SOTAR teaches you the difference between a rifle that will (hopefully) limp along, and a rifle that will run marathons. Then shows you how to transform it from the former to the latter. Keep up the great work.
I have been waiting so patiently for this series, and I am extremely pleased to see how comparable my Ruger was to this lot of 7. Thank you Chad and Chads wife for your time and efforts put into what I hope continues as a strong series.
7 Ruger AR15 rifles and all 7 had issues and all 7 BCG's need replaced ... I can honestly say that I won't be recommending any Ruger AR15 rifle. I own many of there pistols and have never had any issues. Chad I would like to say thank you to the amazing content you and your wife provide. Absolutely priceless video content, Brother 😉👊🇺🇸 Looking forward to seeing the final video. I hope Ruger steps up and help with fixing the rifles issues 🤞
I am thoroughly enjoying the deep dive into the various makes of AR15s. Thank you so much for making these videos. Greetings from Cape Town, South Africa.
For what it's worth, I'd bet most of these guns would function fine for a while. Some may even wear into themselves and improve (sticky firing pin maybe) with only additional wear to show for it. A novice shooter may not even notice it at all until something physically breaks.
You should make a video on why certain things on the AR platform are the way they are. Like why taper pins are used instead of just a normal roll pin. Why there are are grooves in the hammer and trigger pins, etc etc. I already know most of this, but iam sure most people don't. That would be amazing education. Keep up the great work. I sing your praises and tell everyone i know that has an AR to watch your videos. I wish i had the funds and the time to come take one of your courses. At the moment its impossible, iam a live-in caregiver for my dad who has leukemia and several other illnesses where he is completely bedridden. Your long form videos give me alot of stress relief. Thank you for what you do. And thank you to your wife for loving the AR platform as much as you, oh, and for putting up with you, lol, jk. 😂
Maaaaaan, I cannot tell you how wonderful it was to get nearly 3 hours of DEEP nerdery on the good ol' AR platform! Exactly what I needed today. I was stuck in a mind-numbing conference. Grabbing a few minutes here and there of pure curiosity and research was the elixir I needed. Mind having another three hours each day for the next couple days?! 😄
Dude, i trust your word on the AR platform more than anyone else. And if you tell me you checked something off camera and to take your word for it, im sure i speak for everyone here that we believe you bro.
I'm a bit of both, lmao. I enjoy detail stuff like this, from cleaning and oiling to file fitting parts for perfect fits. I can do it in the air conditioning too, which is a nice change from cars and motorcycles. 😂
I actually have sent these to friends of mine interested in ARs because they're more comprehensive about what to look for than anything else on the internet.
Love the long form, nice to see you pumping out the content you are the best gun armour channel by far. Cool that your other half i believe is helping out.
Its not just the ars from ruger with qc issues. Had an sp101 where a chamber wasnt reemed properly. Have a gp100 where the retaing pin for the rear sight wasnt pushed in properly and started walking out. Just got a mini14 that got sent with 2 crap mags. Ruger is just like psa at this point. Dont know wat ur gonna get.
I gotta Wrangler with a crack along the inside grooves of the barrel. Never got a shot off in it, they sent me new one, sold it. I do have a 2014 made 22wmr American that is a well made tack driver, anything made post 2020 is a roll of the dice across the board
Ruger has always been a budget manufacturer. Always. Unless you're looking at a single shot rifle, an over/under shottie, or just a budget .22, it's best to always pass on Ruger.
@@JD-tn5lz Lol they do make their own barrels and gas blocks and such in house (openly accessible information). To my understanding they also make the receivers but that may be a contracted out component in portion.
Thank you for all of the info. I wasn't considering a Ruger but I know now to not let a friend buy a Ruger 556AR. Can't wait to hear what Ruger says....
My first AR was a Smith Sport 1. I bought it for a little over four hundred. It was used. A kid mag dumped at a range and set the rifle down on his rifle bag. It melted and got all over the rifle so he sold it that way 😂 i got a really good deal. It was an awesome rifle.
I couldn't believe the bolts looked that bad. Didn't look close to being new. Maybe they were going with if it looks good on the outside then it will be alright. Roger used to be a good firearms manufacturer but after what I just watched , I don't know anymore. Maybe they are sourcing parts from different companies. Don't know. Enjoyed the videos very much. Thanks. Looking forward to the next. Hope Smith & Wesson fairs better.
Personally I think your goal should be to make your wife giggle loud enough we can hear it at least 1 time per video. May be a challenge on your very short videos but a noble goal imo.
Is there anyway you could tell us when you’re going to do the secret shopper with the Smith & Wesson sport three? I would love to watch that as these three videos have been so helpful.
Pitiful. I don’t think Ruger cares if the rifles are in spec or not as long as it passes the test fire. Will they replace the BCG’s with the same out of spec units?
I have one of these and well... its still running for me. The trigger crapped out at few thousand rounds and thousands of dry fire reps. Got it for $725. Not terrible but wasn't awesome.
They'll make him send them all in via FedEx or possibly the whole rfle then they'll say "ok we we fixed it" then they'll send it back and it'll be the same exact parts and a complete waste of time and energy and money sending it back to them
@@matthewbeaver5026 they need a better process and in process inspection done by the machinist on the floor. Unfortunately it could be robots loading and unloading cncs. Tighten tolerances in order to achieve consistency.
I've seen 3/4 and even half inch groups from these Ruger ARs, shame the rest isn't as good as their barrels. I'd get the barrels on their own if they had mid length gas available
Does the oversize gas port negate the offset of the A1 front sights? If someone was using 300 blackout subs? I know it's not a proper fix, but I'm just wondering if someone wouldn't notice a difference if the gas port is oversized? Keep up the great work, I spent my night watching these and was thrilled to see the notification of a new video and found 3!!!
I wonder how long the manufacturing labour time is for this things, but I have to wonder if using jigs and torque wrenches that get calibrated some times over the day would make them this much more expensive to produce.
@@SchooloftheAmericanRiflethank you Chad and your wife for your time and effort. I learn so much from these vids. Hopefully with this series the manufacturers can learn a lil bit of something too.
On my second Ruger AR. Bought this one and the other at estate auctions for pennies on the dollar. Plenty of play in both, nothing tight, and the first one (an MPR) literally fell apart during a training. Definitely my worst rifles, even worse than Anderson and Adams.
I wonder how different the Ruger MPR would fare against these basic models. It's not a very cheap rifle either, they're like 9-1000 bucks in the states, and about 2000 USD in my country.
How much extra time would it take to build a rifle to your standards vs. other builders? It doesn't seem like it would take too much extra time to guage parts and have a little extra qc.
I own 2 of these rifles myself, in my humble opinion Ruger did a better job than some others ive payed 2X-3X more for in the past, the best of the higher cost units being the Rock River. I have learned so much from your videos & appreciate the time you dedicate to the American rifle. Godbless you & yours & Godbless America
So out of the 7 rifles, none of them have 100% passed your inspection. Incredible, for $1000+ Ruger needs to do better. Im sure they arent the only ones to be sure. For that money all of these producers need to do better.
I know Ruger is known to have shoddy QC but tbh I'm surprised these have as many problems as they do. I just would've expected them to be unremarkable. Not great but also not bad. Ehhh, now I'm not so sure.
I got a BCM MCMR rail to upgrade the rail on my Ruger MPR 18". I haven't installed it yet because I couldn't get the gas block set screw off. I can attest the BCG in mine, a 2019 model was also bad. I put a phosphate Microbest in it and a Surefire 3 prong flash hider. Chad, would you recommend upgrading the rail?
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SOTAR teaches you the difference between a rifle that will (hopefully) limp along, and a rifle that will run marathons. Then shows you how to transform it from the former to the latter.
Keep up the great work.
We Americans are lucky to have SOTAR to enlighten us on the AR.
I have been waiting so patiently for this series, and I am extremely pleased to see how comparable my Ruger was to this lot of 7. Thank you Chad and Chads wife for your time and efforts put into what I hope continues as a strong series.
Man i couldn't stop watching, what a great set of videos
This was a lot of work on your part and we appreciate it. Very informative series. Excellent video. Everyone owning an AR should watch it all.
7 Ruger AR15 rifles and all 7 had issues and all 7 BCG's need replaced ... I can honestly say that I won't be recommending any Ruger AR15 rifle. I own many of there pistols and have never had any issues. Chad I would like to say thank you to the amazing content you and your wife provide. Absolutely priceless video content, Brother 😉👊🇺🇸
Looking forward to seeing the final video. I hope Ruger steps up and help with fixing the rifles issues 🤞
Watched all 3 parts in one go. Such informative videos.
I am thoroughly enjoying the deep dive into the various makes of AR15s. Thank you so much for making these videos. Greetings from Cape Town, South Africa.
Makes me think about all those Ruger reviews on RUclips. Thanks for the video's keep em coming.
Bought and paid for
For what it's worth, I'd bet most of these guns would function fine for a while. Some may even wear into themselves and improve (sticky firing pin maybe) with only additional wear to show for it. A novice shooter may not even notice it at all until something physically breaks.
You should make a video on why certain things on the AR platform are the way they are. Like why taper pins are used instead of just a normal roll pin. Why there are are grooves in the hammer and trigger pins, etc etc. I already know most of this, but iam sure most people don't. That would be amazing education. Keep up the great work. I sing your praises and tell everyone i know that has an AR to watch your videos. I wish i had the funds and the time to come take one of your courses. At the moment its impossible, iam a live-in caregiver for my dad who has leukemia and several other illnesses where he is completely bedridden. Your long form videos give me alot of stress relief. Thank you for what you do. And thank you to your wife for loving the AR platform as much as you, oh, and for putting up with you, lol, jk. 😂
Sending prayers for your father. 🙏🏼
Thank you for the kind words. I'll say some prayers for you and your father. 😢
Some seriously educational videos here. I learned a lot.
Maaaaaan, I cannot tell you how wonderful it was to get nearly 3 hours of DEEP nerdery on the good ol' AR platform! Exactly what I needed today. I was stuck in a mind-numbing conference. Grabbing a few minutes here and there of pure curiosity and research was the elixir I needed.
Mind having another three hours each day for the next couple days?! 😄
Man can't wait for video number 4 now!!!
Dude, i trust your word on the AR platform more than anyone else. And if you tell me you checked something off camera and to take your word for it, im sure i speak for everyone here that we believe you bro.
OCD bro and machinist here. Enjoying the content.
The snicker from the 'wife' was perfect.
@ it’s all too familiar.
Thank You for this series, great vids.
Thank you for all your teaching and insight.
Are we OCD or just have an appreciation for visual detail and the comfort knowing that our weapons are built correctly to function flawlessly?
I can live with locktite vs stakes etc.
I'm a bit of both, lmao. I enjoy detail stuff like this, from cleaning and oiling to file fitting parts for perfect fits. I can do it in the air conditioning too, which is a nice change from cars and motorcycles. 😂
I actually have sent these to friends of mine interested in ARs because they're more comprehensive about what to look for than anything else on the internet.
Been busy the last few hours......eating snacks and watching SOTAR
Good thing I have 3 computer monitor 2 for work one for SOTAR!!! amazing stuff.
Awesome stuff man thanks for sharing. Patiently waiting on the S&W Sport 3 autopsy 👍🏻🇺🇸
Love the long form, nice to see you pumping out the content you are the best gun armour channel by far. Cool that your other half i believe is helping out.
Thank you for showing the process.
17:00 to 17:20 is pure gold. My husband is one of you!
"Because that's how OCD Bros roll......" 😯🤣 I feel like some ppl got labelled just now!
I see some future SOTAR swag in the near future
AWESOME SIR! You are the best of the best! Your wife does some great camera work also.
Thank you for your time.
Just wanted to thank you for the great content I'm hooked bad .
OCD bro's roll hard! 😂 Always appreciate your informative videos, Chad.
Aaahhh mis alignment the bane of my existence 😮😅. And understand why the oversized gas ports 😊
Its not just the ars from ruger with qc issues. Had an sp101 where a chamber wasnt reemed properly. Have a gp100 where the retaing pin for the rear sight wasnt pushed in properly and started walking out. Just got a mini14 that got sent with 2 crap mags. Ruger is just like psa at this point. Dont know wat ur gonna get.
I gotta Wrangler with a crack along the inside grooves of the barrel. Never got a shot off in it, they sent me new one, sold it. I do have a 2014 made 22wmr American that is a well made tack driver, anything made post 2020 is a roll of the dice across the board
@goodnewseverybody739 agreed
Ruger has always been a budget manufacturer. Always.
Unless you're looking at a single shot rifle, an over/under shottie, or just a budget .22, it's best to always pass on Ruger.
@@JD-tn5lz i tried playin it safe n just get the tried n true classics. Lesson learned
Love these videos. Thank you for sharing.
Wow. Outstanding video.
Good stuff! Yeah Ruger makes some good barrels, they definitely need to improve their BCG production and Assembly line consistencies.
From looking at these videos and at actual Rugers, I'm not confident they make their own barrels or all of their components.
@@JD-tn5lz Lol they do make their own barrels and gas blocks and such in house (openly accessible information).
To my understanding they also make the receivers but that may be a contracted out component in portion.
I learned a new technical term today. Oogah Doogah. Can I use it?
As someone that bought a Ruger SFAR a few months back, this has me kind of worried. Gonna have to do some checking this weekend.
I got screwed on one...mine was a single action...that thing spent more time in the fed ex truck than in my hands before I got rid of it
Thank you for all of the info. I wasn't considering a Ruger but I know now to not let a friend buy a Ruger 556AR. Can't wait to hear what Ruger says....
Ruger won't say anything. They'll just look at their bottom line and say "so what?"
Yeah but to be fair, the other sub $1000 manufacturers will probably test similar.
EYE OPENING 😮
I have the same one, can't wait to hear with BCG you go.
After all the issues I had with my Ruger SR9 I see their ARs are not much better.
Nice cameo by the SOLGW bolt carrier.
My first AR was a Smith Sport 1. I bought it for a little over four hundred. It was used. A kid mag dumped at a range and set the rifle down on his rifle bag. It melted and got all over the rifle so he sold it that way 😂 i got a really good deal. It was an awesome rifle.
Great series!! Thanks for this.
My money is on Ruger saying they don't see a problem. Especially on 7 guns.
Fantastic. Thank you.
I hope Ruger QC will watch these videos and makes some changes in their procedures.
I couldn't believe the bolts looked that bad. Didn't look close to being new. Maybe they were going with if it looks good on the outside then it will be alright. Roger used to be a good firearms manufacturer but after what I just watched , I don't know anymore. Maybe they are sourcing parts from different companies. Don't know. Enjoyed the videos very much. Thanks. Looking forward to the next. Hope Smith & Wesson fairs better.
That front site base isn't off... it's just pre set for Kentucky windage :)
OCD Bro Club 🎉
Thread lock??? Shiiiiii*!!!! We got Ugadugas. 😂
Great vid!! Can you plz convince Solgw to make their legacy rifle Md compliant 🙏 it would blow all the other competition out the water
I'll talk to Mike about it. Hopefully the MD ban is taken up by SCOTUS and the need is moot.
Personally I think your goal should be to make your wife giggle loud enough we can hear it at least 1 time per video. May be a challenge on your very short videos but a noble goal imo.
It's a damn shame I'll never be allowed entry into the hallowed halls of the ruger gunsmith and armorers guild
I swear this is my Lord of the Rings.
Why do I love watching this!!
OCD Bros unite!
Is there anyway you could tell us when you’re going to do the secret shopper with the Smith & Wesson sport three? I would love to watch that as these three videos have been so helpful.
the gas blocks were tight because the set screw they used " dimpled" the barrel and push some material up causing an obstruction
Ugh. I'm glad I talked my old man out of buying one of these back in the day. Definitely not "just as good."
Also why I am skeptical about their new Glock clone.
The avg Ruger AR owners aren't hitting rifle classes and running 100-1000 rounds a week.
@@warrenharrison9490 that's bc they won't handle that kind of use lol
I'm really interested in how these Ruger compared to the Smith&Wesson MP Sport II & III AR15. As far as being assembled correctly.
Honestly the pointy screw might be better than a dimple in the wrong place. Lookin at you bca
those are some chunky barrel nuts and barrels
If the ceo of ruger ever watches this i wonder what he would be thinking.
Pitiful. I don’t think Ruger cares if the rifles are in spec or not as long as it passes the test fire. Will they replace the BCG’s with the same out of spec units?
Yea they'll just send them back and not even look at them...complete waste of time messing w their customer service
I have one of these and well... its still running for me. The trigger crapped out at few thousand rounds and thousands of dry fire reps. Got it for $725. Not terrible but wasn't awesome.
Tech term of the day... "Ooga Doogas".
Be interested to know what ruger does for you on the bolts.
Do they offer to replace just the bolt. Or whole carrier. Or tell ya you're SOL??
They'll make him send them all in via FedEx or possibly the whole rfle then they'll say "ok we we fixed it" then they'll send it back and it'll be the same exact parts and a complete waste of time and energy and money sending it back to them
I’ve come to terms with my OCD thank you. Lol
Why dont these manufacturers have a guy like you as the head of QA/QC to ensure their product meets spec prior to shipping?
because they would have to give a shit and spend money on qc
Cost em to much money.
Not for they guy checking.
But for all the parts that got rejected.
@@matthewbeaver5026 they need a better process and in process inspection done by the machinist on the floor. Unfortunately it could be robots loading and unloading cncs. Tighten tolerances in order to achieve consistency.
These Ruger ARs would be awesome if you could replace every single part and component with something else.
Is that concentricity gauge back in production? Great series, btw.
I was hoping you'd do the MPR version.
R3B = rough 3 bore maybe
That's it. Thank you. Our brains were mush after several hours of filming. 😂
What are you if you watch all 3 in a row and take notes ?
Who makes the most consistently flawless parts in your experience? Are there any brands that are good/great for their price?
Ocd for sure.
I've seen 3/4 and even half inch groups from these Ruger ARs, shame the rest isn't as good as their barrels. I'd get the barrels on their own if they had mid length gas available
Does the oversize gas port negate the offset of the A1 front sights? If someone was using 300 blackout subs? I know it's not a proper fix, but I'm just wondering if someone wouldn't notice a difference if the gas port is oversized?
Keep up the great work, I spent my night watching these and was thrilled to see the notification of a new video and found 3!!!
I wonder how long the manufacturing labour time is for this things, but I have to wonder if using jigs and torque wrenches that get calibrated some times over the day would make them this much more expensive to produce.
Maybe Ruger will do us all a solid and sell us the receivers as stand alone components so we can use them to assemble our own guns.
Old man Ruger would not approve.
So it seems uppers, lowers, buffer tubes, barrels all seem ok
BCG’s, gas blocks, triggers, buffer springs and assembly practices need attention
OCD Bro’s 🤜🤛
R3b is probably rough 3 bore
That's correct. After all the problems I found my brain started to give up. Took us 12 hours to shoot these 3 videos.
@SchooloftheAmericanRifle I'm glad you and your wife sacrificed the time to show us all! I love your vids
@@SchooloftheAmericanRiflethank you Chad and your wife for your time and effort.
I learn so much from these vids.
Hopefully with this series the manufacturers can learn a lil bit of something too.
❤❤❤❤liked n commented 🎉🎉🎉🎉. Great video 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
On my second Ruger AR. Bought this one and the other at estate auctions for pennies on the dollar.
Plenty of play in both, nothing tight, and the first one (an MPR) literally fell apart during a training.
Definitely my worst rifles, even worse than Anderson and Adams.
I wonder how different the Ruger MPR would fare against these basic models. It's not a very cheap rifle either, they're like 9-1000 bucks in the states, and about 2000 USD in my country.
Been waiting for this!
Where can I purchase all those gauges you have?
How much extra time would it take to build a rifle to your standards vs. other builders? It doesn't seem like it would take too much extra time to guage parts and have a little extra qc.
I own 2 of these rifles myself, in my humble opinion Ruger did a better job than some others ive payed 2X-3X more for in the past, the best of the higher cost units being the Rock River. I have learned so much from your videos & appreciate the time you dedicate to the American rifle. Godbless you & yours & Godbless America
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So out of the 7 rifles, none of them have 100% passed your inspection. Incredible, for $1000+ Ruger needs to do better. Im sure they arent the only ones to be sure. For that money all of these producers need to do better.
They didn't come close to passing. The BCG's need to be replaced.
So have you ever test checked an Anderson AM-15?
No shims either, or is that only if the muzzle device needed to be timed?
I know Ruger is known to have shoddy QC but tbh I'm surprised these have as many problems as they do. I just would've expected them to be unremarkable. Not great but also not bad. Ehhh, now I'm not so sure.
Does it shoot though?
I got a BCM MCMR rail to upgrade the rail on my Ruger MPR 18". I haven't installed it yet because I couldn't get the gas block set screw off. I can attest the BCG in mine, a 2019 model was also bad. I put a phosphate Microbest in it and a Surefire 3 prong flash hider. Chad, would you recommend upgrading the rail?
Nightmare caught on camera lmao