Ruger SR556?

[Texas42]

Ok, I don't know much about the way the AR platform works, but I've heard that this piston system is cleaner, but it adds 5 or so hundred dollars. Right?

[goodfellas]

A top dollar AR would be about the same price as the SR556 is turning out to be. I really want one but still havn't seen enough reviews from regular people to say they got all the bugs worked out.

[Texas1911]

Have one at the shop... it's junk. I would spend my money on a Sabre or LMT.

[TXSUT]

... it's junk.

Care to elaborate?

[Texas1911]

Care to elaborate?

If it were made by Century Arms it wouldn't have surprised me.

The quality control is horrible. The rails are of different thicknesses, and that required the front site to be essentially hammered on it appears, as it removed the parkerization on the front rail (which is obviously wider to the eye).

The "free-float" hand guard is separated from the front gas block by a hair's width, so when the gun heats up the zero might migrate if these two touch.

The gun is heavy, moreso than other standard gas piston guns. The action is grittier than a Sherpa's feet, and the parkerized finish is thin and crappy.

Bushmaster, S&W, LMT, Colt, etc. are all better made guns.

I'm somewhat dissapointed, although I wasn't expecting top-of-the-line from Ruger's entrant.

[TXSUT]

I'm somewhat dissapointed...

By your comments, which I appreciate, so am I.

[Flight954]

I would lay a crispy benji down that Ruger rushed out the first round of SR556's simply to get it to market before it went flat. I'd say they are a tad bit late.

[Wolfwood]

ouch.
i was reading a magazine maybe guns and ammo. had it ont he cover.
i was drooling over the piston system right there in the asle, but it was either buy the magazine or the last box of .22 lr so i jsut read the article before i checked out.
osunded good on paper.
the piston system that is.
but now im second guessing.
perhaps ruger got the author drunk after the range trip and got him to take a little poetic liscense?
heheh. geez. because either Texas1911 got a bad one, the author got a good one, or someone is fibbing.

[Texas1911]

I have no economic reasons to lie, or bend the truth

[TxEMTP69]

OK I'm virtually a rifle-tard I know very little about them so to speak. The 556 is the same as the 223? is there any difference or can you shoot a 223 and a 556 round out of the same weapon?