Exactly. Back in the day you bought a Mini from Ruger or an AR from Colt. Now you buy an AR from one of a gazillion makers, and that’s assuming you don’t just buy a poverty pony lower for $40 and order a $199 parts kit from Bear Creek or PSA. For the Mini there’s still only Ruger and in the ban states they have a captive market.Nothing more than supply and demand. There must be a 100 companies out there that make AR guns, uppers, lowers, and parts. Some are pure crap. Others are super nice guns. Ruger has decided that their AR offerings are closer to the lower middle. It appears that they are more interested on selling their AR offerings on a price point, instead of competing with the nice ones.
Meanwhile, they have kept the Mini 14 as a much nicer gun. Much lower demand, so they don't have to compete against everyone that wants a chunk of the market, like it is in the AR market.
If Remington ever brought back the 7615 they would sell a battleship full of them. Talk about an idea ahead of it’s time…
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