Ruger & His Guns: A History of the Man, the Company and Their Firearms. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. ^ 'Gallery of Guns - Shooting Times - Gun Reviews'.^ 'The Ruger 2 Million Gun Challenge'.^ 'Guns At A Glance: 40% of All Firearms Made in America Come From These 3 Companies'.^ 'Remington Auctioned Off to Seven Bidders in Bankruptcy Court'.Guns in American Society: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics, Culture, and the Law. The Gun Digest Book of Ruger Pistols and Revolvers. ^ Sweeney, Patrick (December 24, 2007).Getting to know the Ruger 10/22: Everything you need to know to shoot, clean, maintain, and modify your Ruger 10/22. 'Can You Guess the Biggest Gunmaker in the U.S.?'. ^ BATFE Annual Firearms Manufacturing And Export Report 2015.^ 'BATFE Annual Firearms Manufacturing And Export Report'.Ruger breaks down its products into nine categories: From 2009 to 2012, Ruger was the top-seller of handguns. The company has set a new goal of 2 million firearms produced per year. In 2011, Ruger manufactured 1,114,687 firearms, as their promotion, the 'Million Gun Challenge to Benefit the NRA', played a significant role in the company maintaining its top U.S. Of the total 2,288 makers of civilian firearms operating in the United States from 1986 to 2010, Ruger led the industry with 15.3 million firearms produced within the period. In September 2020, the company bought the Marlin Firearms company from bankrupt Remington Outdoor Company. Ruger's subsidiaries are Ruger Precision Metals LLC in Earth City, Missouri, Pine Tree Castings in Newport, New Hampshire, and Ruger Sportswear & Accessories in Mayodan, North Carolina. The company is headquartered in Southport, Connecticut, and maintains manufacturing facilities in Newport, New Hampshire, Prescott, Arizona, and Mayodan, North Carolina. Ruger continued to direct the company until his death in 2002.ДЇrom 1949 through 2004, Ruger manufactured over 20 million firearms. After Alex SturmвЂ™s death in 1951, William B. Sturm, Ruger stock has been publicly traded since 1969, and became a New York Stock Exchange company in 1990 (NYSE:RGR). Ruger Golf makes steel and titanium castings for golf clubs made by a number of different brands. Ruger Casting has plants in Newport, New Hampshire and Prescott, Arizona, making ferrous, ductile iron and commercial titanium castings. They also have some presence in the semi-auto pistol market, with the SR1911 and SR lines of handguns. Ruger is also renowned for the production of high quality revolvers, such as the GP100 and Redhawk lines. The 22/45 is similar to the Ruger Standard family of pistols but features a different grip angle, that of the Colt 1911 (as opposed to that of a Luger utilized in the Ruger Standard). Like the 10/22, the MkII is supported with a wide variety of after-market accessories. 22 rimfire semi-automatic pistol market with the Ruger MK II and Ruger MK III, descendants of the Ruger Standard pistol. The availability and variety of after-market parts makes it possible to build a 10/22 using only these parts most of which are marketed to target shooters and hunters. As a result, a wealth of after-market accessories and parts were made available for it, which has further increased its popularity. The 10/22 is very popular due to its reputation for being relatively inexpensive and of high quality. 22 LR rimfire rifle market in the U.S., due primarily to the sales of its Ruger 10/22 semiautomatic rifle. 22 caliber pistol (see Ruger Standard), which became so successful that it launched the entire company. When it came to designing their first semi-auto pistol, Ruger decided to incorporate the looks of the German 9mm Luger and the American Colt Woodsman into their first commercially produced. Just prior to their partnership, Bill Ruger had successfully duplicated two Japanese 'baby' Nambu pistols in his garage, from a captured Nambu that he acquired from a returning Marine, at the close of World War II. Ruger and Alexander McCormick Sturm in 1949 in a small rented machine shop in Southport, Connecticut. Sturm, Ruger & Company was founded by William B.

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