Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Ruger revolvers, Ruger semi-automatic pistols, Ruger Mini-14, Ruger P series, Ruger SR series, Ruger 10/22, Ruger Standard, Ruger Vaquero, Ruger Redhawk, Ruger MK II, Ruger Blackhawk, Ruger Super Redhawk, Sturm, Ruger, Ruger Security Six, Ruger MK III, Ruger M77, Ruger GP-100, Ruger SP-101, Ruger LCP, Ruger Police Carbine, Ruger Bisley, Ruger Gold Label, Ruger 77/22, Ruger No. 1, Ruger Single Six, Ruger LCR, Ruger 10/17, Ruger Alaskan, Ruger SR-556, Ruger MP9, Ruger Hawkeye, Ruger Old Army, Ruger LC9, RMR. Excerpt: The Mini-14, Mini Thirty, and Mini-6.8 are small, lightweight semi-automatic carbines manufactured by the U.S. firearms company Sturm, Ruger. The Mini-14 non-target versions can fire both the .223 Remington cartridge and the similar military 5.56x45mm cartridge. The target model Mini-14 rifles are chambered only for the .223 Remington cartridge. The Mini Thirty uses the 7.62x39mm and the Mini-6.8 fires 6.8 mm Remington SPC. Ruger offered a selective fire variant of the Mini-14, the AC-556, to police and military customers. AC-556 models have a slightly longer receiver (shared with early production "series 180" models) to allow for full automatic operation. These models are available with features such as short barrels and bayonet lugs. The Mini-14GB model is a semi-automatic variant for police and military sale with the additional factory options of a short barrel, folding paratrooper stock, flash suppressor and a bayonet lug. Designed by L. James Sullivan and William B. Ruger, the rifle employs an investment cast, heat-treated receiver and a version of the M1 rifle locking mechanism with a self-cleaning, fixed-piston gas system. The Mini-14 product page describes it as a "simple, rugged Garand-style breechbolt locking system, with a fixed-piston gas system and self-cleaning, moving gas cylinder...".

Sporting Guns is an illustrated guide to the world's best modern sporting rifles and shotguns, from all-time favorites such as the Weatherby Mark V to the latest Beretta competition shotguns. Ranging from bolt-action rifles to turkey guns, the book examines some of the most exciting available types of long gun for hunting and target sports. Sporting Guns is divided into four chapters that cover the main types of recreational gun: breech-loading (break-open) shotguns and rifles, semi-automatic and pump shotguns, bolt- and manual-action rifles, and semi-automatic rifles. Within each chapter the guns are arranged alphabetically for ease of reference. Each entry takes an individual gun and explroes its key features, including its operating system, construction, hunting/target use, sighting options, price range and important variants. The book also offers essential advice on using sporting guns safely, whether on a shooting range or out in the wild. If you are interested in clay shooting, target practice, or outdoor hunting, Sporting Guns will help you find the right gun and keep informed of the best on teh gun market. Packed with color photographs, detailed descriptions, and full specifications for each weapon, Sporting Guns is the ideal handbook for both novice shooters and expert riflemen alike.

A complete step-by-step pictorial guide featuring a parts diagram, color photos, and written photo captions, guiding the user through a complete takedown and reassembly of the Ruger mini 14 semi-automatic rifle.

A firearms reference that includes ballistics charts, hundreds of photographs, prices, and specifications for thousands of guns and pieces of equipment.

In this handy reference manual, renowned firearms expert Dr. Wayne van Zwoll covers all aspects of deer rifles and their loads and bullets. From the proper action and caliber, to hunting bucks in big woods or open terrain, Dr. van Zwoll covers it all. Reference charts include detailed information on the various lightweight, long-range, and lever rifles, and the recommended loads for each. Van Zwoll also offers excellent advice and information on choosing and sighting in deer scopes and sights, and shares expert tips on marksmanship.

The Ruger Mini-14 may be the ultimate plinker, hunting and survival rifle. If you already have the many accessories available for it, why not complete your collection with a do-it-yourself silencer? Here are step-by-step instructions to show you how to construct a tough, working silencer able to handle the high pressures generated by the Mini-14's .223 round. All BATF rules apply.