Just finished listening to this interview on NRA News
Talking about this article. What they don’t really talk about is it seems the big boom was Old Bill Ruger dying.
No disrespect, but Bill Ruger was a Gun Culture 1.0 guy. Their handguns were big and heavy, and mostly held 10 or less rounds. Their rifles were “hunting style”. Now the big sellers are their polymer pistols and revolvers made for concealed carry, AR-15 rifles, and of course now Ruger is making hi-capacity magazines for the Mini-14 and the 10/22, where the market had been exclusively 3rd party.
America loves their semi-auto handguns that hold more than 10, they like light concealable handguns, they LOVE AR-15 rifles. (Heck even the Mini-14 is now being sold from the factory in full “Black Rifle” configuration.
Even with Obama speaking of gun bans, I suspect he’ll have a HELL of an uphill battle to go against what is the vast majority of America.
Them Bill Ruger scars run deep. I’m still not buying from them unless they have something I want that nobody else makes.
Which isn’t much.
S&W at least apologized. Bill took it to his death bed.