Ruger AR556

look what we have yet another black evil rifle the Ruger AR five five six you saw it on the table with a couple of other rifles of this type recently very recently and it is its turn now the rigger five six been shooting it for a week or so and they're joining it okay and many people are interested in this rifle including myself I was very interested in it you know it's just of course Ruger has been making the Sr series right piston guns and they're in but this is just their first foray into the direct impingement and a low in price wise you know basic they are a lot of people again are looking for a basic AR that will get the job done that will be good enough and there are a lot of them out there again we're trying to look at through a three of them that are they're pretty pretty common and well-known from very well-known companies like Smith & Wesson and Ruger let's take a couple of shots with it and see if it will still fire okay up to now it has been alright to leader worthy it was a red plate worthy [Music] all right things to be zip and get that little red plate with it sights right my brain right oh look here some Lucia ring boy fun funfun I'm going to go back over there I see some cinder blocks on that barrel pieces this wanted to disrupt that a little bit yeah let's take over here and take a look at it it is the AR five five six from Ruger it is much anticipated rifle no doubt about that a lot of people have interest in it because a lot of people are Ruger fans to begin with and they're thinking about an ar-15 and they're not looking to spend a thousand or two thousand dollars on one so it's quite natural they would be curious about what Ruger has to offer alright and in a nutshell it is just your basic AR and you know it's it's pretty much milspec in terms of any kind of replacement parts that you would want to put on it you know whether it's different tubes or stocks grips you know bolt carriers all that kind of thing and it's got a few things that are kind of specific to it you know they've got some things are Ruger and I don't know if they actually made them at Ruger all of them but they are Ruger parts like your birdcage flash hider there and then it has an interesting you know gas blocked and sight post here it's so it's milled out of a piece of aluminum I think it's gonna like yeah it's aluminum billet and that's different isn't it it's not cast like most of them are if they use one of these kinds of folks this is kind of going back to old school in terms of the posts you don't have your full length rail or anything it is a you know baseline ar-15 it has a bayonet lug on it that's probably the most important thing that under you're worried about you've got a quick detachable slot there for a sling that's kind of an interesting place to put it isn't so that could be pretty handy for you all that in one piece there and as we move on back to gun let me show you something I really like just go ahead so I don't forget I have struggled I know a lot of you probably have if you had a ours from the old days because I go back long before the rails and monolithic rails all that kind of thing or they all look kind of like this well look at this I have taken these off before you know you get both hands on this and you pull as hard as you can and hold your mouth right and then you need a third arm for a second person to take these off don't you get that pull down and I was so pleased to to learn that this one just get that the Delta ring they're just screws off and you just pull them off so simply is that cool or what and not that I really take this off that often but it that is just somebody was thinking I don't know who it was what they were thinking okay and that can be dangerous you do that so we're back to here right let me let me take the bolt out show you okay again it's a it's a kind of a note no frills although for a no frills gun it's still kind of tight there we go it seems pretty nice we have not had in the week or so I've been shooting it I might add any malfunctions okay no malfunctions that looks pretty pretty common done you got your state gas key there it's a chrome-lined carrier you know and everything so you know it's it's nothing exotic you know just just is what it is and I guess I'll take that apart but it is Chrome wine and get a good and dirty here get me good and dirty you can replace triggers or anything it's not the you know you'll have a lot of proprietary parts you know that makes it just a Ruger or something like a Wow here I'm about to compare the karo with this but you know a lot of people make a single-action Colt single-action clones and their mover makes them and they're built like a tank but they're they're really different inside Springs and everything well this is they didn't do that with this this is your pretty much your standard ar-15 excuse me modern sporting rifle right so so anything you want to replace you can do it got a barrel as it's not it's not chrome line as I understand it is a one-in-eight twist though and a lot of people want that one 1/8 twist a more desirable twist for just general shooting for a lot of folks okay that way it handles heavy bullets and light bullets you know pretty well most people are not going to notice the difference not on what the twist is but some people definitely will help convince rest shooters and people that do a lot of you know seeing what kind of height group they can get at 500 yards so yeah on the barrel so that's pretty nice and you know they're kind of a different like the M&P 15 it's just a straight doesn't have that the contour like a classic m4 but it doesn't really need that and what else about that and one thing you've got of course for a low in gun you still got your dust cover there yeah let's put the pin back in yeah you got your dust cover your brass deflector your little button there right so if you can't you can try to fix your jam if you have a jam or make it worse right got your uber slides pop up site there I did have to adjust the sights I what's your home post always do on any firearm I think it was shooting a low when I first got it so I just did that also painted the front side forgive me but it's a lot easier to see and what else about it this got the standard stock you know six position stock I put the limb saver on there to give me a low extra length it's like I did on the M&P sport it just feels better if it's so incredible I had pointed this out many times we have a lot of new people every day adding just or taking away depending on what it is a stock I mean even that much it makes an immense difference and how the firearm feels to you how how you shoulder in how the site is positioned for you so and of course that's the beauty of a couple of adjustable stock it's a reason for them I still go back to the old days of a crime bill the clinton crime bill when these were like illegal they were considered evil just having an adjustable stock so there was a reason for it they're so handy a person of these size or regardless what you're wearing if you got heavy gear on if you're in law enforcement or military you know you don't need a long stock you got that much clothing on you you know that sort of thing so that's that's valuable for a youngster or whoever all right well shoot a little bit and I'll see if I can tell you more lives about it okay I'm gonna put a very last round in that magazine John I always blame it on John he's usually the one that tries to cramp 31 rounds a 30-round magazine okay let's put some ears on here take a couple more shots with it make sure it works again I've had no malfunctions if it's ever going to do it you know when it's going to do it don't you on camera we have a big kitty litter begging to be shot and I see another 2-liter there I'm gonna go back over there unless getting a shade here or Summer Sun messing with my rear side front side eyes or something there we go pretty nice the trigger is not quite as good as the M&P sport but it's close more cinder left Oh propane tank takes a couple of hits to naki at all it just cranks right on it really does and then it has I mean I shouldn't be surprised I guess right know ambidextrous you know the controls anything like that nothing too fancy that's why again hopefully you didn't miss that first video here recently where we did the Adams arms had them all on a table and the M&P 15 sport and this and just kind of looking at three different firearms that are available for very reasonable prices six to seven hundred dollars they meant P in this because that's just what they sell for you know Adams Arms was a flim was the reason it was lower but these two they are in a six to seven hundred dollar range now you might find it for 585 or something you know it just depends on who's who's selling it how many they got in and maybe they got a big buy on a bunch of them maybe uh maybe they're using it as a loss leader you know where okay we want to have the lowest price on this gun to get people in the door and they go buy ammo you know she get all that stuff go on business I don't have to tell you that but generally speaking around six six fifty that kind of that kind of money you're talking about on these alright that's a big part of the appeal okay and it's one reason people aren't curious about them and I was too so what else do we have with it the grip on this is interesting it has a little bit know if it's a different angle but it's got a little bit more meat to it and it says Ruger I don't know who makes it for them maybe they make them in the Ruger shop but it I like the feel of that and trigger positioning is it feels pretty good it's got the the aluminum metal trigger guard okay it's a nice big gap therefore when you're wearing your mittens okay and it was something else about it under there I was going to point out that maybe I hadn't before yeah I didn't know maybe there's nothing else here I was thinking about the trigger is is that bad it's like a two-stage trigger it's like a kind of a gritty two-stage I've gotten used to it and of course it's new but as I as I pull it it's uh yeah yeah I mean you could interpret it as a really bad trigger or just kind of a two-stage trigger I think it's kind of a bad trigger that it becomes a two-stage trigger it's milspec it's nothing special okay but once you pick up that initial pull take up if you know what it's gonna break so it's not too hard to shoot pretty well I think there's not a great trick it's not a great trigger there be uh that would be make-believe if I told you it was okay and as I say milspec pretty much by and large it's a good-looking rifle and and and it feels good the sights you know good again that's that's a Ruger pop-up sight I don't know if they make those or if someone else makes them for them but it you know it's kind of like a Magpul you know it's fine and then you got a good sight picture out of it you got your Picatinny rail all that standard so it is and it's made in North Carolina hey that's not bad is it North Carolina I'm not sure where that town is it's a s1 town I'm I'm sure of em ayo Deana I went to school for a year in North Carolina I heard of that town probably in the mountains somewhere but it's cool having a lot of these major gun companies setting up in the south but it's it's a good gun what can I say I think a lot of people are gonna be very attracted to this particular gun because while it is a low-end price wise and you know kind of a basic gun I don't know you don't get the feel of a being kind of a cheapie you really don't other than the trigger could be better I would have to drop in a better trigger and I might replace the stock I don't know it's a six position stock it's fine but it it's just I don't know there's something about it it just feels like and and looks like a little more quality than maybe some of the others that you see okay this price range so I don't I can't imagine anybody not being happy with it let's take a couple more shots because I see some things that have not been shot like a couple of pots that's interesting unless you hit it just right he just punches holes in it 2 2 3 5 5 6 is very fast very fast oh you know what I see a water melon let me go over there and just take care of him it blows a watermelon sufficiently we always deal with like the good okay if your turn buddy oh man pretty nice pretty nice I can see why there's so much interest and excitement even about this thing I've talked to people with gun shops and they say when they get one in it's off the wall off the rack very very quickly a lot of people looking for them even have their names on a list because I don't think they're widely available in big numbers yet because you don't you don't see that many of them when you do see one in a shop and sometimes you just don't see them because people buy the things there's a lot of Ruger fans out there and it seems like a good gun let me uh let me rather than do a separate video won't we just bring this M&P sport over here that's 15 and give you a little of my impressions of the differences here I don't mean to bash Timothy sport the 15 if you saw that video it's just a great shooter this is the fine gun and many of you have them many more of you have these of course than the Ruger the Ruger hasn't been out that long so it's a it's a good gun although there's some criticism for that gun how they they change the barrel and the twist from 109 or one and eight to one and nine and apparently they don't mellow night the barrel anymore they use some other process I'm not sure about that it's hard to confirm that and I'm not sure what rigor does rigor does not chrome line the barrel but they use some protection there on the end of course you don't have a dust cover on the MFE a forward assist you don't have one of those on him and P so there's a couple of things that make this more like a real AR right yeah so back walking maybe enough strength to pull it back as a ARS can be offered camping and that's what else about them they have the exact same stock up you notice this one says Smith or Weston or this one so sugar but they I think with the exact same stock whoever makes that and you know there's just not a whole lot of difference they I'd like to like this Delta ring this screw down taller that is really cool that is really cool you got your cast you know gas block and sight post there and you know where rigor milled that one out if that matters if that makes a difference you know and of course you got your sling attached but you got your bayonet lug on both of them you got a sling attachment of course on that one the grip feels a little bit better on the on the Ruger I'll have to say as far as reliability they're both have just cranked right all that any trouble and they don't feel a lot different they really don't they're very similar with the Ruger I get a little bit of a feel that it's it's maybe a little more of a premium gun I don't know not not a lot of difference really just not part of that's the grip I think and that cool gas block up there in front sight perhaps just a pretty neat gun I like I like both of them I wouldn't have any trouble if I had to rely on either one of them but I'd probably if I were going to choose one I would probably choose maybe the ruger if I'm going to switch out the triggers this one happened to come with a better better trigger now if you went and bought two more of these I would guess it would be a crapshoot who knows that might be that the Ruger trigger is better than the M&P because when you're dealing with a stock milspec kind of kind of trigger you don't know exactly you know what you're gonna get it's not going to be great in either case that one happens to be not bad for a row right out of the box okay so I know the either one would serve you well but yeah I do lean a little bit more towards the Ruger I think if I was going to purchase it but then of course they both came from Bud's gun shop we appreciate that again the reason we have these and as well as the Adams arms and know that we may get some others as well so you'll be sure to check the description for that and see everything's going on up at Budds you're the e gunner auctions and [ __ ] my gun service that they offer and that they use and if anybody else can use that - so he's be aware of that there's links to all that on the in the description so anyway that's where these came from and they'll be going back you have the e gunner here eventually but we wanted to shoot them as much as we could and see if they had weaknesses or you know deficiencies that you know just maybe had not been noticed you know before I haven't noticed they're not that much like I say I don't do torture testing I'm not going to put 10,000 rounds through all to see which one breaks down for someone else can do the torture test but the evidence in the information is really out there particularly on M and P and it's been showing up on this one - I'd really rather put stock in as I have said before I think in what a lot of different people are experiencing you know with with that gun the M&P and in the Ruger then what maybe this one specific gun you know will do or how many rounds it might fire before there's a problem or whatever it might because then again just one person one gun so the information is out there on all these ARS basically unless they came out yesterday you know whether or not they're holding up or not or if there's a problem if if smith and wesson were not putting their barrels in installing their barrels correctly we'd know that right by now for some other problem like that we would all know that but two good guns and not a not a problem not a failure to feed not a well not any kind of problem okay any kind of problem right John I'm not forgetting anything I've been shooting both these for two or three weeks and they have just cranked cranked off okay and I've tried to shoot them a little bit everyday bring out a mag or two just shoot them and yeah see how they get them hot clean them get them hot clean them again and just work them out so they they're gonna work for you it's just a matter of the features and that sort of thing and in the name you know maybe you'd rather have Smith and Wesson you know you're really a loyal M&P fan with their handguns and boys love Smith & Wesson maybe you'd rather lean towards it for that reason yeah so there's probably a lot of that out there but again one reason we wanted to do these two especially on the low end is they're from major gun companies and everybody knows Ruger everybody knows Smith & Wesson and we've got too low in $600 650 700 whatever dollar ar-15s the most popular rifle firearm maybe you know in the country right now and I know some people are tired of them maybe they they've already got the ones they want or maybe we got some old hoods watching that hate these things that's okay that's your right that's your right your privilege a lot of people do just really enjoy them and now they're fun to shoot so I would suggest if you're gonna get one of them make sure you buy a bayonet they both have been it looks and that's the first thing you want to install particularly if you're gonna do your hunt or something with them so there they are two nice low in bargain ar-15s it looks like even one on would serve you well and I kind of lean towards the Ruger but they're both they're both just fine life is good we'd like to thank one of our sponsors SDI the Sonoran Desert Institute SDI has fully accredited distance learning programs reading get certified and gunsmithing or even in an associate's degree and firearms technology of course the study includes hands-on experience which is important of course so check it out go to SDI edu or just click on the link in the description ok and also we'd like to remind you to check out the Hickok 45 Facebook page and the Hickok 45 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Keywords: .223, 5.56, NATO, AR15, military rifle, Ruger, AR556, semiauto, AR-15, STurm Ruger

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Length: 24min 51sec (1491 seconds)

Published: Wed Sep 02 2015