The National Interest

Is The AR-556 Just Another AR-15 (Or Something Much More Powerful?)

Key point: The AR-556 is one of many so-called AR pistols. Ruger’s AR-556 pistol, a short-barreled AR-15 designed for one or two-handed operation, delivers rifle-level performance in a pistol-sized ...
Military Times

Ruger has a new pistol in .300 BLK — and it’s pretty badass

In March, Ruger announced its AR-556 Pistol, based off its popular direct-impingement AR-556 rifle. Just a few months later, Ruger decided to up the game and unveil a new blaster within the AR-556 ...
The National Interest

The AR-556: What You Get From Marrying An AR-15 And A Handgun

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The AR-556 is one of many so-called AR pistols. Although many owners experienced with the AR platform may choose to build their own pistol from parts, the gas system ...
USA Today

Boulder shooting suspect's gun looked like a rifle. But it's a pistol. Experts worry it's helping people skirt gun laws

Six days before opening fire in a Colorado grocery store and killing 10 people, a 21-year-old suspect in the massacre bought a Ruger AR-556 pistol - a weapon with a controversial history in the ...
The Washington Post

The gun implicated in Boulder uses the same ammunition as an AR-15. It’s legally a pistol.

In a promotional video for the Ruger AR-556, a company product manager gushed that the weapon, legally designated as a pistol but closer to an AR-15 rifle in design, offered much more than a typical ...
CNN

The Colorado suspect allegedly used an AR-15-style pistol. Here’s how it differs from an AR-15-style rifle

The Ruger AR-556 is a type of AR-15, the military-style rifle that has been used in many other mass shootings. The pistol version is essentially the same weapon as the rifle but with a shorter 10.5 ...