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To: pfflier

Cant shoot NATO rounds.


4 posted on 03/29/2012 4:59:53 PM PDT by NoLibZone (We can't allow the horrible death of Trayvon Martin to be used as an excuse to disarm us.)
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To: NoLibZone

The manual states this:
“AMMUNITION (580 series mini14 and above)
The RUGER® MINI-14® RANCH RIFLES are chambered for the .223
Remington (5.56mm) cartridge. The Mini-14 Ranch Rifle is designed to use either
standardized U.S. military, OR factory loaded sporting .223 (5.56mm) cartridges
manufactured in accordance with U.S. industry practice.”


5 posted on 03/29/2012 5:03:54 PM PDT by omega4179
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To: NoLibZone

Is it limited to Winchester .223?


8 posted on 03/29/2012 5:06:14 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: NoLibZone

The manual states this:
“AMMUNITION (580 series mini14 and above)
The RUGER® MINI-14® RANCH RIFLES are chambered for the .223
Remington (5.56mm) cartridge. The Mini-14 Ranch Rifle is designed to use either
standardized U.S. military, OR factory loaded sporting .223 (5.56mm) cartridges
manufactured in accordance with U.S. industry practice.”


11 posted on 03/29/2012 5:08:57 PM PDT by omega4179
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To: NoLibZone

“Cant shoot NATO rounds.”

They most certainly can.


13 posted on 03/29/2012 5:10:25 PM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: NoLibZone
Cant shoot NATO rounds.

Yeah they can, do it all the time. NATO green tip in battle packs.

15 posted on 03/29/2012 5:13:22 PM PDT by beebuster2000
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To: NoLibZone

> Cant shoot NATO rounds.
Who says?
Mine sure can. I’ve plinked nearly a thousand surplus NATO rounds through it.
That is before I lost it in the boating accident.


82 posted on 03/30/2012 7:17:39 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (End Obama's War On Freedom.)
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To: NoLibZone
Cant shoot NATO rounds.

My Ranch models are chambered for 5.56 NATO.

86 posted on 05/13/2012 12:15:37 PM PDT by meadsjn (Sarah 2012, or sooner)
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