Ruger SR 556 Carbine

[kjjk]

Does anyone have any thoughts on the above AR?

[Holeshot121]

I'm interested to hear what people have to say about it also. I just saw one of these for a pretty good price in a Cabela's ad recently. It had me wondering about them.

[Hodgie]

I shot a friends awhile back it ran alright nothing that made me want to run out and drop $999.00 to $1200.00 on one. Now they have dropped in price it seems like a better deal.

CDNN has a short stroke piston rifle for $799.99 it appears to have Bann state features but that can be changed pretty easily.
http://www.cdnnsports.com/email-spec...l#.VOBA2oY8Kc0

[Noah_Zark]

Early Ruger 556s had issues with the piston or op rod binding, but I believe that's been addressed.

The problem I have with them is that many parts are proprietary to Ruger, and Ruger limits some parts sales to gunsmiths, or factory replacement only.

Not what I want in a potential SHTF rifle.

Noah

[Pilot321]

Is there any reason you are focused on this rifle, and not a DI AR-15?

[Hodgie]

Early Ruger 556s had issues with the piston or op rod binding, but I believe that's been addressed.

The problem I have with them is that many parts are proprietary to Ruger, and Ruger limits some parts sales to gunsmiths, or factory replacement only.

Not what I want in a potential SHTF rifle.

Noah

Just another reason why I don't like buying anything Ruger. It's a wonder they allowed it to take standard AR mags and didn't create their own $75.00 proprietary magazines.

[Howard Bullock]

I really like my SR556. The factory trigger wasn't what I wanted. It was very heavy (didn't put a Gage on it, just thought it was excessively hard to use when target shooting). A Geissele SSA trigger made the rifle everything I wanted. The piston keeps the upper very clean and has worked flawlessly so far (~1,000 rounds).

Was considering getting the SR762 as well.

[kjjk]

Was not really looking for a DI AR.

[kjjk]

Best price I've seen so far is $1500.

[esh21167]

No experience, but if one is interested in this rifle, one in the classifieds for $900.

http://forum.pafoa.org/firearms-6/27...brand-new.html