Ruger Mini 1. 4 Wikipedia. Ruger Mini 1. 4The Mini 1. GBType. Place of origin. United States. Service history. Used by. See Users. Production history. Designer. L. James Sullivan, William B. Ruger. Designed. 19. Manufacturer. Sturm, Ruger Company, Inc. Produced. 19. 73present. Ruger Blackhawk Serial Numbers 45' title='Ruger Blackhawk Serial Numbers 45' />Variants. See Variants Ranch Rifle. Mini Thirty. Mini 6. Bolt Action Only BOAAC 5. GBTarget. Tactical. NRA Edition. Specifications. TombstoneGunsmith/rugerandfreedom005.jpg' alt='Ruger Blackhawk Serial Numbers 34' title='Ruger Blackhawk Serial Numbers 34' />Weight. Length. 37. 2. 5 in 9. Barrel length. 22. Target Rifle1. 8. Ranch Rifle, Mini 3. Tactical, Mini 3. Ruger Blackhawk Serial Numbers 41 Mag' title='Ruger Blackhawk Serial Numbers 41 Mag' />NRA Edition1. AC 5. 56Cartridge. Action. Gas operated, rotating bolt. Ruger Blackhawk Serial Numbers 44 Mag' title='Ruger Blackhawk Serial Numbers 44 Mag' />Chris from the Lucky Gunner team breaks down 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation Smith Wesson semiauto pistols and their model numbers. The Mini14 is a lightweight. Sturm, Ruger Co. that is popular with law enforcement, security personnel. The Super Redhawk is a line of doubleaction magnum revolvers made by Sturm, Ruger beginning in 1987, when Ruger started making weapons using larger, more powerful. New Model Blackhawk Revolver Includes Bisley Models Caliber 45 Colt45 ACP Beginning Serial Number Years of Production 4603651 1974. Browse all new and used Ruger Pistols Mark II for sale and buy with confidence from Guns International. The Super Blackhawk was the first revolver to be produced in Rugers new expanded facility in Southport, Connecticut. It was also the first Ruger revolver to have. Rugers first center fire single action revolver, the new Blackhawk. Magnum, debuted in 1955, just two years after the successful introduction of the. Detailed Description Black OverMolded rubber rifle stock with recoil pad, QD stud and a Ruger Eagle medallion in the grip cap. Super strong, rigid fiberglass. RugerForum. com This is a Ruger Firearms enthusiasts forum, but it is in no way affiliated with, nor does it represent Sturm Ruger Company Inc. Southport, CT. Researching the web, it seems the Ruger American Pistols not exactly a hit with some YouTube gun reviewers. After a weekend spent shooting several hundred rounds. Rate of fire. Muzzle velocity. Feed system. 5, 1. Numerous aftermarket magazines and drums. Sights. Iron sights. The Mini 1. 4 is a lightweight. Sturm, Ruger Co. It is made in a number of variants including the Ranch Rifle with an integral scope base on the receiver and the Mini Thirty which is chambered for 7. History and designedit. Stainless steel Mini 1. Ranch Rifle with various accessories. The Mini 1. 4 was first introduced in 1. Sturm, Ruger Co. 1 The name Mini 1. M1. 4 rifle. 2 Designed by L. James Sullivan3 and William B. Ruger, it incorporated numerous innovations and cost saving engineering changes. The Mini 1. 4 rifle employs an investment cast, heat treatedreceiver and is mechanically similar to the M1 Garand rifle, with a self cleaning, fixed piston gas system. Initial rifles were produced with a complex, exposed bolt hold open device with no button for manual engagement. Stocks were somewhat angular and heat shields were made of wood. These rifles, with serial number prefixes before 1. The original Mini 1. In 1. 98. 2, Ruger introduced the Ranch Rifle with an integral scope base on the receiver, a new folding aperture rear sight and factory scope rings. It introduced a plastic heat shield and ejected spent cartridge cases at a lower angle to avoid hitting low mounted scopes. In 1. 98. 7, Ruger introduced the Mini Thirty rifle chambered for the Russian 7. At the time, large quantities of surplus military ammunition were being imported into the United States at rock bottom prices. Also, the 7. 6. 23. Winchester cartridge. Windows Xp 2010 Driver Pack. As a result, the Mini Thirty proved to be an effective deer rifle. The design was overhauled to improve accuracy and update the styling while at the same time reducing production costs. The standard Mini 1. Mini 1. 4 type rifles. As of 2. 00. 5, all Mini 1. Ranch Rifle design, with integral scope bases, a non folding ghost ring aperture rear sight and a winged front sight similar to that used on the Ruger Police Carbine. These upgraded rifles have serial numbers beginning with 5. Ranch Rifles. 7 They have new iron sights and a modified gas system designed to reduce barrel vibration6 and are capable of shooting 2 inch groups at 1. MOA accuracy. 7Some time between 2. Ruger added a heavier tapered barrel to the Mini series. The heavier barrel had an overall larger diameter with the barrel visibly becoming thicker in the final inches as the barrel approaches the gas block from the muzzle. These changes combined with tighter tolerances result in greater potential accuracy. All Mini 1. Most Mini 1. AK 4. AR 1. 5. 7 However, Ruger now offers some Mini 1. ATI brand adjustable folding stock with a pistol grip. Also, Ruger factory made 5, 1. VariantseditRanch Rifleedit. Ranch Rifle. Note scope mounts and ghost ring rear sight. The Ranch Rifles are currently the most basic models, generally offered in a wood or synthetic rifle stock paired with a blued or stainless steel receiver and a standard 1. RH twist rate. These rifles feature an adjustable ghost ring rear sight and winged front sight, and they are sold with a detachable scope rail mount and a choice of two 2. U. S. states and other countries which have laws restricting magazine capacity. All models are chambered in both. Remington and 5. 5. NATO ammunition except the Target Rifle variant which is. Target RifleeditIntroduced in 2. Target Rifle version has a 2. Hogue overmolded synthetic stock. The Target Rifle does not have iron sights but includes the standard scope rings and Picatinny rail mount. It is only designed for use with the. Remington round 5. NATO is not warranted by Ruger. As of January 2. 01. Ruger website and was not included in Rugers 2. U. S. firearms catalog PDF, which may indicate that it has temporarily or permanently ceased production. NRA ModeleditOffered only in 2. NRA Model Ranch Rifle included a shorter 1. National Rifle Association medallion. Ruger made a donation to the NRA ILA for every rifle sold. Tactical Rifleedit. Ruger Mini Thirty with pistol grip folding stock, Harris bipod, 3. AK 7. 4 style flash hider with added flash diverter and 394. Ruger high post rings. Introduced in 2. 00. Tactical Rifle is the newest variant, which includes the shorter 1. ATI brand stock with Picatinny rails. This model is chambered in both. Remington5. 5. 64. NATO1. 4 and. 3. AAC Blackout as of 2. Mini ThirtyeditIn 1. Ruger began production of the Mini Thirty. The Mini Thirty is chambered for the Russian 7. SKS and AK 4. 7, as many states prohibit hunting of deer with calibers smaller than 6 mm. The 7. 6. 23. 9mm has ballistics similar to the well known. Winchester. 1. 6 The Mini Thirty shares many of the same design and accessory options with those of the smaller caliber Mini 1. Ranch Rifle, including a Mini Thirty Tactical Rifle variant released in 2. Mini 1. 4 Tactical Rifle variant. The Mini Thirty is available with a 1. Tactical Model or 1. RH, and is sold with two 2. Ruger does not currently produce 3. Mini Thirty magazines. Government modelseditMini 1. GBedit. Ruger Mini 1. GB with a pistol grip, side folding stock, 3. French CRS police officer with Mousqueton A. M. D. The Mini 1. GB government bayonet1. The GB models also come with standard rifle stocks. Sales are intended for only the law enforcement, military and private security markets, and can only be found in their Law Enforcement Catalog. However, some have entered the civilian market. The AC 5. 56 is a selective fire version of the Mini 1. The AC 5. 56. GF is fully automatic. The design incorporates a selector on the rightrear of the receiver to select either semi automatic, 3 round burst, or full automatic fire modes the manual safety at the front of the trigger guard operates the same as a standard Mini 1. The front sight is winged and incorporates a bayonet lug. The 1. 3 inch 3. A folding stock was used on the AC 5. F and AC 5. 56. K. The rifle came equipped with 2. The AC 5. 56 was dropped from production in 1. Ruger stopped offering service for the rifle in 2. Mousqueton A. M. DeditIn France, the AC 5. Mousqueton A. M. D. French Interior Ministry the Police Aux Frontires P. A. F. Border Police, the Police Nationale. Compagnies Rpublicaines de Scurit or C. R. S. Riot Control Brigade and even the Armys Groupe dIntervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale GIGN special operations unit. Straight pull actioneditA small number of straight pull only a. Mini 1. 4 and Mini 3. United Kingdom as a result of legislation which banned semi automatic centerfire rifles in 1. Disassembled Mini 1. Mini 1. 4 with various accessories. Other calibersedit. RemingtoneditRuger produced a. Remington caliber model as of 1. Guide to Smith Wesson Semi Auto Pistols Their Model Numbers. Today, Smith Wesson is mostly known for revolvers and their growing line of M P pistols. Despite the rapidly growing popularity of these polymer framed striker fired semi auto pistols, theres also a lot of buzz around the former metal framed S W pistols that were discontinued a few years ago. Prices on the used market for the so called 1st, 2nd, and 3rd generation S W pistols are still affordable, but have been rapidly rising over the past couple of years. These pistols are usually tough, reliable, and excellent shooters. If you happen to run across one for a good price, now would be a great time to snatch it up. The trouble with that plan is the absurdly confusing system that S W used to assign the model numbers for these pistols. Today, their M P pistols follow a pretty logical formula. I carry a M P9c a compact 9mm. Makes sense, right Well, the 3rd Gen equivalent of that pistol is the 6. But if it was made before the late 8. Gen version the 4. And the single stack version would be the 3. Confused yet Unless youve committed these models to memory, looking at the numbers stamped on the slide of an old S W pistol in the case at a gun shop or an online ad doesnt really tell you much. Even if you ask Google for some help, you might have to wade through a multi page forum thread to get a straight answer. Well, believe it or not, there is some logic to the old S W numbering system, its just not particularly intuitive. So we whipped together this S W semi auto model number quick reference chart to make it a little easier for you the next time you misplace your S W decoder ring. Our chart covers most of the regular production models for the discontinued Smiths chambered in major service calibers. There are a few less common ones out there, but these are the pistols youre most likely to run across today. Even with the chart, there might be a few confusing details about the numbering system, so keep reading for a little background info on each generation of S W autos. Gen Pistols. The first S W semi automatic chambered in a service caliber was the Model 3. The aluminum alloy framed 9mm pistol had an 8 shot single stack magazine, a 4 inch barrel and a traditional double actionsingle action trigger with a slide mounted safetydecocker, similar to what many people are familiar with from the Beretta 9. The Model 3. 9 was developed as a potential replacement for the U. S. Armys M1. 91. A1. The Army declined to adopt the Model 3. American law enforcement. In the early 1. 97. S W released a version of the 3. Model 5. 9. Together, the 3. S W semi autos. All of the following S W 2nd and 3rd generation 9mm pistols are essentially derivatives of these two and in many cases, their model number provides some clue to that origin. The S W Model 3. S W semi autos to come standard with a blued finish and wood grips. Gen Pistols. In the late 1. S W models 4. These were basically the 3. Steel framed versions of these pistols followed, available with either a stainless, blued, or nickel finish. Blued and nickel model numbers start with 5 5. In the mid 1. 98. S W released two alloy framed compact versions of the 5. Establishing the form factor that the third gen compacts would follow, these pistols had a 3. Around this same time, S W also began producing their first. ACP pistol the model 6. This was a large frame, single stack pistol with an 8 round magazine, 5 inch barrel, and DASA with slide mounted safetydecocker just like the 9mm pistols. There is one variant of the second gen. IPSC competition shooters. I hope you caught all that because heres where it gets complicated3rd Gen Pistols. The third generation of S W pistols started hitting the market in the late 8. They can be easily spotted by their four digit model numbers. S W continued the numbering trend they had started on the 9mm pistols the 3. Third gen pistols in other calibers are much easier to remember. The 4. 50. 0 series is for. ACP, 4. 00. 0 series for. S W, and 1. 00. So, looking at the first two digits of a four digit model number from a 3rd gen pistol, we can know the caliber, and if its a 9mm, we might also know the frame size. The rest of the info wed need is in the second half of the model number. The S W Model 4. ACP standards, but the slim single stack grip makes it usable even for people with small hands. The third digit indicates one of nine possible combinations of action type and frame size. Most S W autos are DASA, but not all. Some are double action only DAO, and a few were even made with a slide mounted decocking lever and no external safety similar to what youd find on a Sig P2. Each model series has a frame size and barrel length that is standard for that series, which weve listed on the chart. The third digit will tell you if a given model is the standard size, mid size, or compact. The final digit in the model number indicates the frame material and finish. Frames are either steel or aluminum alloy and the finish is either bluedblack sometimes with a nickel plating, or stainlesssilver. Exceptions. What makes this complex system frustrating to follow is that there are multiple exceptions to the product codes. Some are pretty easy to figure out like the value series pistols. These were budget versions of the third gen pistols that lack some of the finishing touches of the standard models and have a three digit model number. The first two digits reflect the caliber 9, 4. The Chiefs Special pistols are also easy to spot, like the one in the header image of this post. They are single stack, sub compact variants with a CS pre fix and theyre some of the most sought after 3rd gen pistols on the used market. Theres one model each chambered in 9mm,. S W, and. 4. ACP called the CS9, CS4. CS4. 5 respectively. Besides these obvious exceptions, there are a few sneaky model numbers that look normal but dont follow the numbering trends. For instance, the 6. The compact. 4. 0 S W pistols can also be confusing. Most are double stack, but a few single stack versions were made. The model 4. 04. 0PD in particular breaks multiple model numbering rules and seems to have been given its name arbitrarily. Letter suffixes are another detail to watch for. A couple of letters tacked to the end of the model name might mean something minor like a new finish, but they can also indicate major changes like the TSW Tactical Smith Wesson series of pistols which indicate the addition of features like improved sights and accessory rails. Sometimes, the TSW pistols were built with a completely different frame size and barrel length than the standard model. Some of the oddball model names come from pistols developed by S Ws in house custom shop, the Performance Center. To keep things simple relatively speaking, anyway we didnt include these and other obscure models in our chart. If you want more detailed information on any of these models, I highly recommend picking up the Standard Catalog of Smith Wesson which was a huge help in verifying the info for the chart. Hopefully, the next time youre trying to track down a deal on an old Smith, this info will help your search go a little quicker.