John Norrell has been a licensed manufacturer and dealer (C-2/C-3) for 35 years and is currently an officer of the U.S. These are not being brokered and are not third-party sales. Firearm in this ad will be transferred to your class III dealer on an ATF form 3. The AC-556 was dropped from production in 1999.įirearm(s) in this ad are possessed by, titled to, and will be shipped by John Norrell Inc. A folding stock was used on the AC-556F and AC-556K. The 13-inch (330 mm) barrel incorporates a flash suppressor, which can be used to launch approved tear-gas and smoke grenades. The front sight is winged and incorporates a bayonet lug. The design incorporates a selector on the right/rear of the receiver to select either semi-automatic, 3-round burst, or full-automatic fire modes the manual safety at the front of the trigger guard operates the same as a standard Mini-14. The AC-556 is a selective-fire version of the Mini-14 marketed for military and law enforcement use. Shipping and insurance $200 total Fedex paid by buyer. 5.56mm caliber, blued carbine and blued magazine. One new 20 round magazine. Barrel is 13" with 24" overall length when stock is folded. Would be interesting if his work on the mini gave him some ideas on what tended to make things not controllable on full auto.Fully transferable Ruger AC556-F machine gun carbine with folding stock, semi-3 shot burst and full auto with selector modes. Who was it that later set about to create the constant recoil concept for making full auto more controllable? Jim Sullivan. Have done some shooting with different minis, and with factory mags they just do not jam. The mini sort of reminds me of shooting a Browning long recoil action shotgun–seems to have a recoil impulse, then a final kick at the end for good measure. Anything in the chamber is ripped out (and ejected way out into the next county) and plenty of force left over to drive a new round home. There must have been pressure to make the mini as reliable as possible.Įspecially with a factory gas port, the mini does slam that bolt back. I think the idea may have been that there was not much wrong with the M-14 other than it being long and heavy. Guess who Bill Ruger hired to redesign the M-14 into the Mini-14? Jim Sullivan.Ĭirca 1973 when the mini was first sold what was the big complaint about the AR? It was that it jammed a lot. What does a potential buyer want their gun to do?ĭon’t forget that while Stoner designed the AR-10 is was Jim Sullivan who (more than anyone) redesigned the AR-10 into the AR-15. I guess that it’s swings and roundabouts. That effect isn’t entirely bad, it results in positive compensation- where slower bullets are given a slightly higher trajectory than faster ones, and at some point down range- they all shoot to the same level.īut it still doesn’t make for contollability in bursts and full auto. What that comfortable drop in the stock also causes is the muzzle to lift as each bullet starts to move down the barrel. That allows for sights and optics to be mounted comfortably close to the bore axis. The AC 556 and Mini 14 also have drop between the bore line and the centre of the butt plate of the stock. The thin aluminium receiver also precludes using an AR stock for beating brains out with- at least If you still want a working rifle after doing that with it. The AR has its buffer, which converts some of the remaining energy of the reciprocating parts into heat, and dissipates it.īut, that buffer takes up space and precludes a side folding stock. That ability to take a true side folding stock is intimately tied in with the poorer controllability.
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