MTMilitiaman
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So I'm not a huge fan of the poodle shooter but every once in a while I get to window shopping because I guess I figure if I could find an AR that was acceptable, I wouldn't have to skip 80% of the gun rags on the shelves these days. Seriously 3/4 of every gun magazine is dedicated to ARs so if ARs aren't your thing, only like a page and a half out of every magazine applies to you.
So I am browsing the Ruger website, looking over their SR-556. Seems like a pretty solid rifle. Held one at an FFL dealer not too long ago, and that is what peeked my interest. Get to the part where it says 1:9 twist, completely lose interest. And that's how it goes.
I don't get it. Why put a varmint rifle twist on a fighting rifle? This rifle is obviously set up for defense and marketed towards that genre. All 5.56mm fighting rifles have 1:7 twists. If you want to set up an AR for ground squirrels and coyotes, then maybe a 1:9 twist is appropriate. But for this type of rifle, a 1:9 twist has absolutely no advantage. None. Big DOH! :banghead: on Ruger's part. I don't understand how big companies like Ruger have people on payroll specifically to make sure this stuff doesn't happen, but it still does. Hope someone lost a Christmas bonus for that mess up. I have two or three Ruger firearms pretty high on my "To Get" list, the SR-556 isn't one of them, and won't be until they get serious, stop messing around with the 1:9 twist rates.
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So I am browsing the Ruger website, looking over their SR-556. Seems like a pretty solid rifle. Held one at an FFL dealer not too long ago, and that is what peeked my interest. Get to the part where it says 1:9 twist, completely lose interest. And that's how it goes.
I don't get it. Why put a varmint rifle twist on a fighting rifle? This rifle is obviously set up for defense and marketed towards that genre. All 5.56mm fighting rifles have 1:7 twists. If you want to set up an AR for ground squirrels and coyotes, then maybe a 1:9 twist is appropriate. But for this type of rifle, a 1:9 twist has absolutely no advantage. None. Big DOH! :banghead: on Ruger's part. I don't understand how big companies like Ruger have people on payroll specifically to make sure this stuff doesn't happen, but it still does. Hope someone lost a Christmas bonus for that mess up. I have two or three Ruger firearms pretty high on my "To Get" list, the SR-556 isn't one of them, and won't be until they get serious, stop messing around with the 1:9 twist rates.
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