Ruger’s first entry into the AR-15 market was the Ruger SR-556 introduced in 2009. Selling at the premium price point of $1995, it was a solid addition to the AR-15 market, but it was never going to fill the same niche as Ruger’s former flagship [Read More…]
Ruger has announced that their Scout Rifle is now also available chambered in 5.56mm / .223 Remington. Before you ask, no, it does not accept AR-15 magazines. It takes proprietary magazines that are 10 rounds in capacity. The .223 Ruger Scout is [Read More…]
Archangel Manufacturing is selling a new stock for the Ruger Mini-14 and Mini-30 rifles. The stock is adjustable for both cheek height and length-of-pull. It has a soft rubber buttpad. The stock includes an upper handguard and the pistol grip portion has a storage [Read More…]
Ruger has finally officially announced the availability of the Ruger 50th Anniversary 10/22. The final production version of the rifle looks identical to the prototype we saw at SHOT Show earlier this year. The design was thought up by a TFB reader, Gary, who entered [Read More…]
Sturm, Ruger & Co. announced the release of the new SR-762 rifle. The new rifle is chambered in 7.62 NATO (aka 7.62×51) and uses a two-stage piston system like the one used in the SR-556 rifles. The 16.12″ barrel is chrome lined and threaded for the [Read More…]
The Ruger Q4 2012 earning call was particularly enlightening as to the environment gun companies are operating in at the moment. Ruger’s sales have been soaring. NCIS background checks for Q4 rose 41% while Ruger’s sales (from distributors to retails) rose [Read More…]
Ruger has announced that demand for firearms is far exceeding their ability to manufacture them, so they are suspending acceptance of new ordered from distributors. From the press release … SOUTHPORT, CT –Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE-RGR), [Read More…]
Ruger 10/22 fanboys and girls rejoice! Ruger is finally sell a high quality 25 round magazine for the Ruger 10/22. The magazine feeds rounds at the correct 30-degree angle, has steel feed lips, uses a constant force spring (no speed loader needed) and can be [Read More…]
I was saddened in July 2009 when Ruger announced that they had discontinued the Ruger Frontier rifle, a rifle that was close in concept to Col. Coopers scout rifle. It ‘warmed the cockles of my heart’ to read that Ruger is now offering a true scount rifle in [Read More…]
Ruger has updated the Mini-30 blued model and given it a Mini-14/SR-556 flash suppressor. Ruger has not stated it, but presumably the threading is 1/2-28. I expect that the stainless steel models will be similarly updated to feature a flash suppressor. This model has a [Read More…]
The Ruger 10/22 FS is a new addition to the Ruger Tactical 10/22 line. The is standard blued/synthetic 10/22 but with a threaded barrel and Mini-14/SR-556 flash suppressor. The barrel threading is the standard 1/2-28 which will fit many firearm accessories, such as [Read More…]
Tapco will soon be selling a 30 round polymer magazine for the Ruger Mini-14 rifle. The price will be $15.
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 [Read More…]
After having recently launched their first AR-15, the Ruger SR-556, Ruger have now unveiled the Ruger SR-22, a Ruger 10/22 in a tactical AR-15 configuration. For years we have been asking for it, and finally they have delivered! You are probably thinking that the action [Read More…]
In a few hours Ruger will redefine a platform (their words, not mine). Some possible contenders are: * Polymer 1911 * Regular 1911 * Mini-14 in .308 (ie. a M1A / M14) * SR-9 pistol in .45 or the long awaited SR-10 (.40 S&W). * Scaled up Ruger LCR polymer revolver in [Read More…]
Ruger finally went tactical for the first time in decades with the launch of the Mini-14 Tactical. So why did the 10/22, probably their biggest selling firearm and quite possibly the worlds biggest selling rimfire rifle, not get the tactical treatment? It makes no [Read More…]
Bill Ruger is spinning in his grave. Ruger has a promotion where you can get a free 20 round magazine when you purchase a Mini-14. More info here. Hat Tip: Guns Holsters and Gear
Some great photos of 32 Magnum @ PAFOA ‘s Mini-14 (I removed the serial numbers from the photos) The first one is a Ruger Mini-14 Stainless model in .223. This one has been “modified” with a Choate stock, muzzle break/flash disperser, an inexpensive [Read More…]
The internet is wrong about the SIG MCX Regulator! James Reeves challenges the status quo and dives deep into the heart of the controversy surrounding the SIG MCX Regulator. Amidst internet backlash, we take a closer look to unveil the truth, debunk common myths, and highlight the undeniable merits [Read More…]
The great Canadian gun grab based off semi-auto bans announced in 2020 has cost the country $30M USD, and that's without a single firearm seized.
The film “Commando” released in 1985 and directed by Mark L. Lester holds a significant place in pop culture due to its impact on the action movie genre and its portrayal of firearms. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger in a relentless role, the film contributed [Read More…]
In 2015, the Royal Bermuda Regiment began to field the British L85A2 bullpup. Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory and is one of several territories to have its own British Army-affiliated home defence regiment. The regiment’s transition to the L85A2 was completed [Read More…]
Yet again, an “assault weapons ban” has been proposed in the United States. HR 1808, the Assault Weapons Ban of 2022, has passed the House of Representatives and been sent to the Senate. What is in this bill, and how would it work if it were passed? Well, [Read More…]
Nearly 34 years ago on April 11th, 1986 at 9:30am eastern, one of the most infamous shootouts in the history of the United States and the FBI took place in an unincorporated part of Dade County Florida. The shootout took place after a crime spree involving two retired [Read More…]
Welcome everyone to the 68th edition of ‘Hot Gat or Fudd Crap?’, one of our many series here on TFB. If you’re new to the series, this is where we look at the most obscure firearms that are actually for sale and ask the question – is this Gat a sweet [Read More…]
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Samson Manufacturing is a producer of aftermarket parts like handguards, backup iron sights, stocks and flash hiders for various makes and models of guns. At SHOT Show 2020 they unveiled a new exciting addition to their line of products, the A-TM and B-TM folding stocks [Read More…]
TFB’s Top 10 Sci-fi Movie Guns PArt II Welcome back to our Sci-Fi Movie guns series where we explore and discuss various weapons used in sci-fi movies and TV shows. This week we’re going to dive deeper into the weird and interesting movies ranging as far [Read More…]
A plethora of over 1,000 firearms of various types, calibres, makes and models have been seized by LAPD at a Bel-Air residence. Police reportedly acted on an anonymous tip-off and gained a search warrant to raid an 8,000sq foot home in the affluent Holmby Hills [Read More…]
I just can’t help it, folks (and Pete!). Whenever news like this here in Brazil come to my attention, I immediately wonder if TFB readers might be interested in also taking a look. The rate of recurrence at which such facts take place in this neck of the woods, as [Read More…]
Our unofficial series of articles showing illegal guns seized in Brazil by LE agencies will continue today with emphasis on the country’s Rio Grande do Sul (RS) state. You’ll see that most of the illustrated weapons resulted from the work of the Civil Police’s [Read More…]
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