US made AUG's?

[LaEscopeta]

The TPD AXR has begun shipping!

...so had the stg 556...

Really? Source?

http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=276999&highlight=STG-556

http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=274587&highlight=STG-556

 

[paintballdude902]

http://gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=95445484


ummmmm..........i think its out

 

[Click Click Boom]

When he said "really? Source?" I think he was refering to the TPD AXR since the MSAR has been out for a while.

 

[PercyShelley]

Does anyone know what the rationale behind the billet machined receiver on the TPD (and I think the MSAR as well) is? I thought the AUG design sufficiently directed stress around the receiver that you could get away with using a cast one, as the original Steyr produced guns do. Using a machined, 7000-series alloy receiver seems like overkill.

Hmm... perhaps Ruger will surprise us all and announce an AUG-style rifle?

 

[Click Click Boom]

The MSAR uses a cast reciever. The castings come from Canada at 80% finished then the recievers are finished here.

The TPD uses the CNC Billet reciever.

Ruger is still pushing the Mini 14. No time for a "new" EBR from Ruger.