Shipped Dec. 22, 1981, Ruger Standard Auto Serial No. 17-80344 was the last pistol produced in the original Standard and Mark I series. 1982: Ruger introduced a new, modified version of its ...

A cutaway drawing of Ruger's standard model of semi-automatic .22-cal. rimfire pistol. The result was a semi-automatic pistol which borrowed the outline and retractible bolt of the Nambu design.

The tough thing about reviewing a .22 pistol like the Ruger Mark IV Tactical is deciding what to compare it to. As if it were a self-fulfilling prophecy, the gun that started it all for Bill Ruger ...

The Ruger Mark IV 22/45 is a .22 pistol with an iconic look, an unlikely origin, and a hell of a reputation to live up to. The lineage that began with the Ruger Standard, which Bill Ruger unveiled in ...

The Ruger 22 Charger pistol is back with enhanced features and a new 22 Charger Takedown model. First introduced in 2007, the 22 Charger pistol became a favorite for .22 LR pistol ...

Sturm, Ruger & Company have come a long way since the days of the Ruger Standard Model, the rimfire .22 pistol the company introduced more than seventy years ago.This American firearms ...

The absence of a do-everything .22 LR pistol was a conspicuous hole in the company’s product lineup until 2012, when Ruger introduced the SR22 at the annual SHOT Show in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Ruger, formerly Sturm-Ruger, has been in the gun-making industry since 1949. The company’s niche was revolvers, such as the Security Six and Redhawk , and rifles, such as the Ruger 10/22 and ...

Domestic .22 caliber pistol manufacturing output in 2023: 124,714 units (24.1% of all domestically made .22 pistols) Ruger’s total domestic firearm production in 2023: ...