For a little more money you can own a top tier piston ar like lwrc, pof, or pws, all of which are superior rifles imo. If the sr556 was priced a llttle less I could see the appeal.
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Why didn't the Ruger SR556 ever really "catch on?"
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Like some have said, it's in the no mans land of AR pricing.
For the money, I'd rather have a top tier DI gun.
For a bit more (or the same price), I'd rather have a different brand of piston rifle - possibly a non-AR designed from the ground-up with a piston action. Like a sig 550 series, arsenal ak in 556, tavor, or steyr aug. Just my opinion, I'm sure the ruger is a nice rifle.
For the money, I'd rather have a top tier DI gun.
For a bit more (or the same price), I'd rather have a different brand of piston rifle - possibly a non-AR designed from the ground-up with a piston action. Like a sig 550 series, arsenal ak in 556, tavor, or steyr aug. Just my opinion, I'm sure the ruger is a nice rifle.
Because piston ARs are for metrosexual men and quite frankly most of them aren't into guns.
I retract my recommendation. What was I thinking?
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Well said.
I did not like it because of how unbalanced it is. That is one front heavy SOB.
I've heard this multiple times....more so than other piston rifles?
Yes. The barrel was a fairly heavy contour and the rail design was extremely overweight. They later introduced a lighter weight model due to the number of complaints about weight. The lightweight was an improvement, but still heavy when compared to a DI gun.
