I have to admit it, I am a Mini 14 enthusiast.    The Mini 14 has served me well and I always respected and understood the design limitations.   The more I involve myself with the shooting world, the more I just sit back and observe gun owners and watch their skills with the firearms they choose to use.   Gunboard squabble will never end when it comes to one gun over the other, but there is nothing wrong with modifying a less expensive semi-auto gun and using it as a defensive weapon.

There have been several ballistics tests showing that a fragmenting 223 round will penetrate less than many of the handgun bullet designs.   Once people realize that when they send a round out of their gun inside their home, that bullet may not end after it strikes it’s target and it may penetrate even further if it misses.   The idea of using a Mini 14 or M4 type rifle over a shotgun or handgun is actually a very responsible and intelligent thing to do.    I would also suggest that a less trained user will probable use a light carbine more effectively than a shotgun or handgun.   Advanced Technology Stocks has a Mini 14 package that can help convert your Coyote gun Mini 14 into a close quarters defensive weapon.