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The P345 features a radically different design (as it was intended to usher in Ruger's new pistol designs) and incorporates an integrated keyed lock that locks the safety in the safe position, a loaded chamber indicator, and a magazine disconnect that blocks the firing pin when the magazine is removed. It also has many ergonomic improvements ...
A semi-automatic pistol is a type of handgun which utilizes the energy of the fired cartridge to cycle the action of the weapon and advance the next available cartridge into position for firing.
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 ...
He is perhaps best known today for his $50,000 [7] seed-money investment in co-founding Sturm, Ruger & Co. in 1949 prompted by his interest in guns and his friendship with William Batterman Ruger. Ruger provided the technical know-how as a gunsmith , and business acumen; Sturm provided the Germanic heraldic-based red eagle logo and all of the ...
Name Manufacturer Image Cartridge Country Produced 2mm Kolibri: Franz Pfannl: 2.7 mm Austrian Empire Kingdom of Hungary 1914 only Akdal Ghost TR01: Akdal Arms: 9×19mm Parabellum
Ruger American Pistol ; Type: Semi-automatic pistol: Place of origin: United States: Production history; Manufacturer: Sturm, Ruger & Co. Unit cost: $579 [1] [2] Produced: 2015–present: Variants: Compact and Full size pro model and External Thumb safety version. Specifications; Cartridge: 9mm Luger.45 ACP; Action: Short recoil: Rate of fire ...
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.
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.