what can any one tell me about ruger firearms?

Question

im doing a prodject of mychoice and i chose ruger fire arms but i can find any info because the school has blocked all the sites about guns. so if you know anything it would help

Answer 1

Use a friends computer or the public library's computer.*

Answer 2

I suggest you talk to your instructor, and point out that you need the access unblocked to do your project. (I assume the instructor approved your choice of project!)
Accomodations can be made, although you may have to use a specific computer to do this.

If they won't unblock the needed sites, (can't does NOT apply); you could always use your home or public library computer, OR change your project.

Why they would block these sites is beyond me with so many other unblocked sources. A gun is a tool, just like a shovel or an axe and much less dangerous than a car.

Answer 3

I have 6 Ruger rifles and have killed about 50 deer with them. They help feed me, my family , and many of my friends.

Answer 4

ruger in my mine. are some of the big firearms in the world. there are cheap and nice looking too.

Answer 5

awesome dependable quality affordability all wrapped into one stylish classy gun! very great guns in my opinion. one of the best out in the field.

Answer 6

We wouldn't want our kids to see any factual websites with those firearms on them, would we? They can learn all they need to know about guns from CNN and Hollywood movies....

Too bad yo go to a school like that. When you are old enough to vote, work on changing this with me, will you?

This is a direct cut-n-paste, sorry, but it's got a lot of facts.....

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Sturm, Ruger & Company 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.

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 [2] 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.

Ruger is a dominant player in the .22 rimfire rifle market in the U.S. with its Ruger 10/22. The 10/22 is popular due to being relatively inexpensive and of good quality as well as the wealth of aftermarket accessories and parts available for it. In fact, it's possible to build a 10/22 using only aftermarket parts and perhaps a few small parts (springs/pins/screws/etc.) from Ruger.[citation needed]

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.

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 hundreds of models for hunting, target shooting, self-defense, collecting, and law enforcement.

After a spate of high profile shootings and incidents 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.

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."[citation needed]

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…". The quote was not a surprise to any Ruger owner who had tried to buy a 20 or 30 round magazine for the Mini-14 or Ranch Rifle. It has long been Ruger's policy to limit sales of those items to Law Enforcement or Military purchasers.[citation needed]

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 some firearms purchasers to this day.

"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.[citation needed] 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 look-alike.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed] 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.