Ruger SR-556

[JR47]

Stop the BS about Ruger making a huge difference with this rifle. They had to...they were late to the game...the mini was dying on the vine...the HAD to do something...FAST.
They had LOST a GENERATION of young shooters...all who wanted an AR...

Are you actually awake in this century? The Mini-14 was dying on the vine so quickly that the tooling had worn out. Man, that's certainly a sign that they weren't selling, isn't it? Or about the fact that the new Mini's are also selling quite well.

They had made a decision, a couple of generations ago, not to produce an AR rifle, and they certainly weren't lacking for sales for their existing product line. They decided not long ago to get into the piston-driven AR line. That line, as you should know, has only been viable for the past decade, at most.

When you bring all of that into the picture, you kind of feel like wondering how much the gun underneath all of those accessories is actually worth.

Anybody with a calculator can tell you what those parts you mentioned totaled. The remainder is what the basic gun cost. As to what it's worth, try one and see. Face it, how much is a Bushmaster worth, certainly far less than it cost. The mark-up on a lot of ARs is well over 150% of actual cost. Otherwise, how could you build your own so much more cheaply?

 

[stubbicatt]

I for one am getting more excited.

I had been sort of hoping for a FN FS2000, until I shot one today. That is not the rifle for me.

I haven't liked AR15s much, but this one may change my mind. I figure either this, or a Mini14. Just not sure which one yet.

 

[FieldTeam]

I just bought this for $1450. I'm going out tomorrow for a trial run!

 

[SHvar]

A good piston system would cost you close to or almost $500, a complete lower from S&W costs $369, an M-4 upper costs from $600 to over $900, so your looking at $1469 complete to $1769 just to assemble it on your own.
The individual parts in kits cost more to assemble a rifle, so saving money that way would not work.
$1420-$1995 complete is not that much different when compared with building your own.

 

[amprecon]

The only way I'd ever own an AR design would be if it were piston driven, the only other way I'd buy a piston-driven AR is if it were in 6.8spc. Hopefully Ruger is considering this, if so I'm all over it, especially as the other closest production competition in this configuration is either LWRC, Barrett or Robarms XCR, for at least a third more in cost.