9/26/2023 0 Comments Ac556 factory folder 18quotI want something that is semi, 3rd burst and full auto. I'll have to make do with my Mac10s.How reliable is a lighting link? Will it be a select fire rifle, or full auto only. Alas, I have also sold the A2( I don't deserve to own a gun that is worth more than $17,000.) The Colt was a very nice weapon, with many features that were better than the Ruger,īut I did not notice much difference between the 2 regarding "mag dumps".īoth weapons heated up after 5 or 6 30 round mags, and took nearly as long to cool down. I have since sold the gun, and I am waiting to sell the spare trigger group(it should be worth eleventy million dollars after Ruger stops servicing theese guns).Īs a side note, I purchased a Colt M16A2 with the proceeds of the AC556 sale. I was charged about $275 for the repairs(including the stock), the gun functioned flawlessly after it was returned. Not a recognized law enforcement customer.Īfter an additional call or two, they agreed to replace it(I understand I received one of the last replacement folders offered). The service department told me that they could not replace the folding stock, as I was I had 2 or 3 conversations with the service department regarding the folding stock. I returned the gun to the factory(minus the aftermarket folder and the trigger group), I shot the gun 5 or 6 times, and it had some ammo feeding issues. I purchased my AC556 in 2003, it came with an aftermarket folder.(it was originally equipped with a factory folding stock) If you shoot them conservatively, an AC556 will last a very long time. Similarly, full-auto abuse of transferables is using up replacement transferable receivers at triple the rate Ruger expected. So the barrel supply dried up faster than it should have, and the folder owners exhausted that supply about overnight. Ruger would return it with a brand new factory folding stock, which the owners could immediately resell on the boards for about five times what they paid for it (Ruger will not/would not sell the stocks outright, nor would they put one on a gun that left the factory as a full-stock according to their records). So owners with factory folders would take off the stock and put on a milled-out nonfolding Mini14 stock whenever they were sending in an AC556 for factory service. Doesn't take many Betamag dumps to burn out an AC556 barrel, etc.Īlso, Ruger would return any 556 to its original configuration. IMHO, what happened was: Ruger laid in a good supply of spares.Īnd then as word spread among MG owners that Ruger would fix anything for a very small fee, AC556s became the gun to use if you wanted to beat the living crap out of a machine gun. I guess as long as I dont burn my 13" barrel out I will be all set.ĪFAIK, they have plenty of all the small parts. I am more concerned that if I need a selector switch or something on those lines on my AC556 can they help me out? I see Ruger has a new Ranch Rifle MOA gun out now and LE is starting to pick up on it again. When I was a Smith and Wesson Academy last year for my Patrol rifle instructor requal course there was a guy there with an AC and he preffered that gun over anything as long as it had a factory mag. I like it better than my Bushmaster AR.īut the shorty AC-556 guns make SUPER LE guns I think. I know some people dont think they are the most accuate guns out there but I always thought of my Mini as a good tactical LE gun. I LOVE mine and I always thought the Mini 14s and AC-556s were OUTSTANDING tactical guns (especially with the Factory folders) and as long as you run factory mags through them they are flawless. I mean I know the MG collector has them but I never knew why they just bit the dust in the mid 90's in place of the AR. I never understood why these guns just kind of dropped off the face of the earth as far as LE is concerned.
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