The latest Mini-14 variation is a special limited-edition NRA-ILA Mini-14 Ranch Rifle designed to support NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action in the fight for all Americans’ Second Amendment rights on.
The new NRA-ILA Mini-14 benefits from all the latest design enhancements, but is even more compact owing to its 161⁄8" barrel, which makes it the shortest semi-automatic Mini to ever leave the Ruger factory. Barrels on standard Mini-14s measure 18½". The compact size makes the NRA-ILA Mini-14 quite handy and suitable for convenient stowage and quick retrieval from vehicle-mounted racks and scabbards.

In addition, the new gun ships with two factory Ruger 20-round magazines. That will come as a pleasant surprise to legions of Mini-14 fans in view of the company’s long-held policy of selling its 20- and now discontinued 30-round magazines only through law enforcement channels. According to Ruger Shooting Sports & Media Relations Coordinator Ken Jorgensen, Ruger plans to make factory 20-round magazines available to the general public if sales of the NRA-ILA Mini-14 demonstrate the public’s demand and production capacity becomes available.

In another departure from the norm, the NRA-ILA Mini-14 is set in a black Hogue OverMolded stock. The stock has a rigid fiberglass-reinforced skeleton covered with a textured, rubberized exterior for secure, quiet handling in wet weather and brushy environs, and its grip cap sports a gold-tone metal NRA logo.

Finally, the NRA-ILA Mini-14 features the serial number prefix “NRA.” Explaining the special designation earlier this year, then Ruger President Stephen L. Sanetti said, “We are extremely pleased to be partnering with the NRA on this special-project Mini-14 to support the Institute for Legislative Action. It is very important that we, as an industry and as individuals, support the efforts of ILA as they work to protect our Second Amendment rights.” He added, “A portion of the sales from each rifle will go to the NRA-ILA to support their ongoing efforts. This project is also made possible through the support of Hogue Stocks, one of our key vendors, and through our distributors.”

Unqualified Success
Bill Ruger was rightly proud of the Mini-14. History may have passed it by in regard to his original intentions, but the shooting public has validated the Mini’s worth by the resounding approval of nearly a million votes of confidence spanning 33 years. It has achieved near-iconic status at shooting ranges, in hunting woods and on ranches everywhere, and, according to Jorgensen, is as popular as ever. “We could sell more if we could make more,” he said.

With its compact overall length, durable exterior and generous ammunition capacity, the Ruger NRA-ILA Mini-14 Ranch Rifle may become the most popular Mini ever while at the same time helping to secure the Second Amendment freedoms of a whole new generation of shooters.

That would be no small accomplishment—even for the mighty Mini 14.

Manufacturer: Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. Ruger.com
Model: NRA-ILA Mini-14
Caliber: .223 Rem.
Action Type: gas-operated, center-fire semi-automatic rifle
Receiver: investment cast 4140 chrome-moly steel
Barrel: matte finish chrome-moly steel; 16 1⁄8"
Rifling: six-groove, 1:9", RH twist
Magazine: 20-round steel detachable box
Sights: windage- and elevation-adjustable wing-protected rearaperture; wing-protected front blade; integral Ruger-style bases
Trigger: 6 lbs., 14 ozs. pull
Stock: black synthetic/rubber Hogue OverMolded; length of pull, 13 1/2"; drop at comb, 7/8"; drop at heel, 1 1/2"
Overall Length: 35 3⁄8"
Weight: 6 lbs., 12 ozs.
Accessories: extra 20-round magazine, Ruger scope rings, instruction manual, cable lock
Suggested Retail Price: $1,035

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