WyoGunner":1sguabs5 said:
You are guys are forgetting the biggest design flaw of all.... the price.
It ain't a cheap plinker, it's all CNC machined aluminum and hard anodized. Actually, for what you get, the SR-22 is quite the bargain. With a street price of around $450, you sure as hell can't build one for as much. Figure $220 for a 10/22 carbine, plus $225 for a Nordic kit. There's your asking price for the SR-22. Now you have to add a hammer forged and threaded barrel, flash hider, pistol grip, buttstock and forend tube. Oh yeah, now you can't send it to Ruger "as-is" for any repair work. How much is factory support worth???
bada61265":1sguabs5 said:
+1.....glad i decided to go with a tactical solutions upper and spikes lower.
How can you balk at the cost of the SR-22 while your solution cost at twice as much??? At present I'm looking at getting my first AR, using a Spike's lower and you sure as hell can't build one for $450!!!
actually you could do a tac sol right now for about 100 more than the rugers selling price at gander mtn. its definatly worth 2 times the price but in reality is only at most half again as much.
bada61265":1sguabs5 said:
the ruger is by far the heaviest one of the bunch.
6½lbs is enough to complain about??? Yes, it's almost all aluminum so I would expect it to be heavier than the all-plastic S&W. What does your all aluminum AR weigh?
id guess at least a half lb less than the ruger but id carry it if it was even heavier. the point there is really that because this ruger has all the fake reciever hardware hanging on it its alot heavier than the standard 10/22
it maybe cnc. but what you see on the outside just hides the same old 10/22 on the inside. certainly its heavier than the colt and definatly the S&W.
bada61265":1sguabs5 said:
one pin opens up the action remove the bolt and everythings there for inspection or cleaning.
As one would expect from a battle rifle.
yea well theres an observation . youd think ruger could come up with something better in this regard. but its a 10/22 with some pricey CNC stuff hanging on it.
bada61265":1sguabs5 said:
imo ruger missed the boat with this cut and paste solution....
I wholeheartedly disagree. To compete with the Ruger's price point, the others like the Umarex and S&W are all plastic. The Ruger is still a long-proven 10/22 that will accept any aftermarket barrel or accessory as well as any AR-15 buttstock, forend or pistol grip. It will be around long after the plastic replicas are scrap and shoot the pants off them in the meantime.
id think s&w owners might disagree/ maybe colt owners too though imo the colts a pos.
No, IMHO the only thing on the market that beats the SR-22 is an AR with a dedicated upper at twice the price. The replicas are just too cheaply manufactured to be anything more than a trainer or plinker.