Jason_W
Member
If they wanted to rechamber the scout rifle platform, why not go big or go home?
http://www.45raptor.com/45RAPTOR/
I like Ruger products, especially their revolvers and I salivate over some of their rifles. They're a rugged product at a mid range price (ignoring the mixed reviews on the American rifle, of course). I'm sure that the Ruger Scout beats the MVP Patrol in terms of durability, reliability, and fit and finish, but the bottom line is that the world doesn't need yet another 5.56 platform. If there is a market that's the definition of hypersaturated, that's it.
I'm likely in the minority in my thinking, but I'm amazing bored by the majority of "new" products released by gun manufacturers in recent years. It seems like it's all ARs and polymer auto pistols, which are cool and all, but come on, how many different AR variants and plastic 9mm pistols do we need?
That said, ultimately the homogeny of the gun market is on us, the gun buying public. We buy boring, so they're going to make boring. We lament the introduction of something as "meh" as a Ruger Scout in 5.56, but we react to the introduction of every new cartridge or new firearm design with a sort of rage typically reserved for when our mothers are insulted (hyperbole intended).
Now, with that in mind, someone make me a 10mm auto carbine and accompanying pistol with magazine commonality.
http://www.45raptor.com/45RAPTOR/
I like Ruger products, especially their revolvers and I salivate over some of their rifles. They're a rugged product at a mid range price (ignoring the mixed reviews on the American rifle, of course). I'm sure that the Ruger Scout beats the MVP Patrol in terms of durability, reliability, and fit and finish, but the bottom line is that the world doesn't need yet another 5.56 platform. If there is a market that's the definition of hypersaturated, that's it.
I'm likely in the minority in my thinking, but I'm amazing bored by the majority of "new" products released by gun manufacturers in recent years. It seems like it's all ARs and polymer auto pistols, which are cool and all, but come on, how many different AR variants and plastic 9mm pistols do we need?
That said, ultimately the homogeny of the gun market is on us, the gun buying public. We buy boring, so they're going to make boring. We lament the introduction of something as "meh" as a Ruger Scout in 5.56, but we react to the introduction of every new cartridge or new firearm design with a sort of rage typically reserved for when our mothers are insulted (hyperbole intended).
Now, with that in mind, someone make me a 10mm auto carbine and accompanying pistol with magazine commonality.