What do we expect to see from Ruger at SHOT Show?
At SHOT ’08 Ruger unveiled the Ruger LCP pistol and in ’09 we saw the new Tactical Mini-14. So what is in store for us this year?
Michael Bane has already gotten his hands on a new Ruger single action …
We took the new Ruger to the range today, and it clocked pretty much rave reviews. It safe to say, I suppose, that the gun is a revolver and it is a single action. A nice gun!
My guess is a Ruger Vaquero chambered in .22 LR. It would be very popular Cowboy Action shooters, with whom the Vaquero is popular.
Caleb spotted a Ruger press release which says that a Mini-30 with 20-round magazines will be available in 2010. What better time to launch it than at SHOT?
The popular Ruger Mini Thirty® rifle is now available with 20-round magazines. Chambered for 7.62×39, the Mini Thirty is an ideal autoloader for deer-sized game. Featuring the reliable action of the Ruger Mini-14® series of rifles first introduced in 1974, the Mini Thirty is simple, rugged and reliable, hallmarks of all Ruger firearms.
It makes perfect sense now that the Mini-14 has factory 20 rounders available.
SaysUncle noticed that a chromed version of the Ruger LCP is listed at Lipseys for $405. This is sure to be at SHOT.
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Although everyone is speculating Ruger will produce a 1911, I'm hoping for a compact SR9 or an SR45.
But since they already produce a number of 1911 parts for other manufacturers that platform might make more sense to the beancounters.
Something that should be dead simple to engineer would be a LCR firing moon-clipped 9X19mm, or at the very least an optional package including a spare, fitted 9mm cylinder/crane, much like what was offered with .357 BlackHawks. Ruger has done the SP101 and Speed-Six in 9mm, why can't they do the LCR in 9mm?
Considering the recent ammo troubles, offering a 9mm LCR or LCR cylinder would give LCR shooters a significantly more powerful, and sometimes more readily available, option than .38SPL for practice, training courses, and/or carry.