Media is identifying this as the LAX shooter’s rifle.<\/p>\n
What is it? The long bare snout looks like an M1 Carbine that my Dad carried in Korea:<\/p>\n
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. But it has a pistol grip the M1 didn’t have.<\/p>\n
The body looks like wood, which nobody uses for modern assault rifles, they’re all black plastic, and the receiver is the same size as the fore-grip.<\/p>\n
It doesn’t have the huge carrying handle of an AR-15 or a rail to attach scopes, etc.<\/p>\n
Weird. What is it?<\/p>\n
Joe Doakes<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I’m gonna place it as a “Tacti-Cool” modified Ruger Mini-14. In its original form, it’s one of the most popular working guns in rural America…<\/p>\n
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…an excellent varmint gun, built on the legendary M-1 Garand operating system (which was adopted by the M-14 service rifle – hence the name “Mini-14” – it’s basically an M-14 chambered for 5.56x45mm (like the AR-15\/M-16\/M-4 series) instead of the much more powerful 7.62x51mm round.<\/p>\n
With some “tacti-cool” accessories added – as not a few police departments have done – it does a passable “assault rifle” impression:<\/p>\n
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That’d be my guess.<\/p>\n
Any other takers?<\/p>\n
Speaking of the LAX shooting – how about the absolute dearth of details about the alleged shooter?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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