Gun Tests magazine recently looked at the Ruger SR-22R No. 1226 22 LR, 5. Here’s what they had to say
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Servicing The Ruger Mini-14
GunReports.com asks, Ever been asked why the Mini-14 isn’t called the Mini-.223 or Mini-anything else? Take a look at one next to an M14. In general appearance, the Mini is a smaller, lighter ringer for the rifle the U.S. Military rediscovered during Desert Storm. It even functions much the same. Due to the factory’s penchant for in-house repairs, there are limits to what you can do with the Mini-14.
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Ruger Model 77: Repairs and Improvements
GunReports.com issues a Special Report on the Ruger Model 77 repairs and improvements. Includes schematics for major areas of gun breakdown. Derived from American Gunsmith magazine, and AG’s Gunsmithing the Rifle book. Ruger Model 77 rifles have been popular for years. Here are some things to watch for when one comes across your bench.
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Ruger on pace to set new production record
(GunReports.com) — Sturm, Ruger & Company, 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. …
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Maintaining Ruger Mini-14 Rifles
GunReports.com says the Mini-14′s most common maintenance problem is heavy carbon deposits in its gas system. Here’s how one gunsmith goes about working on them.
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Ruger Charger CHR22-10 22LR
Gun Tests Magazine tested the 0 Ruger Charger CHR22-10, a 22LR semiautomatic with 10-inch barrel, and with an action based on Ruger’s aluminum 10/22 rifle action. The gun plants the action inside a laminate stock with an extended grip that is flared at the butt to stabilize contact with the ground or shooting bench. It arrived with sights, but they were fitted with a Weaver scope mount. The gun fed from a 10–round rotary magazine made by Ruger.
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Fixing the Ruger LCP
I recently tested the Ruger LCP and later discovered it had some problems I hadn’t addressed. My associate Joe Syczylo found that the Ruger’s spent cases all had a tear in the rim. He also learned the cases were being ejected some twenty feet or more, straight back.
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Ruger Delivers on the “1.2 Million Gun Challenge to Benefit the NRA”
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE: RGR) just completed the fourth and final quarter of its ’1.2 Million Gun Challenge to Benefit the NRA,” selling 382,500 firearms. During this year-long challenge, Ruger donated a total of ,254,000 to the NRA.
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Crimson Trace Releases Pink Molded Laser Sights For S&W J-Frame and Ruger LCP
Crimson Trace will produce a limited run of Lasergrips and Laserguard products in pink variations for Smith & Wesson J-frame and Ruger LCP handguns.
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2012 Sturm, Ruger 1Q EarningsAlmost Double 2011
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE: RGR) announced today that for the first quarter 2012, the Company reported net sales of 2.3 million and fully diluted earnings of 79ў per share, compared with sales of .4 million and fully diluted earnings of 42ў per share in the first quarter of 2011.
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