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U.S. Ruger Mini-14 Muzzelite MZ14 Bullpup Non-Firing Prop Gun - From Ellis Props and Graphics

Regular price $150.00

Item Description

New Made Items: Very Few Available. These examples were acquired from the Ellis Props and Graphics liquidation auction. Ellis was the oldest and the largest Prop House in California until its liquidation auction in late 1999 and early 2000.

All rifles are non-firing and constructed of plastic and foam with varying colors but mostly orange, gray and black. They may have missing pieces, broken pieces and minor deformities.

The Ruger Mini-14 is an American-made rifle chambered for the .223 Remington, 5.56×45mm NATO, .300 AAC Blackout and 7.62×39mm cartridges. It has seen use with military personnel, law enforcement personnel and civilians and exists in a number of variants. While most versions of the weapon are semi-automatic, one notable variant is the selective-fire AC-556, which is capable of fully automatic fire.


One of these would look fantastic hanging on a wall next to a Predator 2 film poster.

The Muzzelite MZ14 is a polymer rifle stock that was designed to convert the Ruger Mini-14/AC556 into a compact bullpup carbine. Contrary to some urban legends, these were never seriously looked at as an alternative weapon for law enforcement. The trigger pull is shoddy, too long, and the bullpup itself is back heavy. Most police departments already had full-auto AC556 rifles or semi-auto Rugers (as well as AR-15s) if they needed a 5.56x45mm assault rifle. It is a simple vacuformed clamshell body that uses a rod to activate the trigger. The Muzzelite stock was sold in configurations that could hold the Ruger Mini-14, the Ruger 10/22, and the Marlin Camp Carbine in 9x19mm, though the only version used in most movies or television shows were the Ruger Mini-14 version. In films like Total Recall, the AC556 full-auto carbine with a shorter barrel was used inside this bullpup stock.

The Muzzelite stock enclosed Ruger Mini-14 has been used in countless B-Movies and television shows as a result of its futuristic appearance. Films like Starship Troopers utilized customized futuristic guns based on the Ruger Mini inside of a Muzzelite stock. These were preferred by the prop makers at Hollywood's Hand Prop Room, since the futuristic shape of the Muzzelite stock made it easier to create unusual science fiction rifles, but also the fact that it expands the appearance potential of the Ruger Mini 14, known in the industry as "The Jamless Wonder" as the Mini-14 never jams or stovepipes using movie blanks, something that cannot be said of any of the other common 5.56x45mm weapons used in films.

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