MArooned: BFHD

Friday, May 15, 2009

BFHD

So Ruger's revolutionary announcement is... ANOTHER entry in the AR-15 pantheon. Yawn. Oh, but this one has a gas piston! Ruger's gone from ripping off Kel-Tec to ripping off SigSauer now.

Color me unimpressed...

That is all.

8 comments:

Unknown said...: Sig is not the only piston system rifle around.

I personally like it, and if the price is around $1500-$1600 street, it may be a good deal.

Comes with 3 P-Mags, full rails, covers, and flip sites.

I will wait of course for results.; May 15, 2009 at 3:49 PM
Linoge said...: Right there with you Jay... as with their previous "redesigns", what we see is nothing revolutionary, and, in this particular case, it is decidedly nothing special. For the price, I might as well get a POF, and go with someone who has not had to recall two out of their past three "new" products.; May 15, 2009 at 4:22 PM
New Jovian Thunderbolt said...: I'd like it more if it cost $800 or so.; May 15, 2009 at 5:36 PM
ASM826 said...: I'd like it even better if it was $400.00 and came with a 1000 rounds of 62gr mil-spec ammo.; May 15, 2009 at 10:20 PM
the pistolero said...: Yep. For that kind of coin I'd rather have a Springfield M1A...; May 16, 2009 at 12:01 AM
nb said...: Nice to find your blog. It's a good red, white, and blue read. Something we don't get much of in the Fatherland anymore.; May 16, 2009 at 3:02 AM
Anonymous said...: Even free, I wouldn't buy it. Not that I don't WANT one, but I'm in NJ where a 16 round mag is "hi-cap" and illegal. We're right there with ya MA, vying to be just like Kalifornia.; May 16, 2009 at 8:57 AM
Unknown said...: @Linoge Get the POF and put it on the Ruger SR-556. (Yes, the Ruger uses a standard receiver unlike the Sig.)

As for the recall. I kind of get annoyed at everyone bashing Ruger for their two recalls. Have you looked at S&W recalls? Oh yes, they've had a number. But they don't shout about it. They're like Ford. They keep silent about issues (Revolver internal locks locking up & Walther 22 slides cracking.) And when they do conduct a recall it's quiet and on the back pages.

Ruger is just more pro-active on safety than many manufactuers. I wonder how many guns on the market would have failed the test that the SR-9 went through. How many pistols are far less drop safe?

Why do we damn a company for taking the higher road?

@New Jovian Thunderbolt...um when was the last time you saw an AR for $800? AK's and Saiga's are going for that now. Reasonable or not...

@Jay, the Ruger gas piston is somewhat different than the SigSauer. Advantages/Disadvantages, I'm not sure. But the Ruger does use a standard receiver. On the flip side, the Sig can have a folding stock.; May 20, 2009 at 3:25 PM