I bought a Ruger "77" in 220 Swift that same year, with the same
inscription.

Karl
It has been in my Cessna for the news group cops!


"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
news:cYZ3g.10297$ZW3.1757@dukeread04...
I bought a Mini 14 back in 1976 [stamped on the side."Made
in the 200th year of American Freedom" Ruger actually sold
20 round magazines for $8. I gave that rifle to my eldest
son after he turned 21 or so. He has all those very
reliable Ruger mags. Also had some after-market 20 and 30
round mags, but they did have some feeding problems.

If I ever again have the money to buy guns again, there are
several 223 and 30 Russian rifles that are on my list.

Waco was a tragedy, it looked like the BATF was making a
COPS show with all the troops in the camera. It wasn't a
well planned raid if the Davidians were expected to be
dangerous. And if they weren't dangerous, why the raid? I
think they wanted a movie to show Congress why they needed
more money. After the BATF started the shooting, they had
to kill as many as possible and burn the evidence. Would
have been better if they had just let the Sheriff or Rangers
walk in and if Koresh was a child molester, try him for
that. But Janet Reno had her tanks.


--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
some support
http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm
See http://www.fija.org/ more about your rights and duties.


"Grumman-581" wrote
in message ...
| "Jim Macklin" wrote
in message
| news:bDP3g.10242$ZW3.6399@dukeread04...
| Ruger builds good guns, too bad Bill Ruger folded on the
| magazine capacity bs, they quit selling 20 round Mini-14
| magazines to civilians [they were in the price list at
$8
| back in the days] and Bill Ruger Sr. said "ban overt 15
| rounds" and that acceptance "proved" that some number of
| bullets in a magazine was evil, so they passed the 10
round
| ban.
|
| I've got a few 30-round mags for my Mini-14... Never know
when one might
| have the BATF/FBI knocking at one's door because they
don't like your
| religion or whatever... It happened in Waco, it can happen
elsewhere...
|
|