The Ruger Retro Folding Stock is back, and the interesting part is how Ruger is making it: in-house, using the original tooling. This is not a reproduction built from new drawings. It is the same stock, from the same jigs, bolted to a current Mini-14 Tactical. It’s like a true restomod, but for firearms! The construction is authentic to the original. Walnut makes up the body, the side-folding mechanism is stainless steel, and the pistol grip is injection-moulded. Against the matte stainless receiver and barrel, it gives the rifle the exact silhouette that a generation of shooters recognises instantly, which is a strange thing to say about a stock, but anyone who grew up watching action films in the 1980s will know precisely what is meant. Underneath, this is a standard Mini-14 Tactical, which is to say a rifle with a mechanical layout older than most of its competitors and a reputation for working anyway. The action is the simple, rugged Garand-style design, with a breech bolt locking system, a fixed-piston gas system and a self-cleaning moving gas cylinder, a combination that gives the Mini-14 its reliability in rough conditions. The barrel is cold hammer-forged and threaded in 1/2"-28, with a factory-installed flash suppressor and a 1:9" twist. The Mini-14 has had one of the strangest screen careers in firearms history, and the folder is the version Hollywood kept reaching for. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome gave Ironbar an underfolder. Charles Bronson carried a folding-stock Mini-14 with a scope and suppressor in Death Wish 4, which is roughly the most 1987 sentence it is possible to write. Forest Whitaker ran the same formula in Ghost Dog, and George Clooney hand-built a suppressor for a factory folding stock Mini-14 in The American. Gang members in Death Wish 3 had them. Arius' men in Commando had them, in both stainless and blued, and lost anyway. The A-Team is probably the most well-known. All this without mentioning the B-movie register, where the Mini-14 truly lives. (Source) Ruger Mini-14 Tactical model 15800 specifications:Model number: 15800Caliber: 5.56 NATOStock: walnut with Ruger Retro Folding Stock, stainless side-folding mechanism, injection-moulded pistol gripMaterial and finish: stainless steel, matte stainlessCapacity: 20, two nickel-plated steel magazines includedBarrel length: 18.50 in (46.9 cm), cold hammer-forgedThread pattern: 1/2"-28, factory-installed flash suppressorTwist: 1:9" RH, 6 groovesOverall length: 39.25 in (99.6 cm)Length of pull: 13.50 in (34.2 cm)Weight: 7.5 lb (3.40 kg)Front sight: protected blade with bayonet lugRear sight: adjustable ghost ring apertureIntegral scope mounts with included rings, drilled and tapped for included Picatinny railSuggested MSRP: $1,909.00I had a different version, but the Mini-14 was the first rifle I ever bought.What is your favourite Mini-14 screen appearance?If this post has you ready to hit the range, head over to gunranges.com - a free directory to help you find shooting ranges near you, wherever you are in the United States.