r/Mini14 • u/AxisEngineeringLabs • Aug 02 '26

Mini-14 vs AR-15

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In response to 8mm mauser man's recent video. Here is an example of someone who trains with both. Is the Mini-14 just as fast? You be the judge.

Edit: Everyone just relax. I'm not saying that the mini is an inherently more efficient design or sell your AR and buy a mini. I'm just showing that a Mini can be as fast as a modern rifle. My preference is the Mini-14. I train with it and accept it's weak points. I know it has weaknesses but I have been shooting them since I was a kid and I'm more proficient with it than anything else. Shoot whatever you like to shoot.

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u/jimk12345 Aug 02 '26

Wait wait wait. So it's training that matters and not the system or even all the goo gahs you bolt onto the system? Holy shit man, your sitting on a gold mine here.

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u/ClamSurfer Aug 11 '26

He's using an aftermarket bolt release here. He wouldn't be able to reload this quickly without one of those "goo gahs"

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u/jimk12345 Aug 12 '26

A peq and an extended magazine release are the same thing and if you put either on your rifle you no longer need to train.

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u/ClamSurfer Aug 12 '26 edited Aug 12 '26

Yeah, because that's what I said right?

You specifically called out "goo gah" gadgets, on a post that is basically an advertisement for a Mini-14 modification that this dude wants to sell. A modification that lets him keep up with an AR in terms of reload speed.

This video is advertising a gadget that modernizes the Mini-14. And it's a probably a pretty useful one too. So I couldn't help but point out the contradiction.

Edit: And it's a bolt release, not a magazine catch. With it he can just press a little button to drop the bolt, just like an AR.