Gordan Ingram rifle prototype an 5.56 M1 carbine that can can use the STANAG mags made in the 70s

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judahandthelionSUCK@reddit

Someone should actually manufacture these.

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judahandthelionSUCK@reddit

The Mini-14 doesn't take STANAG mags though.

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So buy 7 mini 14 mags and call it a day. Sure it kinda sucks having to buy a different kind of magazine but it’s only a one time investment, not like you have to buy a new magazine every time you shoot one.

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judahandthelionSUCK@reddit

I want the novelty of an M1 Carbine that takes STANAG mags and 5.56 though.

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Muckmenofficial@reddit

Totally fair. I think the mini 14 is still the closest thing you’ll get to that, I know a couple people make repro wood top hand guards which should help it look a bit more M1 carbine-ish

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judahandthelionSUCK@reddit

I guess I could just get a normal wood stock for my Mini-14.

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KeeganY_SR-UVB76@reddit

Wait, you don’t?

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tghost474@reddit

Dear ruger FUGGIN THIS!

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Mako_sato_ftw@reddit

i think he was ahead of the game with this one

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M60boi@reddit

Gordan Ingram might be one of (key word one of) the most underrated gun designers ever. Along with John Pederson.

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Electronic_Camera251@reddit

The story behind the prototyping and “production” of these is wild af including the Dominican Republic and somalia

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Electronic_Camera251@reddit

These have quite the tangled web of intrigue and corruption surrounding them

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BrokenBodyEngineer@reddit

The hell is the mag retained? I can see the mag cut.

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TekuizedGundam007@reddit

Now if Ruger could do this with the Mini-14 and then bring back the Mini-30 to use AK mags….

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fromthewindyplace@reddit

lmao, look at the mag catch cut just peeking out of the bottom. Would it have been that hard to make at least a semblance of a mag well?

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AlecIsSoTall@reddit

That was my first thought, I guess they used the very top of the mag catch to retain in the magwell? Idk I'd love to see a closeup of the actual mag catch mechanism to see what's keeping that in there. I somehow doubt it reliably aligns the magazine correctly if it's just a small tab holding on for dear life.

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MlackBesa@reddit

From the looks of it, it does seem like it is retained on the spine by a regular M1 carbine mag catch lol, I bet it chews up mags like crazy, I wouldn’t want to go prone and slam the mag on the ground

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NormalfloridaCitizen@reddit

Mini 14 need this magazine conversion

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osmosisdrake@reddit

So... a Mini-14?

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kmikek@reddit

I bet the price tag was significantly different. the beauty of the mini-14 was ruger doing everything to keep the costs of manufacturing to a minimum (rough parts that worked)

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Cliffinati@reddit

But with good magazines

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alexmikli@reddit

You think that something like this would have caught on and not the Mini-14 we know.

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bobbobersin@reddit

This would be intresting to see today, the stenag compatabality plus persumably being able to use surplus m1/2carbine furnature seems pretty neat, I get the mini 14 exists but if this was accepted I feel like that would reuse more parts then the mini 14 (which as far as I know uses no compatable parts with the larger M14 other then form and nothing with the M16 other then shared calaber)

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Mini-14 but with ~extra steps~ cheap and plentiful mags

ftfy

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