Ruger's .22 caliber 22/45 target pistol Sturm, Ruger & Company NYSE: RGR is a Fairfield, Connecticut-based manufacturing company composed of three divisions: Ruger Firearms, Ruger Investment Castings, and Ruger Golf. The best known division is the first one, because Sturm, Ruger was formed as a firearms company - in fact, the firearms division is often called "Sturm, Ruger" even though "Sturm" is no longer part of its official name. Ruger is the largest firearms manufacturer in the United States. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Official language(s) English Capital Hartford Largest city Bridgeport Largest metro area Hartford Area Ranked 48th - Total 5,543[2] sq mi (14,356 km²) - Width 70 miles (113 km) - Length 110 miles (177 km) - % water 12. ...
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Sturm, Ruger & Company was founded by William B. Ruger and Alexander McCormick Sturm in 1949 in a small rented machine shop in Southport, Connecticut. Just prior to their partnership, Bill Ruger had successfully duplicated two Baby Nambu pistols [1] in his garage, from a captured Nambu that he acquired from a returning US Marine, at the close of WWII. Although deciding against marketing the Nambu pistols, he incorporated the Nambu's rear style cocking device and a modified Nambu's silhouette into their first commercially produced .22 caliber pistol (see Ruger MK II), which became so successful that it launched the entire company. Ruger Firearms is now the nation's largest firearms manufacturer, and the only one producing firearms in all four market segments: rifles, shotguns, pistols, and revolvers. William Batterman Ruger (June 21, 1916 – July 6, 2002) partnered with Alexander McCormick Sturm in 1949 to establish Sturm, Ruger and Company. ...
Alexander McCormick Sturm (1923-13 November 1951) was an American artist and writer who was a co-founder of Sturm, Ruger, a firearms manufacturer. ...
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Official language(s) English Capital Hartford Largest city Bridgeport Largest metro area Hartford Area Ranked 48th - Total 5,543[2] sq mi (14,356 km²) - Width 70 miles (113 km) - Length 110 miles (177 km) - % water 12. ...
The Nambu pistol was a semi-automatic pistol used by the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy during the First and Second World Wars. ...
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The Ruger rimfire semiautomatic pistols are some of the most popular handguns made, with over 3 million sold. ...
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Ruger is a dominant player in the .22 rimfire rifle market in the U.S. with its Ruger 10/22, and has held that position for some years now which was assured by its inexpensiveness and high quality. It has produced a custom edition of the 10/22 that is sold only by Wal-Mart. The Ruger 10/22 is a semi-automatic rimfire rifle chambered for the . ...
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Ruger similarly dominates the .22 rimfire semiauto pistol market with the Ruger MK II and Ruger MK III. Like the 10/22, the MkII is extremely well supported with a variety of good aftermarket accessories. The Ruger rimfire semiautomatic pistols are some of the most popular handguns made, with over 3 million sold. ...
The Ruger rimfire semiautomatic pistols are some of the most popular handguns made, with over 3 million sold. ...
Ruger Casting has plants in Newport, New Hampshire and Prescott, Arizona, making ferrous, ductile iron and commercial titanium castings. Ruger Golf makes steel and titanium castings for golf clubs made by a number of different brands. Newport is a town located in Sullivan County, New Hampshire. ...
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Sturm, Ruger stock has been publicly traded since 1969, and became a New York Stock Exchange company in 1990 (NYSE:RGR). After Alex Sturm’s death in 1951, William B. Ruger continued to direct the company until his death in 2002. For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ...
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From 1949 through 2004, Ruger manufactured over 20 million firearms, and currently offers hundreds of models for hunting, target shooting, self-defense, collecting, and law enforcement. 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ...
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Controversy
After a spate of high profile shootings and incidences with the Ruger Mini-14 rifle, along with a number of unsavory associations the Mini 14 had gained with militias and extremist movements during the late 1970s and 1980s, William B. Ruger expressed a highly unpopular position (amongst firearms owners, users and enthusiasts) by stating his personal views on the "sporting" nature of certain firearms. The Mini-14, Mini-30, and Mini-6. ...
In his letter to members of the House and Senate on 30 March 1989, Mr. Ruger stated in that which has come to be known as "The Ruger Letter":
"The best way to address the firepower concern is therefore not to try to outlaw or license many millions of older and perfectly legitimate firearms (which would be a licensing effort of staggering proportions) but to prohibit the possession of high capacity magazines. By a simple, complete, and unequivocal ban on large capacity magazines, all the difficulty of defining "assault rifles" and "semi-automatic rifles" is eliminated. The large capacity magazine itself, separate or attached to the firearm, becomes the prohibited item. A single amendment to Federal firearms laws could prohibit their possession or sale and would effectively implement these objectives."
In addition to the furor amongst hunters, sportsmen and shooters caused by "The Ruger Letter", Mr. Ruger made additional comments during an interview with NBCs Tom Brokaw that angered 2nd Amendment proponents even further, by saying that "no honest man needs more than 10 rounds in any gun…" and "I never meant for simple civilians to have my 20 and 30 round magazines…" Thomas John Brokaw (born February 6, 1940 in Webster, South Dakota) is a popular American television journalist, presently working on regularly scheduled news documentaries for the NBC television network, and is the former NBC News anchorman and managing editor of the program NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw. ...
This position, coming from an important firearms manufacturer such as Mr. Ruger, caused outrage in the shooting sports community and led to a boycott of Ruger products that is still practiced by many firearms purchasers to this day. Look up Boycott in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
"The Ruger Letter" is widely accepted as being the genesis for those parts of legislation that were drafted 5 years later in the now defunct Assault Weapons Ban which prohibited the manufacture of any magazines holding over 10 rounds of ammunition for civilian sale, except to the motion-picture industry, which Ruger continued to pursue. It should be noted, however, that Mr. Ruger actually advocated for a 15 round limit. Critics consider it ironic that the company would supply shows such as The A Team with the Model 556 (a fully-automatic machinegun), then complain about the resulting public image of the semi-automatic Mini-14 lookalike. The Federal Assault Weapons Ban, or AWB, is a provision of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, a federal law of the United States that includes a prohibition on the sale of semiautomatic assault weapons manufactured after the date of the bans enactment. ...
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While it is unknown what the true motives behind "The Ruger Letter" really were, it is widely speculated that his position on magazine capacity was more a matter of smart business than one of individual philosophy. Given the legislative climate regarding firearms during that time (the late 1980s/early 1990s), the prospect of an outright ban that may have impacted one of Ruger's most popular and profitable models (the Mini 14) was a very real possibility.
By taking preemptive measures to shift the focus from the "guns" to the "magazine capacity", this would allow Sturm, Ruger Inc. to continue production with their Mini 14 line of firearms for civilian sale. Any legislation regarding magazines would have had zero impact on their bottom line, given that Ruger maintained a company policy refusing to sell Mini 14 magazines over 5 rounds to the general public (which wouldn't have been affected), even prior to the 1994 legislation mandating such.
However, the tactic was a complete failure. The customer base of "simple civilians" simply found other vendors, while the government and law-enforcement markets largely continued to pass by Ruger products in favor of arms from Colt's, Springfield Armory, Heckler and Koch, FN and others. Colts Manufacturing Company (CMC--formerly Colts Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company) is a United States firearms manufacturer founded in 1847. ...
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Corporate governance Current members of the board of directors of the company are: John Cosentino, Richard Cunniff, John Kingsley, William Ruger, Stephen Sanetti, James E. Service, Ronald C. Whitaker, and Joseph Strasser.
Products
Centerfire Rifles - Ruger No. 1
- Mini-14 and variants:
- Ruger Police Carbine
- Ruger Deerfield Autoloader (44 Magnum) (out of production) [2]
- Ruger Model 96/44 Lever Action (out of production)
- M77 Mark II Assorted Models
 Ruger M77 Mark II Stainless Action in .204 The Ruger M77 Mark II rifle uses a modified version of the Mauser 98 action. This is a controlled round feed action. During the '90s, Ruger M77 rifles garnered a reputation for not being particularly accurate. Ruger addressed this problem in the early 2000's by producing their own hammer-forged barrels. Prior to this, they procured barrels from various manufacturers and have admitted that the quality was not as good as what they are now producing. The Ruger No. ...
The Mini-14, Mini-30, and Mini-6. ...
The Ruger Carbine, or Police Carbine, is a pistol caliber carbine designed as a companion to the Ruger P series pistols. ...
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Recent examples of Ruger M77 Mark II rifles have been well regarded by Gun Tests magazine (2002,2004).
Rimfire Rifles The Ruger 10/22 is a semi-automatic rimfire rifle chambered for the . ...
The Ruger 77/22 is a bolt-action rimfire rifle chambered for the . ...
Centerfire Pistols The P Series pistols are the line of centerfire semiautomatic pistols made by Sturm, Ruger. ...
The Ruger P89 pistol is a very sturdy, reliable 9mm handgun. ...
The Ruger P90 is a . ...
The Ruger P-97 is a polymer framed, short recoil, double action semiautomatic pistol chambered in . ...
Rimfire Pistols The Ruger rimfire semiautomatic pistols are some of the most popular handguns made, with over 3 million sold. ...
The Ruger rimfire semiautomatic pistols are some of the most popular handguns made, with over 3 million sold. ...
The Ruger rimfire semiautomatic pistols are some of the most popular handguns made, with over 3 million sold. ...
Single-Action Revolvers American cowboy circa 1887 A cowhand tends livestock, especially cattle. ...
Ruger Single Six A single action rimfire revolver, the Single Six is currently produced as the New Model Single Six. ...
The Ruger Blackhawk, manufactured by Sturm & Ruger, is a 6-shot, single-action revolver. ...
Double-Action Revolvers The GP-100 is a family/line of double action revolvers made by Ruger, manufactured in the United States of America, and in production since 1985. ...
The Super Redhawk is a line of double action magnum revolvers made by Sturm, Ruger beginning in 1987. ...
Submachineguns The Ruger MP9 is a 9mm submachine gun/machine pistol introduced by Sturm, Ruger in 1995. ...
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References - ^ Wilson, R. L. "Ruger & His Guns; A History Of The Man, The Company And Their Firearms." 1996. ISBN-10: 07-8582-1031.
- ^ http://www.galleryofguns.com/shootingtimes/articles/DisplayArticles.asp?ID=38
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