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The pistol uses a pre-tensioned striker firing system, and is chambered in 9mm Luger and .45 ACP. [3] The pistol uses a Browning-type locked-breech short recoil action, with a barrel cam system that is designed to reduce felt recoil. [4] The serialized part of the pistol is a steel chassis, which is fit to a glass-filled nylon frame.
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc., better known by the shortened name Ruger, is an American firearm manufacturing company based in Southport, Connecticut, with production facilities also in Newport, New Hampshire; Mayodan, North Carolina; and Prescott, Arizona.
Ruger American may refer to any of the following products produced by Sturm, Ruger & Co.: Ruger American Pistol, a line of polymer-framed centerfire pistols; Ruger American Rifle, a line of centerfire bolt-action rifles; Ruger American Rimfire, a rimfire variant of the Ruger American Rifle
Ruger American Pistol; Ruger LC9; Ruger LCP; Ruger Security-9; Ruger SR22; Ruger Standard; Ruger-57; S. Ruger SR-Series; Ruger SR1911 This page was last edited on 21 ...
4. Sturm, Ruger & Co. When you think of 100% American firearms, Ruger—officially known as Sturm, Ruger & Co.—immediately comes to mind. Founded in 1949 by enthusiastic gun makers in ...
The Ruger SR-Series is a line of semi-automatic pistols manufactured by Sturm, Ruger & Company. At 1.18 in (30.0 mm) thick through the grip , it is touted by Ruger as one of the thinnest double-stack pistols available.
Although not originally designed for handguns, several rifle and shotgun cartridges have also been chambered in a number of large handguns, primarily in revolvers like the Phelps Heritage revolver, Century Arms revolver, Thompson/Centre Contender break-open pistol, Magnum Research BFR, and the Pfeifer Zeliska revolvers.
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.