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Do you only own a Mini-14/30 because your state has rifle restrictions?

  • My state does not restrict, and I chose to own a Mini.

    Votes: 90 65.2%
  • My state has restrictions, and that influenced my purchase of a Mini.

    Votes: 27 19.6%
  • Other -- please explain.

    Votes: 21 15.2%

Do you own a Mini because your state doesn't allow ARs?

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Do you own a Mini because your state has rifle restrictions?

I made a comment on another thread (about the effect of low budget AR's on the Mini market), and now I'm wondering how accurate it is. The comment was that I think that what has kept the Mini-14/30 in production were sales to states that have rifle configuration restrictions, like CA and NY. Here and on the SKS boards, there are a lot of people in those states who own these rifles, that seem to primarily own them because they have so few choices of semi-auto rifles.

In thinking about it, I kind of doubt that Ruger makes public things like how many rifles of various kinds they sell per state, but anyone willing to take a guess? Not very scientific, neither is the poll really, but maybe we can get a feel for how much choice plays into the purchase.
 
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