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A carbine (/ ˈ k ɑːr b iː n / or / ˈ k ɑːr b aɪ n /), [1] from French carabine, [2] is a long arm firearm but with a shorter barrel than a rifle or musket. [3] Many carbines are shortened versions of full-length rifles, shooting the same ammunition, while others fire lower-powered ammunition, typically ranging from pistol/PDW to intermediate rifle cartridges.
Ruger had a division known as Ruger Golf, making steel and titanium castings for golf clubs made by a number of different brands in the 1990s. [12] Sturm, Ruger stock has been publicly traded since 1969 and became a New York Stock Exchange company in 1990 (NYSE:RGR). After Alex Sturm's death in 1951, William B. Ruger continued to direct the ...
In 2007, Ruger discontinued production of their original police carbine, citing low demand. More than ten years later on December 29, 2017, Ruger announced the reintroduction of a new upgraded 9 mm takedown model called the Ruger PC carbine with the PC now referencing the old police carbine name and the product descriptions calling them pistol-caliber carbines, which has a 16.12-inch (409 mm ...
Hi-Point carbine: Hi-Point Firearms: 9×19mm Parabellum.40 S&W 10mm Auto.45 ACP.380 ACP United States 1990s Howa Type 64: Howa: 7.62×51mm NATO Japan 1964 Howard Francis machine carbine: 7.63×25mm Mauser United Kingdom: Howell Automatic Rifle.303 British United Kingdom: 1915 Itajubá Model 954 Mosquetão: IMBEL: 7x57 Mauser Brazil
Earlier models were listed as .44 caliber, later as .45, but all use a .457" round ball or .454" conical lead bullet. [3] The Ruger Old Army can also shoot modern smokeless cartridges in .45 Colt (.45 Long Colt), or .45 ACP loaded for "cowboy action" muzzle velocities less than about 850 feet per second, via use of a drop-in conversion cylinder ...
Ruger KP90DC . The P90 is a scaled-up version of the P89 chambered in .45 ACP with an investment cast aluminum alloy frame. It was introduced in 1991 as the company's first attempt at a .45 ACP pistol, and was in direct competition with SIG Sauer's P220, Smith & Wesson's 4500 series, and to a lesser extent Glock's G21 that came out the same ...
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Ruger reintroduced this caliber option in 2002, [11] and in September 2014 released the Single-Seven in .327 Federal Magnum as well, in a seven-shot stainless steel variant, with barrel lengths of 4.62 inches (117 mm), 5.5 inches (140 mm), and 7.5 inches (190 mm).