Originally Posted by
Jewell
As far as Ruger goes, I have little doubt that they won't make this right. I figured there were others in this group that probably owned this rifle, so I made this post hoping to hear if this was a normal thing, or a rare occurrence. I'm guessing the later. Yeah, it sucks, but s*** happens.
I also fully expected that the minute I mentioned this rifle, it'd get trashed here. It is what it is. I wanted a rifle that I could throw in my truck, use as a loaner, and always have on hand to do sone plinking on a rainy day. The Colt OEM was what I originally wanted, but I couldn't find any in stock. The 6920 was close to $300 more at my LGS, so I also getting another one of those.
Sure, I would have liked a chrome lined barrel, or really any kind of treatment for that matter, but I seriously doubt I'll even use this one enough to ever shoot out the barrel anyhow.
The M&P sport fit the bill, but I preferred the Rugers 1/8 barrel over the M&P's 1/9. Plus the M&P was $70 more at my LGS so that is why I went this route.
There's a lot of people that think there's no place for these rifles...I wonder if these are the same people that drive Land Rovers to pick up groceries?
Anyhow, I'm not here to debate that. For $600 I'm certainly not betting my life on it, but it'll almost certainly do what I need it to.