Has anyone here bought one yet?
I noticed in the latest American Rifleman that Stag and SIG are both now offering piston ARs for a hell of a lot less than Ruger's rifle. Of course, there's a good amount of variation in standard features, between them. Still, Ruger entered a crowded market with a product that wasn't too hard to rapidly emulate.
Personally, I've never bought a whole AR. It's a modular gun, and that's how I've bought them -- by the module.
Do you think that it was a good idea for Ruger to sell their own AR as a whole package only? Was it a good idea for Ruger to enter this market at a similar price point to everyone else, as opposed to something more groundbreaking?
(Note that Ruger's old strategy was to make something either unique, or at a much better price than the other guns in the target market.)
I'm interested in others' thoughts.
I noticed in the latest American Rifleman that Stag and SIG are both now offering piston ARs for a hell of a lot less than Ruger's rifle. Of course, there's a good amount of variation in standard features, between them. Still, Ruger entered a crowded market with a product that wasn't too hard to rapidly emulate.
Personally, I've never bought a whole AR. It's a modular gun, and that's how I've bought them -- by the module.
Do you think that it was a good idea for Ruger to sell their own AR as a whole package only? Was it a good idea for Ruger to enter this market at a similar price point to everyone else, as opposed to something more groundbreaking?
(Note that Ruger's old strategy was to make something either unique, or at a much better price than the other guns in the target market.)
I'm interested in others' thoughts.