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River Oaks Garden Club Forum of Civics is a building at 2503 Westheimer Road in Houston, Texas, United States listed in the National Register of Historic Places as the "Forum of Civics." The building is located south of the River Oaks neighborhood in the Upper Kirby district.
The Ruger Standard Model is a rimfire semi-automatic pistol introduced in 1949 as the first product manufactured by Sturm, Ruger & Co., and was the founding member of a product line of .22 Long Rifle cartridge handguns, including its later iterations: the MK II, MK III, and MK IV.
The Ruger SR-762/SFAR has been used in the listed crimes: On October 25, 2023, 40-year-old Robert Russell Card II fatally shot 18 people & wounded 13 others with a Ruger SFAR at two locations (the Just-In-Time Recreation bowling alley and the Schemengees Bar & Grille Restaurant) in Lewiston, Maine , United States.
William Batterman Ruger (June 21, 1916 – July 6, 2002) was an American firearms designer and entrepreneur, who partnered with Alexander McCormick Sturm to establish Sturm, Ruger & Company in 1949. Their first product was the Ruger Standard , the most popular .22 caliber target pistol ever made in the United States.
Farm to Market Road 2234 (FM 2234) is an urban and suburban route between Missouri City and Pearland, south-southwest of Houston. Beginning at US 90 Alt. , the road follows a southerly path through neighborhoods of Missouri City, in Fort Bend County , passing briefly through Stafford .
The Ruger XGI is a semi-automatic rifle chambered in .308 Winchester or .243 Winchester. [3] The XGI's function and aesthetics are influenced by the Ruger Mini-14 , only sized up to the larger, more powerful .308 and .243 calibers.
In 1936 the 4,348-acre (1,760 ha) Blue Ridge State Prison Farm incorporated the area, and most Blue Ridge residents were staff members at the facility. [1] Blue Ridge acted as a satellite work camp for the Central Prison Farm. [3] In 1958 the Texas Department of Corrections voted to sell the prison lands to private developers. [1]
As of 2013, the standard model Ruger Gunsite Scout rifle with the 16.5 inch barrel and flash hider and the Matte Stainless is now available for sale in Australia, Canada and other countries. In addition, a model chambered in 5.56×45mm NATO was announced in 2014. [6]