Ruger is on a Roll- Company Produces One Millionth Firearm of 2012

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ruger-roll-210500858.html ^

[Red in Blue PA]

Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. (NYSE-RGR) is on pace to beat its own record of 1,114,700 firearms produced in one year, set in 2011. On August 15, 2012 Ruger produced its one millionth firearm of the year, a Ruger® SR1911™ pistol which will be hand-engraved by Baron Technology, Inc. and auctioned off to support the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action.

“Last year, Ruger became the first commercial firearms company to produce one million firearms in one year, and we were incredibly excited and proud to reach that milestone,” said Ruger President and CEO Mike Fifer. “It took us nearly all of 2011 to build one million firearms, but in 2012 we accomplished it on August 15th.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Dying is the best thing Bill Ruger ever did for his company.

[Osage Orange]

LOL!!

[Angry Mad Scientist]

Funny, Front Sight sent email after email, and called saying that Ruger could not make enough pistols to allow them to fulfill their numbers owed to customers, but they took our money anyway. Waiting 9 months now. Guess Ruger was able to produce the guns, just need to have Front Sight deliver them.

[Ghengis]

i like semi’s also but with a revolver there’s no uncertainty...

I agree that well designed and manufactured revolvers are inherently more reliable shot for shot, but revolvers do fail. I have experienced a damaged forcing cone and a broken ejector rod in duty range qualification/practice. Both malfunctions disabled the respective revolvers 100%.

Although I have experienced malfunctions with auto-loading pistols, I have never experienced a 100% disabling malfunction in duty range qualification/practice.

BTW, I have always carried S&W or Ruger as duty sidearms.

[Ghengis]

I have owned a couple Ruger Security-Six revolvers and a P-95 pistol. All were solid, reliable sidearms. I never felt bad when strapping a Ruger on my hip.