15 Things Most Shooters Don’t Know About Ruger

Above, my Ruger P95 on the gun cleaning mat. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Sturm, Ruger & Co. is one of the biggest names in firearm manufacturing. 

I personally own two of their products: a Ruger 10/22 .22 caliber rifle and a Ruger P85 semi-automatic pistol 9 mm. Neither one has ever given me any problems over the years. 

The Avid Outdoorsman posted an acticle on 15 things most shooters don't know about Ruger. It is an interesting read.

They begin it with:

Ruger is one of those brands almost every shooter knows, but a lot of people only know the surface version. They know the 10/22. They know the Mark pistols. They know the GP100, the American Rifle, the Mini-14, and the fact that Ruger usually builds guns with a practical, working-man reputation. But the company’s story is a lot more interesting than “they make affordable guns that work.”

Ruger has been around since 1949, and it grew from a small startup built around a $37.50 rimfire pistol into one of the biggest American firearm manufacturers. The company still manufactures firearms in the United States, with major facilities tied to places like Newport, New Hampshire; Prescott, Arizona; and Mayodan, North Carolina. Ruger also owns Marlin now, which pulled one of America’s most loved lever-gun names under the Ruger roof.

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