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Gunmaker Sturm Ruger ramps up hiring as demand soars
Fox Business ^ | Today | Jonathan Garber

Posted on 02/18/2021 9:18:08 PM PST by cba123

Sturm Ruger & Co. is staffing up in order to meet the “historic surge” in gun demand that has depleted its inventory.

The Southport, Connecticut-based gun maker has hired 250 employees, mostly in production, since the middle of 2020 to help replenish its stocks as the surge in demand caused combined inventories in its warehouses and distributors to decrease by 86%, or 290,000 units, last year. Retailer inventory of Ruger also remains low.

The hiring spree resulted in a 30% increase in production during the second half of 2020. Ruger is continuing its hiring spree today.

“We are working hard to replenish inventories throughout the distribution channel as quickly as possible, so consumers can purchase the Ruger firearms that they desire,” Sturm Ruger CEO Christopher Killoy said on the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call on Thursday.

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Just saw this article on a news feed.

(No longer go to Fox)

Link is to Fox Business, because the article does not link to the original article.

1 posted on 02/18/2021 9:18:08 PM PST by cba123
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To: cba123

The firearms and ammo manufacturers are working as hard as they can to meet demand. And there is a lot of demand.


2 posted on 02/18/2021 9:25:22 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (DemocRats would burn the country to the ground to be absolute rulers over the ashes.)
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To: cba123
I don't want to clog your thread with a long post so I'll just link to the last instance where I did clog up a thread with it. :)

It's directly related to this subject.

3 posted on 02/18/2021 9:33:37 PM PST by TigersEye (Will the Younger Dryas Impact you? )
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To: cba123

Does this equal a decrease in quality?


4 posted on 02/18/2021 9:51:34 PM PST by MileHi ((Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: cba123

I don’t need more guns, I need more ammo.


5 posted on 02/18/2021 10:06:15 PM PST by AlaskaErik (In time of peace, prepare for war.)
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To: cba123

They need to get the hell out of Connecticut.


6 posted on 02/18/2021 10:29:36 PM PST by FLT-bird
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To: cba123

As a Ruger stock investor this is good news.


7 posted on 02/18/2021 10:31:09 PM PST by 38special (For real, y'all.)
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To: AlaskaErik
Here's a company that might be able to help you.

LOL! Ammo Company Has a Special Message For Biden Supporters video (under three minutes)

Or at least give you a laugh.

8 posted on 02/18/2021 10:31:32 PM PST by TigersEye (Will the Younger Dryas Impact you? )
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To: cba123

The Ruger plant in our neck of the woods has been having signs up for over a year that they are *Now Hiring *.


9 posted on 02/18/2021 11:10:07 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: cba123; Squantos
Best major gunmaker in America for the money.....am I wrong ?

Old wardaddy sub MOA with a 7.62 x 39 Ruger ranch short threaded barrel and Putin glass...and no kidding.....Tula ammo

Old man galloping heart pulse in 10-20 mile cross wind and 120 yards ....across hood of Silverado ..Ruger makes tack drivers......walking her in from starboard off the paper from me fiddling with the side turret thinking it was the range adjuster.....wrong side..

49-A1-AC82-772-D-4-AC1-BB87-A0-A114-E9-BAE5

10 posted on 02/18/2021 11:21:56 PM PST by wardaddy (P IN 1999 JIM THOMPSON WAS RIGHT ABOUT THE BUSHES ...WE WERE WRONG)
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To: 38special

Ditto, sir. In the very early days of covid, I went long on RGR and SWBI. They’ve both been berry, berry good to me. :)


11 posted on 02/18/2021 11:35:01 PM PST by irishjuggler
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To: AlaskaErik

“I don’t need more guns,”

Yes you do.


12 posted on 02/19/2021 1:12:38 AM PST by slouper (LWRC SPR 5.5 6)
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To: FLT-bird

Sturm Ruger manufacturing is in Newport, NH. The Ruger family has lived here for decades. Our little town depends on Ruger to sustain our employment base. I don’t know what would happen to Newport if they were closed down or went out of business.


13 posted on 02/19/2021 2:35:04 AM PST by lucky american (Progressives are attac Iking our rights and y'all will sit there and take it.)
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To: slouper; AlaskaErik
“I don’t need more guns,”

Yes you do.

LOL!! Beat me to it!

14 posted on 02/19/2021 3:12:03 AM PST by Hardastarboard (Don't wish your enemy ill; plan it.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

I haven’t been able to find anything that I want in the line of firearms...at least at a reasonable price.


15 posted on 02/19/2021 3:37:14 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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Ruger sucks as an employer. They’ve been pleading with people on the radio to come to their job fairs. On a whim my engineer son applied and had an interview. In the end they offered him $16.00 p/hr. He’s a mechanical engineer with a minor in machining and an FFL.


16 posted on 02/19/2021 4:45:09 AM PST by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged )
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To: Bonemaker

Check your local gun store. The store I work at gets stuff in all the time and we don’t have “special prices”.


17 posted on 02/19/2021 5:33:58 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (DemocRats would burn the country to the ground to be absolute rulers over the ashes.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Haven’t been to local stores lately but check their websites regularly as well as major online sellers.


18 posted on 02/19/2021 6:30:16 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: slouper

“I don’t need more guns,”

Yes you do.

No you don’t. More ammo yes, but if you know how to use the one you got with proficiency, then 1 is all you need. Personal choice, semi auto shotgun. Everything else is just for bragging rights.


19 posted on 02/19/2021 6:36:57 AM PST by The MAGA-Deplorian (Sarcasm. It's my only natural defense against stupidity!)
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To: VTenigma

“In the end they offered him $16.00 p/hr. He’s a mechanical engineer with a minor in machining and an FFL.”

Better than Starbucks. :)


20 posted on 02/19/2021 6:57:31 AM PST by dljordan (Slouching towards Woketopia)
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