This will be interesting. I bought one back in 2014. There was a sale and they had the Ruger SR-762s for $1.4K and I had read several good reviews on them. There was even a nice review in the American Rifleman. Anyway, so far the rifle has been impressive. I have plopped a scope on it and taken it out to 200 yards so far which is the max for the public ranges I have been at.
One thought is the NC plant is new. Last year I was reading about it and they said all Ruger was making there at that time was the new AR-556 and the anniversary 10/22s. I bought an AR-556 this last October for $599 during an Oktoberfest sale which was partially hosted by Ruger and a Ruger employee sort of said what I had read about the NC plant. I wonder if they are moving all SR-556 and SR-762 production there also and right now are sort of doing the move.
Anyway, guess I will find out. I am going to keep shooting mine.[/quot
I will make myself out a liar here because I said I'd wait until this mess was over before posting on this subject again but I do have something pertinent.
I have been burning up the phone lines with Ruger in NH in the last 3 days and finally got some resolution, hopefully. I've contacted everyone from customer service clerks to the CEO (who answered promptly and very cordially, (Mr. Firth) and I have been totally satisfied by all that I've dealt with.
The latest as of today, Wed. Jan.28, 2014, is that the 6 - 8 week waiting period suddenly vanished and I am getting a new SR762 out of the Mayoden, NC plant. All SR series guns are now being manufactured there and evidently they are running full time. At first when they offered me two of any rifle sold out of NH I decided to take a M77 6.5 creedmore and a Gunsite .308. Changed my mind and told them I'd take my chances and get one more SR 762 and try it. I've read a ton of negative stuff online about the gun but most of what I read indicates that the problem with the FTF and FTE and Jamming is due to magazines. I don't know that that is true but that is the most prevalent story going. But some folks have had no problem with the p-mags and others, like myself, could not get them to do anything once they started going bad. Some people have even had NEW SR 762's shipped with the DPMS mags along with a note from Ruger stating that the Magpul P-mags did not function "as well" and to use the DPMS. I don't know since I've not tried a steel mag so I cannot say. All I can say is that everybody that I spoke to at the Ruger Customer Service Center in NH was nothing but the best. Totally professional, called back when they said, gave accurate info and had a lot of patience with me. They had much more patience with me that I would have had with myself.
Anyhow, I have a tracking number, they sent the gun straight from NC by next day air, rather than going first to NH as normally done, and I should have it tomorrow. I have five kinds of factory ammo on hand, two DPMS mags, just in case and am ready to check it. I will keep all here informed of how this one goes. Remember, my first one lasted 124 rounds. I'll probably run 124 rounds through it tomorrow.
Thanks again for all who helped with good comments...................oledude