Another possible "plus" to this gun is that it might be available in states where ARs are still banned or heavily controlled
Correctamundo! Snake45 great point man and.....
I think I'd prefer a Mini-14, though, unless THAT were also banned for being "evil."
there is another huge reason the boys and girls are luving the Remington better.
Mags. The Rugers are hard to find, do to the State AWB which is still impeeding our rights, in MA. The Mini14 mags that are around
STINK! They are around for a reason. All mags for the AR platform except the Beta-mags are readly available. A stash of mags are very nice to have. And the Ruger rifle w/ the cool options is not a choice. Meaning the killer-psycho-assualt goodies

not ok. So the target model which is ends up costing much more $. U could always get a fixed stock no goodies AR also but the pump Rem. cover the hunting too.
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