Ruger Mini 14 Ranch Rifle

[jbett98]

I have a good friend that inherited a very nice, hardly shot (40-50 rds) 1975 Ruger Mini 14 Ranch rifle and wants to know what it's worth.
I'm not a fan of these early series 180 models and do know that Ruger doesn't support them anymore.
I haven't found any recent sales of them online, so I'm posting on here to figure out a value for it.
No box or papers, just the rifle, which is blued, not stainless.
Any helpful info would be appreciated.

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[EHJ]

Original wood stock? Nice condition? Good bluing?

Decent shape you'll get 450 - 500+.

 

[jbett98]

That's what I was thinking. He was hoping it would be $1,500 and was somewhat taken aback when I started laughing.

 

[Medic!]

Ranch rifle came out in 1982 I believe.
Are you sure that's what it is?

 

[jbett98]

That's what he says it is. The serial numbers are 180-195XX

Just looked up the numbers and it's not a ranch model, just a standard one.

 

[44s rock]

The Ruger Mini-14 was introduced in 1973. It is more valuable if you gave the original factory scope rings. My Ranch Rifle was dual rated for .223 & 5.56x45 NATO, not sure if the original Mini-14 was. I believe all Ranch Rifles were, they also came with a couple of 20 round mags along with the standard 5 round.