC556 stainless steel variant with a polymer Choate Stock and mounted scope | 1996 |
| Escape from LA | Kurt Russell | Snake Plissken | AC556stainless steel variant with a polymer Choate Stock and mounted scope | 1996 |
| Escape from LA | Various actors | Gang member | 1996 | |
| Broken Arrow | John Travolta | Major Vic 'Deak' Deakins | Ruger AC-556K | 1996 |
| The Long Kiss Goodnight | Geena Davis | Charly Baltimore | Stainless variant with black synthetic stock, scope, and custom stainless muzzle break, heat shield/barrel shroud | 1996 |
| Face/Off | Various actors | Prison guards | AC556 | 1997 |
| Face/Off | Chris Bauer | Ivan Dubov | AC556 | 1997 |
| Breakdown | M.C. Gainey | Earl | 1997 | |
| Hard Rain | Minnie Driver | Karen | AC556 | 1998 |
| Hard Rain | Various actors | Police officers and criminals | AC556 | 1998 |
| Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (Forest Whitaker | Ghost Dog | folding stock, homemade suppressor, and scope attached | 1999 | |
| Boondock Saints | A Prison Guard | Choate folding stock | 1999 | |
| Formula 51 | 2001 | |||
| Once upon a time in Mexico | Antonio Banderas | El Mariachi | 2003 | |
| Once upon a time in Mexico | Various actors | Barrilo's men | 2003 | |
| S.W.A.T. (2003) | Various actors | Gang members | AC556K | 2003 |
| Delta Farce | Various actors | Carlo Santana's men | 2007 | |
| We Own the Night | Various actors | NYPD ESU officers | 2007 | |
| Elite Squad | Various actors | Drug dealers | 2007 | |
| Mesrine: Killer Instinct | Various actors | Prison guard riflemen | 2008 | |
| The Dark Knight | vigilante Batman copycat | 2008 | ||
| Watchmen | Various actors | NYPD ESU officers | AC556 | 2009 |
| New Police Story | 2004 | |||
| Tiffany (Melissa Brasselle) in Curse of the Komodo (Stainless Mini-14 with Black Synthetic Stock) | ||||
| Mexican Ranchers in Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The | ||||
| Michael Douglas as Jack Colton in Romancing the Stone | ||||
| Zolo's Men & Ira's Men in Romancing the Stone | ||||
| Arius' men in Commando | ||||
| Gang Members in Death Wish 3 | ||||
| Night Slasher gang member in Cobra (AC-556K) | ||||
| David Soul as Michael Platt in In the Line of Duty: The FBI Murders (AC-556K) | ||||
| Valri Bromfield as Miss Purdah in Nothing But Trouble (Stainless W/ Scope) | ||||
| Beyond the Law (1992) (Stainless Steel, Folding Stock) | ||||
| Armored Sweeper in Equilibrium | ||||
| George Clooney in The American |
Television
- Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer in 24
- Wielded by numerous members of The A-Team
- Space: Above and Beyond (a heavily modified version, hidden in a custom Sci Fi Shell, made by Propper Effects, Ltd. which also assisted in the production of the fictional rifles for Starship Troopers.
- Jim Zubiena as Ludovici Armstrong using the AC556 model with folding stock in Miami Vice (1984)
- Shane Edelman as Matt Murch Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
- Various characters in The A-Team (1983-1988)
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Theft Auto: Vice City | Kruger | GB-F model | 2002 | |
| Kane and Lynch: Dead Men | 2007 | |||
| Left 4 Dead | Hunting Rifle | w/ scope and tactical flaslight | 2008 | |
| Left 4 Dead 2 | Hunting Rifle | w/ scope, tactical flashlight and optional laser sight | 2009 | |
| Splinter Cell Chaos Theory | AC556 |
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 shoddy, 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 AR-15s) if they needed a 5.56x45mm 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 9x19mm, 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 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 5.56x45mm weapons used in films.
Film
- Starship Troopers (Heavily modified version, called the "Morita Rifle")
- The Rehab Officers Assault Rifles in RoboCop 3
- Jamaican Gangsters and Gary Busey as Special Agent Peter Keyes in Predator 2
- Arnold Schwarzenegger as Douglas Quaid in Total Recall
- Michael Gross as Burt Gummer in Tremors 3: Back to Perfection
- Used by team members in Dracula 3000
- Used by terrorists in Digital Man
- Resistance Troops in the future scene of Terminator 2: Judgement Day
- Ramon Cota's men and Delta Force commandos in Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection
- Used by Space Marines in Leprechaun 4: In Space with large laser sight mounted.
- Used by Water and Power agents that attack Tank Girl and her friends, modified with scopes and foreend grips. Tank Girl also uses a confiscated rifle to defend her hideout.
Television
- UEO Forces in seaQuest DSV. In the final season, known as seaQuest 2032, the Ruger was removed and the clamshell covers were modified and used as Pulse Rifles by the Macronesian Alliance.
- Vori soldiers and Robert Beltran as Chakotay in Star Trek: Voyager (episode "Nemesis", with and without tactical flashlights mounted on the carry handle)
- Space Rangers in Space Rangers. With fake grenade launcher, and obsolete gas tube laser site as an optical site.
Ruger Mini-30
The Ruger Mini-30 is a nearly identical rifle except chambered for 7.62x39mm. Except for the magazines, it would be hard to identify a Mini-30 from a Mini-14 based on purely visual cues.