I have a friend who recently decided to buy an ar. He asked me and a couple of other people for recommendations. I basically regurgitated what experts on here have said and told him to check out this forum and m4carbine. I said he should look at bravo company, daniel defense or colt. However, my friend owns and likes a lot of rugers and has shown interest in purchasing their ar. I have tried to talk him out of it simply because I know nothing about the level of quality of their long guns. My questions for the experts on this forum are: is the ruger ok and if not, what are some good data points for me to use in suggesting something else? If the ruger will work fine, I will drop it.