Indians For Guns

BowMan wrote:That's real Gun Love....or maybe Gun Lust is more appropriate

bennedose wrote:Nice collection - but pardon my ignorance - what is special about Rugers over all the other brands? I ask because I had not heard the name before. Google tells me that this is a well established brand - but the collection seems to have "old style" revolvers that were used in the "Wild West". Is that the attraction i.e the historic significance?

When Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. opened for business in 1949 with a meager $50,000 investment, the Company faced serious doubts from industry insiders. The "it can't be done" remarks of the experts reflected the widespread view that the manufacture of guns had likely peaked, and was in a state of decline. There seemed to be few new ideas, and the apparent trend was that the large, established-name gunmakers would continue to dominate the market.

But this fledgling company was guided by several well-thought-out concepts, not the least of which was founder William B. Ruger's intent to build each product "to a standard so I would want one even if it was made by our competitors." This fundamental concept, this deceptively simple touchstone of the underlying principles of innovation, quality and value, has proved so compelling that over 60 years later there is no question which company is preeminent in the American firearms industry. Ruger's rise to its present well-earned position has made it a respected company on the New York Stock Exchange since 1990. Ruger produces hundreds of thousands of firearms each year for hunting, target shooting, collecting, self-defense, law enforcement, and government agencies.

While the survey found 2,288 makers of civilian firearms operating in the U.S. from 1986-2010, more than 40% of those guns came from three key companies:
Sturm, Ruger & Co. leads the U.S. firearms industry with about 15.3 million firearms produced in the period.
Remington (owned by Freedom Group) produced about 14.2 million and comes in second.
Smith & Wesson is third, with nearly 10.5 million.

Ramandeep wrote:I really don't understand buying the same stuff repetitively , like Bowman rightfully said it's lust coz only lust can never be satisfied. There might be some cosmetic changes but they are mostly the same. The Ruger mark series pistol looks like design heavily borrowed from Luger(one of the finest till date).