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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:07:35 PM EDT
What's the point?
ETA: For the AR impaired: 
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:08:36 PM EDT
[#1]
Because round wheels suck
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:09:48 PM EDT
[#2]
Most people who buy that rifle will leave it exactly as it comes from the factory.
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:12:09 PM EDT
[#3]
Because Ruger has to be different and "innovative"
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:13:55 PM EDT
[#4]
Because 99% of people buying one wouldn't know that to begin with and the 1% that does will buy something else or build their own so it's totally irrelevant.
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:14:31 PM EDT
[#5]
Well, QD mount for sure. Plus I believe there is no more having to pin the FSB through the barrel like previous versions. |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:15:07 PM EDT
[#6]
Cuz you touch yourself at night.
That's why. |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:15:14 PM EDT
[#7]
Just be glad they at least use standard AR mags....
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:15:25 PM EDT
[#8]
With the included QD sling swivel it's actually better than your normal FSB. Other than that it looks like they just modified the design for extra strength and easier machining.
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:15:28 PM EDT
[#9]
That way, the "point" won't be very big...
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:15:32 PM EDT
[#10]
My guess is that it makes them more money, somehow. Cheaper part, cheaper to assemble, something...
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:20:46 PM EDT
[#11]
America. That's why. 
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:22:03 PM EDT
[#12]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
Just be glad they at least use standard AR mags.... And has sights that are adjustable |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:26:43 PM EDT
[#13]
They should have made it use Mini14 mags.
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:28:12 PM EDT
[#14]
They always change the looks of the guns they copy. I guess they didn't realize they had to do that with the AR.
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:28:19 PM EDT
[#15]
They needed more square inches to engrave warnings?
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:29:29 PM EDT
[#16]
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They should have made it use Mini14 mags. The outrage would have been worth it. |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:29:58 PM EDT
[#17]
The distance between the flash hider and the bayonet lug on that rifle is too long to mount a standard bayonet (it would wobble on the barrel). The fix for this would be a flash hider that telescopes back over the barrel, or a shortened barrel and pinned long flash hider.
This is not the only rifle that has this quirk. They have bayonet lugs that are for show only, because they are unusable. |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:32:37 PM EDT
[#18]
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They always change the looks of the guns they copy. I guess they didn't realize they had to do that with the AR. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Exactly. Ruger's R&D department is a stack of Guns & Ammo and American Rifleman. |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:34:00 PM EDT
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The distance between the flash hider and the bayonet lug on that rifle is too long to mount a standard bayonet (it would wobble on the barrel). The fix for this would be a flash hider that telescopes back over the barrel, or a shortened barrel and pinned long flash hider. This is not the only rifle that has this quirk. They have bayonet lugs that are for show only, because they are unusable. Right, except rifles that use standard pre-ban FSB make some kind of sense - standard FSB and their tooling already exist. But Ruger designed a brand new FSB for mounting on 16" street-legal carbines, and decided to include a bayonet lug. Are they counting on military contracts? Will Ruger be selling 14.5" NFA rifles? |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:34:17 PM EDT
[#20]
I bet $100 Daniel Defense is making that front sight.
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:35:31 PM EDT
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
They should have made it use Mini14 mags. 
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:39:08 PM EDT
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I bet $100 Daniel Defense is making that front sight. The DD fans in the other sections of this site are literally puking their own balls out of their mouths at the sight of the FSBs. Like they are the antichrist of FSB and now they can't finish their 23rd MK18 clone. |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:39:55 PM EDT
[#23]
barrel definitely needs slip over m203 cuts
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:47:27 PM EDT
[#24]
I think it is an interesting design and if it was on a "high end" rifle a lot of people would think it was really tacticool.
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Posted: 4/19/2016 9:58:50 PM EDT
[#25]
What about the delta ring screwing back instead of spring loaded?
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Posted: 4/19/2016 10:05:05 PM EDT
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I bet $100 Daniel Defense is making that front sight. It does look incredibly similar to my DD front sight. As for the screw down delta ring, I think that's pretty fucking cool too. Not that any of my rifles have delta rings. |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 10:09:39 PM EDT
[#27]
Ruger is a casting company that makes guns.
They cast everything for everyone, including golf clubs. I bet it's because they could cast that thing vs a normal FSB having to be forged. Kharn |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 10:10:26 PM EDT
[#28]
What's the point? In America, people have the right to build shit without asking you first... it's called freedom. |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 10:12:13 PM EDT
[#29]
Ruger owns Pine Tree Castings and cast a lot of their gun parts out of cheap aluminum.
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Posted: 4/19/2016 10:16:36 PM EDT
[#30]
They are saving money using a cast FSB that is made in house.
If it didn't have a bayonet lug you guys would have a hissy fit over that also. |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 10:27:04 PM EDT
[#31]
Call me crazy but I like both the Ruger FSB and the Daniel Defemse FSB.
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Posted: 4/19/2016 11:13:57 PM EDT
[#32]
because modernisms ?
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Posted: 4/19/2016 11:17:24 PM EDT
[#33]
Because bayo lugs are not on neutered rifles. No ban, you get lugs, even if they are silly and in the wrong place.
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Posted: 4/19/2016 11:18:16 PM EDT
[#34]
I think the funnier thing is they put it on a carbine length system on a 16" barrel so it doesn't line up right.
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Posted: 4/19/2016 11:18:49 PM EDT
[#35]
At least they got rid of the stupid 203 cut
Yet they kept the stupid carbine gas And the govt profile barrel Fail. |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 11:19:59 PM EDT
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Call me crazy but I like both the Ruger FSB and the Daniel Defemse FSB. You're crazy. |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 11:21:58 PM EDT
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I'm guessing that the only reason that companies even bother to put bayonet lugs on 95% of their rifles (other than military contracts) is because they were one of the banned features, and they don't want to be accused of caving to the antis.
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Posted: 4/19/2016 11:24:11 PM EDT
[#38]
Is it forged, billet, or cast? Could be the fanboy future.
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Posted: 4/19/2016 11:30:45 PM EDT
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whats a "FSB" ?
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Posted: 4/19/2016 11:32:19 PM EDT
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whats a "FSB" ? Fantastic story bro. |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 11:38:42 PM EDT
[#41]
Maybe they're also going to use it on a middy version...
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Posted: 4/19/2016 11:39:42 PM EDT
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Fantastic story bro. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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whats a "FSB" ? Fantastic story bro. Indeed |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 11:42:01 PM EDT
[#43]
I for one love the look of the ruger FSB. If I could buy one separately I would switch my FSB out for it.
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Posted: 4/19/2016 11:43:33 PM EDT
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I think the funnier thing is they put it on a carbine length system on a 16" barrel so it doesn't line up right. What?!? 
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Posted: 4/19/2016 11:45:24 PM EDT
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Would a mid-length gas system push the FSB out enough for the bayonet to mount properly? Assuming a switch to mil-type birdcage. Maybe they are planning for a future longer gas system. I still think if they had released this gun as a mid-length it would have been an even bigger hit.
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Posted: 4/19/2016 11:45:56 PM EDT
[#46]
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The outrage would have been worth it. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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They should have made it use Mini14 mags. The outrage would have been worth it. Ruger could have had an epic April Fool's if they had made an announcement all AR's would switch to mini 14 mags going forward.
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Posted: 4/19/2016 11:49:44 PM EDT
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They are saving money using a cast FSB that is made in house. If it didn't have a bayonet lug you guys would have a hissy fit over that also. Precisely this. |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 11:54:26 PM EDT
[#48]
the taper pins are on the top and not bottom of the barrel , that's way weirder than just having a bayo lug
Not really a big deal if ya wanna put a clamp on gas block But I was really WTF when we got the first batch of these things in |
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Posted: 4/19/2016 11:59:24 PM EDT
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whats a "FSB" ? Fire Support Base or...... Forward Support Battalion (prior to them becoming "Brigade Support Battalions").
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Posted: 4/20/2016 12:14:25 AM EDT
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whats a "FSB" ? Front Side Bus |
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