Belle clued me in to a rumor today that Ruger is going to discontinue a big part of their product line.
Guns.com has the skinny ,but if true, then the revolvers are gone, the 77 series rifles, the Ruger No 1, many of their carbines, and some others. They list the Ruger Vaquero as gone, and those of us who play Cowboy games are wondering if the New Model Vaquero is also on the chopping block?
Wow. It looks as if Ruger's catalog can now be printed on a leaflet. What's left? A few pistols and ARs? I guess we will have to wait and see.
UPDATE: The American Rifleman says this about that.
Effective immediately, Ruger is ceasing production of its LCR, SP101, GP100 and Bearcat revolvers. The company plans to complete its final production runs of the following models for 2026: SR1911, LC Carbine, PC Charger, PC Carbine, LC Charger, Redhawk, Super Redhawk, Blackhawk, Super Blackhawk, Single-Series revolvers, Vaquero, No. 1, 77-Series rifles, Hawkeye and Ruger Precision Rifle.
That is two sources.
That is upsetting, to put it mildly...
ReplyDeleteI have looked at the Ruger Ranch Rifle bolt and figured it would be around for quite a while. Also never bought a GP-100 of any sort. I guessed wrong I guess.
ReplyDeletePeople should wire up Bill Ruger, his spinning in his grave could generate a lot of electricity.
Shucks - got the Ranch Rifle and American Rifle identities mixed up above. My apologies for confusion.
ReplyDeleteRugers and I go way back. My first rimfire - centerfire handguns as a teenager, more to follow over the years.
Folks over at 24hourcampfire pointed out that all of those firearms are manufactured in New England. They may be consolidating manufacturing in their facility in North Carolina. Likely they will drop some of the models that are low runners or too expensive to make. Equally likely is that they will restart manufacturing after a pause, moving tools, reinstalling tools and then tuning them in.
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