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To: jboot

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.


43 posted on 01/23/2013 11:44:05 AM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Spktyr; Blood of Tyrants
I know Bill Ruger is gone. The Ruger SR 556 series definitely would make him spin in his grave, assuming that he really believed some of his gun control comments and wasn't trying to cynically manipulate the debate as you suggest.

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.

57 posted on 01/23/2013 12:02:16 PM PST by jboot (This isn't your father's America. Stay safe and keep your powder dry.)
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