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Hey Ruger fans, here is something interesting. My apologies if this has been covered already. Did a quick search and couldn't find anything.
Anyway Ruger is offering their 2 stage piston driven uppers for sale. They say they will fit on an AR lower. They are offering 5.56 and 6.8 SPC uppers for $1500 US with iron folding sights, full rails, and 16.12 inch barrels with 1 in 9 rifling and 1 in 10 for 5.56 and 6.8 SPC calibres. They use Troy folding battle sights and a Troy rail. Says they will fit on any AR lower.
I have no idea if and when they will be available in Canada but I am checking with my sources. Personally I would really like to try the 6.8 SPC on an AR build. Haven't used a piston yet so this might be the upper to begin with. It is about $500 less than buying the whole rifle so would be a good deal. I thought the rifling in the 5.56 might have been a little faster but that's how it comes. They also come with 5 and 25 round mags (30 for the 5.56) but we won't see those without the nice little rivets.
Hah, well I just went to their online store and they have the uppers on sale for $1200!
Anyone seen these in Canada? There is a review here on them complete with the compulsory DI versus piston set up: http://thetruthaboutguns.com/2010/1...-piston-driven-uppers-for-sr-556-ar-platform/


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Rugerman said:
Hey Ruger fans, here is something interesting. My apologies if this has been covered already. Did a quick search and couldn't find anything.
Anyway Ruger is offering their 2 stage piston driven uppers for sale. They say they will fit on an AR upper. They are offering 5.56 and 6.8 SPC uppers for $1500 US with iron folding sights, full rails, and 16.12 inch barrels with 1 in 9 rifling and 1 in 10 for 5.56 and 6.8 SPC calibres. They use Troy folding battle sights and a Troy rail. Says they will fit on any AR upper.
I have no idea if and when they will be available in Canada but I am checking with my sources. Personally I would really like to try the 6.8 SPC on an AR build. Haven't used a piston yet so this might be the upper to begin with. It is about $500 less than buying the whole rifle so would be a good deal. I thought the rifling in the 5.56 might have been a little faster but that's how it comes. They also come with 5 and 25 round mags (30 for the 5.56) but we won't see those without the nice little rivets.
Hah, well I just went to their online store and they have the uppers on sale for $1200!
Anyone seen these in Canada? There is a review here on them complete with the compulsory DI versus piston set up: http://thetruthaboutguns.com/2010/1...-piston-driven-uppers-for-sr-556-ar-platform/


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How do you mount an upper to an upper? f:P:

P.S. If they could export their uppers wouldn't you think they would market their entire rifle here? As far as i know they are not allowed to export due to the 5.56 designation.
 
redddogg69 said:
How do you mount an upper to an upper? f:P:

P.S. If they could export their uppers wouldn't you think they would market their entire rifle here? As far as i know they are not allowed to export due to the 5.56 designation.
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Well ya got me there! It's New Years Eve, company's coming, I'm on for the big meal and I came across the info at the Ruger website while prepping. My bad. Got all excited. Oh well, you get the idea about the upper fitting on an AR LOWER.
I just thought it was interesting as an inexpensive way to try out a piston gun in an interesting calibre (6.8 SPC). Since it isn't a firearm per se, it might be easier to acquire if you didn't want to wait for the whole gun. What about the 6.8 designation? Do they have to call it a .270 to export?
 
"...have no idea if and when they..." You won't ever see a 16.2" barrel here. No market. Mind you, it's not inconceivable for Ruger to make a 20", eventually. There are U.S. States that think a 16.2" barrel is evil too.
 
I don't think it would be a major loss if we don't see this rifle or upper up here. AR-15s need a piston like a fish needs a bicycle. They are a fundamentally flawed design with increased parts breakage in exchange for decreased fouling of the bolt carrier assembly.

If you want a piston-driven rifle, get one that was designed that way in the first place.
 
tjhaile said:
I don't think it would be a major loss if we don't see this rifle or upper up here. AR-15s need a piston like a fish needs a bicycle. They are a fundamentally flawed design with increased parts breakage in exchange for decreased fouling of the bolt carrier assembly.

If you want a piston-driven rifle, get one that was designed that way in the first place.
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Which parts keep breaking?
 
-Bolts
-Carriers
-Buffer tubes

Piston ARs suffer from carrier tilt, which causes wear to buffer tubes not seen on DI rifles. In addition, they have a much more violent action. The bolt carrier is struck by a sharp, off-axis blow from the piston, rather than a gradual push from the gas tube pressurizing the carrier (which is the piston in a DI system). This accelerates bolt and carrier wear due to unlocking earlier in the cycle.

Here is a timely discussion over at M4carbine.net:
http://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=68897

If you don't believe me, ask KevinB what he thinks of piston ARs.
 
Clobbersauras said:
Ruger was very decent about making the SR9's with a Canadian Legal barrel, so who knows, perhaps they will make some changes to accommodate us lowly Canuks.
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It's not to accomodate us. It's to accomodate some idiot in a retarded US agency that thinks flash hiders and numbers punched into the barrel make a difference.
 
Ruger did not make the SR9 with a longer barrel for Canada. We are a tiny market for any gun manufacturer in the states. It was done for California, which is about 5 times size and the Canadian market, perhaps bigger!

Scott
 
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