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Your cart is empty.The NcSTAR Ruger Mini 14 Picatinny Gen II Rail Mount mounts onto ruger models that have the Ruger Ring Mounts machined onto the top of the reciever including Mini 14, Mini 30, PC9, and PC4 rifles and carbines. It provides a Picatinny/Mil-STD 1913 rail on the top of the reciever for mounting a scope or reflex optic. The Gen II rail has a see-through channel through the length of the rail. It allows the shooter to see and use the iron sights when the rail is mounted on the receiver. The rail mount mounts with four custom bolts and includes the mounting tool. This rail mount is constructed of black anodized aluminum.
Zube
2025-09-04 15:53:17
I have a Mini-14 Ranch Rifle that I would like to use for home defense. (I'd prefer an AR system, but we work with what we have.) My problem was that the iron sights are a bit low for me. I thought I'd try out a budget red dot sight to raise the aiming plane a bit higher. But I also wanted to keep the iron sights available. Most of the rail systems I found for this rifle are either fairly expensive or don't allow you to continue to use the iron sights. This unit seemed like the solution...and it was a cheap way to experiment.The unit is machined very well, with no visible marks, and smoothly anodized. It fit right on (more about that in a minute) and is very secure once you use Loctite and get the screws properly torqued.Pros: It DOES allow you to keep and use the iron sights, due to the nice longitudinal hole drilled through it. The hole is actually oblong, not round, and you really don't notice that you're looking down a pipe. The heads of the screws match up nicely with the cut-outs for mounting a scope. The rear is beveled, which I assume is intended to allow you to flip the rear sights, but there is not enough clearance on my rifle to do this. The front extends out about an inch over the handguard but does not touch it. There is a cut-out on the right side for shell ejection. I degreased the rail and screws with acetone prior to using the Loctite, but there was minimal grease on them when they arrived.Cons: There is no tab or any method of registering the rail on your rifle. I resorted to drawing a pencil line down the center of the rail and then adjusting the 4 screws to align it with the front sight. This worked fairly well, but I was also working against the setting time of the Loctite, so you only have about 10 minutes to play with it.Overall, I'm quite pleased. A (very) cheap reflex sight and this rail cost me a total of less than $40.
Randall McMillan
2025-08-28 13:23:50
Works great
Wrongbeard
2025-07-11 11:11:38
The mount seemed to be robust and built tough. I mounted the rail with no problems whatsoever. The first thing I checked was to see if my aftermarket rear sight sat too high to use the see-thru function of the rail. It was perfectly aligned!I haven’t shot my rifle since installing the NcStar sight base, but I plan to take it to the range and try it out!Update- the iron sights are visible, but the sight picture isn’t what I’d hoped for.Also, when breaking down the rifle for cleaning, I realized that it must be removed to take my bolt out. That’s not what I’d hoped for either. I did tighten it once during initial use, but it didn’t offer to come loose after that.Pretty sturdy part, but there are drawbacks in my opinion. Now I’m wondering if I should remove it and just use the irons.
C. Thacker
2025-06-20 21:09:05
The peep-trough feature was not advertised but is a great feature. Also has a clearance slot for the exit of spent rounds which was not advertised,
HAWK
2025-06-18 14:09:59
I somehow lost the OEM pic rail that came with my new Mini 30, and I'm beside myself for it. Once I decided a red-dot was the optic of choice, I had to get a new rail to mount it. This was a poor choice. The rail is soft aluminum, and the screws are steel, but they're so soft they might as well be made of wood. First the included Allen wrench rounded off, so the hardened gunsmithing tools came out. I could tell the screw heads really wanted to round out, so I limited torque. Managed to zero the red-dot and finish a 30 round magazine before the rail worked its way loose and POI went all over the place. Added thread locker and went to re-torque the screws and the threads stripped out of the rail. A total waste of money. The screws should be Torx, not Allen heads, and the rail needs to be made of a harder alloy. The screws are also slightly misaligned to the rifle receiver. This was the least expensive pic rail on Amazon for a Mini 30, and I got exactly what I paid for. Do yourself a solid - pay more and get something of higher quality you can trust to mount your optic.
David N.
2025-04-22 10:42:00
If you have a Mini 14 and are concerned about this rail…don’t. It fits very well on the Ruger machined dovetails in the gun’s receiver. There have been a lot of reviews saying the mounting screws are too small and lightweight but I found them to be quite adequate to secure onto a rifle firing 556 ammo. I was a little skeptical when ordering after reading some of the reviews but and very satisfied with it after getting it. It is also surprising nicely priced compared to some on Amazon that seem to be basically the same part.
JD
2025-04-19 11:11:40
This did not work for me, but I can't hate it. This rail is, almost, superior to the Ruger factory rail in every way. The V hull shape does work wonderfully to move the brass away from the action on the mini-14, something the Ruger rail does poorly.My issue is that using the 4 individual set screws to tighten the rail to Ruger's proprietary mounting grooves was beyond infuriating. I never managed to get this rail to run in line with the barrel, no matter what I did, it was always canted and worthless for getting an optic zeroed.If the design was modified slightly with set adjustments on a cross bolt, this would be a fool-proof add-on.This was close to being the right answer, and perhaps someone smarter can get it right, thus the three star rating; but this was not for me.
SnookieD
2025-04-11 13:10:49
This item works as it should. I have a 2021 mini-30 w/the scope mounts already in the receiver so this mount is needed as a universal rail for other rings. I now have an EZshoot LPVO 1-6×24 w/ a very cool & user friendly German #4 type illuminated recticle. It's accurate w/Russian steel case to 150-175yds. Anyway, I put the "one piece" mount that came with the scope & it works great on this scope mount/picatinny rail.
Fiorio Roberto
2025-04-07 11:36:33
Accessorio perfetto !! Peccato per contrattempi in dogana, ma non è colpa del venditore.....
Larry Peterson
2025-03-23 13:10:07
The rail was to short for the eye relief of scope,more of a scope problem,
Cookie
2025-02-13 16:22:52
Passt. Für den Preis Top!
BLT
2025-01-25 17:23:42
Léger, les mesures sont impeccables.
nagel pierre
2025-01-09 12:31:50
Je suis très déçus par cette article. Impossible de l’avoir droit sur l’arme …Impossible d’avoir un tir groupé même à 50m.Peut être utile pour l’air soft mais pas pour une arme à feux.
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