Ruger® - Sturm, Ruger & Company Incorporated

Sturm, Ruger & Company, Incorporated is a Southport, Connecticut–based firearm manufacturing company, better known by the shortened name Ruger. Sturm, Ruger produces bolt-action, semi-automatic, full-automatic, and single-shot rifles, shotguns, semi-automatic pistols, and single- and double-action revolvers. Ruger is the fourth largest firearms manufacturer in the United States.

Sturm, Ruger & Company was founded by William B. Ruger and Alexander McCormick Sturm in 1949 in a small rented machine shop in Southport, Connecticut.

Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. is one of the America's leading manufacturers of rugged, reliable firearms for the commercial sporting market. The only full-line manufacturer of American-made firearms, Ruger offers consumers over 400 variations of more than 30 product lines. From the ubiquitous 10/22® and Mini-14®, to the new and exciting SR45™, LC380™, Guide Gun, Ruger American Rifle®, SR22® and SR1911™. Our Awarding Winning Products (the Gunsite Scout Rifle, LC9®, SR9c™, LCR® and LCP®) all prove that Ruger has a rugged, reliable firearm to meet every shooter's needs. For more than 60 years, Ruger has been a model of corporate and community responsibility. Our motto, "Arms Makers for Responsible Citizens," echoes the importance of these principles as we work hard to deliver quality and innovative firearms.

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.

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.

From 1949 through 2004, Ruger manufactured over 20 million firearms, and currently offers models for hunting, target shooting, self-defense, collecting, and law enforcement.


Ruger® Security-Six® - 1975
At the time, the Security Six 357 and the Colt Python were the only 2 handguns that could shoot the 'new' Plus P's
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruger_Security_Six

There is an after market adjustable main spring available for this that turns it into a super sweet shooter.


Rifle action from Ruger Model 77 Mark II Stainless (.204)


Ruger® .44 Carbine Rifle made in 1974


Ruger 10/22 with red and black laminate stock.
Ruger is a dominant player in the .22 LR rimfire rifle market in the U.S., due primarily to the sales of its Ruger 10/22 semiautomatic rifle. The 10/22 is very popular due to being relatively inexpensive and of good quality. As a result, a wealth of after-market accessories and parts available for it, which has only increased its popularity.


Ruger 77/22


Glock 21 and Ruger SR45, 45acps


Ruger Bisley 45 Colt / 45 ACP


Ruger SR45


Ruger LC9 9mm NRA Edition


The One-Millionth Ruger Standard Pistol
William B. Ruger can be remembered for many things, but here at the National Firearms Museum, we’ll always know him as the man that wrote a million dollar check to start construction of our exhibit galleries in 1997. Today, let’s look at a special Ruger. It took thirty years for Bill Ruger’s creation to hit the million gun mark, but the wait was worth it when you see the one-millionth Ruger Standard pistol.

Learn more about Ruger at:
http://www.ruger.com/index.html
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturm,_Ruger_%26_Co.