It should also be noted that many of those quotes were an attempt by Ruger to get the government to either 1) handicap his competition, because at a time when his competition had 17 and 19 round flush fitting mags, Ruger pistols could only hold 15 at best and he couldn’t figure out any way to fix that, or 2) keep the government from banning his baby, the Mini-14 ‘Ranch Rifle’.
Ruger’s support for a magazine ban was originally ‘no more than 15’ because of the aforementioned inability to make a pistol that carried more than 15. But, like all such quislings, he got stabbed in the back by the people he collaborated with - with the 10 round ban restriction.
Ruger’s testimony on the 20/30 round mags and the folding stock was an attempt to keep the Mini-14 off the ban list, because that was his baby. He would do anything to keep it from being outright banned - and did.
Fortunately, as I said, he’s dead now and the modern Ruger company management doesn’t have their heads up their rectums.
I wouldn't discourge anyone from buying a Ruger. I've given them a bit of business myself since Bill died. But from a philosophical perspective it would be hard for me to spend my last gun dollar with them, or with Smith & Wesson, for that matter. If it really comes down to that I'd rather reward a company that hasn't historically stabbed gun owners in the back.