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Hi everyone;
No, not tossing in the towel, but it appears obvious that if I want to maintain a Mini 14 as a "travel carbine" (i.e. one that can go most places in the US in the trunk during car vacations) I will need to hold my nose and pick up some 10 round mags once the panic dies down. Got all the 20's and 30's I need (even a couple of 100 rounders) but I may not be able to use them as freely when traveling. Originally I just planned trips around locales with mag bans in place but if enough smaller communities ban >10 rounders it will be easier just to pack enough extra 10 rounders so that the loss in capacity doesn't matter. Haven't decided quite what to do on the sidearm (usually travel with a Glock 19) but may pick up a baby Glock at some point. Easier to conceal, anyway.
Okay, so not a single 10 shooter to my name for the Mini platform and my first guess is to go Ruger factory once they're available. But how about ProMag? I generally don't like ProMags, but their 20 shooters have been serviceable in the Mini - never a FTF, sometimes a failure to lock back the bolt but that was fixable. Mason, National, etc. Any good? Any other brands? Pre-panic cdnn used to run no-name Mini 14 mags. Anyone have experience with the 10 shooters?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Grumpy
No, not tossing in the towel, but it appears obvious that if I want to maintain a Mini 14 as a "travel carbine" (i.e. one that can go most places in the US in the trunk during car vacations) I will need to hold my nose and pick up some 10 round mags once the panic dies down. Got all the 20's and 30's I need (even a couple of 100 rounders) but I may not be able to use them as freely when traveling. Originally I just planned trips around locales with mag bans in place but if enough smaller communities ban >10 rounders it will be easier just to pack enough extra 10 rounders so that the loss in capacity doesn't matter. Haven't decided quite what to do on the sidearm (usually travel with a Glock 19) but may pick up a baby Glock at some point. Easier to conceal, anyway.
Okay, so not a single 10 shooter to my name for the Mini platform and my first guess is to go Ruger factory once they're available. But how about ProMag? I generally don't like ProMags, but their 20 shooters have been serviceable in the Mini - never a FTF, sometimes a failure to lock back the bolt but that was fixable. Mason, National, etc. Any good? Any other brands? Pre-panic cdnn used to run no-name Mini 14 mags. Anyone have experience with the 10 shooters?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Grumpy