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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 ...
Ruger P series. The Ruger P series is a line of centerfire semi-automatic pistols made by Sturm, Ruger & Company produced from 1985 to 2013. The P-series pistols were designed for military, police, civilian and recreational use. The designs are largely based on the Browning action found in the M1911 pistol, but with minor variations, generally ...
The Thompson submachine gun (also known as the " Tommy gun ", " Chicago typewriter ", or " trench broom ") is a blowback-operated, selective-fire submachine gun, invented and developed by Brigadier General John T. Thompson, a United States Army officer, in 1918. It was designed to break the stalemate of trench warfare of World War I, although ...
Ruger SR-556. The SR-556 is a semi-automatic AR-15 style rifle manufactured by Sturm, Ruger & Co. The rifle was introduced in 2009 in .223 Remington / 5.56×45mm NATO and as a .308 Winchester AR-10 variant in 2013, the SR-762. [4] It is one of several AR-15 rifles to use a gas piston operation.
Auto-Ordnance was a U.S. arms development firm founded by retired Colonel John T. Thompson of the United States Army Ordnance Department in 1916. [ 1 ] Auto-Ordnance is best known for the Thompson submachine gun, used as a military weapon by the Allied forces in World War II, and also notorious as a gangster weapon used during the Roaring Twenties.
Tommy Gun: How General Thompson's Submachine Gun Wrote History is a non-fiction book written by San Francisco author Bill Yenne in 2009. The book traces the history of the Thompson submachine gun, also known as the Tommy gun, through its usage in warfare, organised crime, and subsequently, its presence in film and television, as an "immortal icon."
The Ruger Model 44 was replaced by the Ruger Deerfield carbine introduced in 2000 and produced until 2006. [5] The Deerfield is a brand new design and has little in common with the Model 44. While the Model 44 featured a solid-topped receiver, the modern Deerfield carbine has an open-top design more resembling the M1 Carbine , [ 6 ] which ...
Website. www.ruger.com. 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. The company was founded in 1949 by Alexander McCormick Sturm and ...