Vegas SMG
04-22-2008, 01:49 AM
Interesting thread on Subguns dealing with suppressors that switched to Ruger's replacement policy. A couple of people indicated Ruger's pre-May 1986 supply of AC556 receivers is now gone. Anyone know for sure?
http://www.subguns.com/boards/mgmsg.cgi?read=654372
No, Ruger does NOT "keep a supply of receivers for this purpose". You are very, very wrong about that.
Ruger used a supply of receivers with different serial numbers that were all still manufactured prior to 5/19/86, all fully transferable, that they drew from to replace damaged ones. That supply has been exhausted for some time. Ruger CANNOT replace any more damaged receivers with transferable ones, their supply is gone.
It used to be that when they repaired a damaged gun, they amended the registry to show the replacement with a different serial number. This can no longer be done. The only AC556 receivers they will replace with a new one are for Post-86 guns.
The time window has passed when you can get a damaged transferable guns' receiver replaced with a new receiver. This has been the case for well over a year.
http://www.subguns.com/boards/mgmsg.cgi?read=654372
No, Ruger does NOT "keep a supply of receivers for this purpose". You are very, very wrong about that.
Ruger used a supply of receivers with different serial numbers that were all still manufactured prior to 5/19/86, all fully transferable, that they drew from to replace damaged ones. That supply has been exhausted for some time. Ruger CANNOT replace any more damaged receivers with transferable ones, their supply is gone.
It used to be that when they repaired a damaged gun, they amended the registry to show the replacement with a different serial number. This can no longer be done. The only AC556 receivers they will replace with a new one are for Post-86 guns.
The time window has passed when you can get a damaged transferable guns' receiver replaced with a new receiver. This has been the case for well over a year.