|
|
|
|
| Author |
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Linn County, Oregon
Posts: 48,897
|
Ruger 556...anybody have one?
Have to admit, I've been a Ruger fan for decades...mainly because their stuff works. Here's a link to a review:
http://www.defensereview.com/ruger-sr-556-gas-pistonop-rod-ar-15-carbine-ruger-enters-the-piston-driven-ar-fray/
__________________
"Now, to put a water-cooled engine in the rear and to have a radiator in the front, that's not very intelligent." -Ferry Porsche (PANO, Oct. '73) (I, Paul D. have loved this quote since 1973. It will remain as long as I post here.) |
||
09-20-2009, 11:41 AM
|
|
|
B58/732
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Hot as Hell, AZ
Posts: 12,313
|
Given the recent SR9 and LCP fiascos, I'm perfectly happy to look elsewhere for an AR.
Ruger does make nice revolvers and the Model 1 is legendary, of course.
__________________
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ I don't always talk to vegetarians--but when I do, it's with a mouthful of bacon. |
||
|
09-20-2009, 02:00 PM
|
|
|
A Man of Wealth and Taste
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Out there somewhere beyond the doors of perception
Posts: 51,063
|
What is a Ruger....did you by any chance mean Luger?
__________________
Copyright "Some Observer" |
||
|
09-20-2009, 02:10 PM
|
|
|
Banned
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: South of Heaven
Posts: 21,159
|
I wouldn't mind it if someone gave me one of those Rugers.
|
||
|
09-20-2009, 03:08 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Higgs Field
Posts: 22,810
|
Ruger seems to be the American firearms manufacturer of my lifetime. Where the others have sat on their collective laurels - or more like asses - continuing to try to peddle their 50-100 year old designs, Ruger stands alone as the one that has continued to improve their existing lines and venture forth into new ones as well.
It strikes me that the majority of firearms I've purchased in the last decade, "using" firearms (as opposed to purty wall-hangers) have been Rugers. Doesn't hurt that I'm a single shot and single action man, but even my "other" guns have been predominantly Ruger, save for Marlin lever guns. I've been very impressed with Ruger quality of late. Granted, fit and finish will never be Smith, Colt, or pre-'64 Winchester quality, but these are functional, using firearms. In light of that, I would hesitate to buy the Ruger if I were into those kinds of guns.
__________________
Jeff '72 911T 3.0 MFI '93 Ducati 900 Super Sport "God invented whiskey so the Irish wouldn't rule the world" |
||
|
09-20-2009, 05:09 PM
|
|
|
Somewhere in the Midwest
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: In the barn!
Posts: 12,499
|
Nothing special about that gun. Just another Stoner design with a piston kit on it. I applaud Ruger for getting into a market that is fast becoming mainstream, but that's the end of it. The more commercial the AR platform gets the better for AR owner. But at an MSRP of $1995. Forget it....and it's a piston AR. Ruger would have done better to come out with a DI AR with a high quality barrel.
|
||
|
09-20-2009, 05:36 PM
|
|
|
|
Somewhere in the Midwest
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: In the barn!
Posts: 12,499
|
|
||
|
09-20-2009, 05:43 PM
|
|
