Where do you think Ruger will go next?

I think the SP and GP and possibly SRH are going to go away, replaced by a series that all takes the same polymer grip frame and action parts, scaled up from the LCR.

The polymer grip frame and action parts will be cheaper to build, contain an integrated keylock safety and have a smoother trigger pull.
 
I'd love to see some more cowboy guns. At least a good cowboy levergun to go with their single actions.

A 1911 would definately catch my eye as well.
 
I would like to see an SR-556 in 6.8 SPC or 6.5 Grendel. A SR-68, I guess?

Obviously a 1911 from Ruger would be cool.

However, I would really like Ruger to make a lever gun in a cowboy action caliber. Something along the lines of .44-40 or .45 Long Colt. I think it would be a great addition to thier six gun collection.

Eh, I don't really see Ruger going into the "tactical" shotgun market.
 
Insufficient market to justify a levergun.
Ruger found that out with the 96/44. People weren't interested in a hammerless version, and the market for more traditional "hammered" designs is already handled by other makers at a range of price levels.

The CAS movement has peaked & doesn't have the driving force it did, and wouldn't enter into it strongly enough to make much difference.

Denis
 
With their increasing forays into the tactical/self-defense market after Bill passed, I wouldn't be suprised to see the introduction of a pump or semi-auto shotgun. Shotguns are really the only area where Ruger is still a sporting-gun-only manufacturer.
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Umm...but...there's something "wrong" with every single current levergun option. Seriously. Marlin comes the closest to being the "Ruger of levers" but...meh. Still issues.

It says a lot when ROSSI is the best choice of the bunch. And the Rossi '92s really are the best option available overall...according to Steve at Stevesgunz (Nate Kiowa Jones) the Rossis are actually better guns inside than Italian stuff costing more than double. The Rossis don't look as nice, but they work better. IF you tune them up correctly. Steve sells a kit with some springs and such plus a DVD on what to do to a Rossi '92 to make it work right. Kudos to Steve but it shouldn't be necessary!

If THAT is currently "best of breed" then yeah, sorry, there's a friggin' market here.
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Buy Mossberg - get the shotguns (M500 = SR12, SR20 etc.) and an existing tube fed, hammer fired lever action design in need of expansion and marketing. :D
 
Huh. Sounds good, but it would depend on whether or not Mossy's plant and machines are any good, and whether or not said existing stuff could fit in with the "Ruger Way" of making stuff.

For all we know the Mossy factory is an archaic mess...or it might be very nice and bump the price too much.
 
Let's just say I don't think Ruger would buy Mossberg. After all, they didn't buy Keltec either.

I think a Ruger pump action shotgun is unlikely due to market saturation. But then again, they did go for the AR15 so I may be wrong.

A semiauto sporting shotgun? Maybe they could do it. I don't know.

If the SR9 and SR40 sell well enough, I would imagine that a SR45 is possible.

I also see a full size polymer revolver on the horizon.

I also see a full size .327 mag, and a .327 LCR.

I also wonder how much longer the Mini-14 is going to hang on.
 
If ruger wants to make a splash in the 1911 market, they should sell every gun with a 22 conversion kit as standard equipment.
 
Ruger could have made the Mini-14/30 a 2MOA gun out of the box decades ago if they had wanted, by switching to a short stroke piston ala M-1 carbine and a slightly heavier barrel. I have built two older mini's that print under 2 MOA with bulk ammo, there is really nothing about the Mini that I do not know better than the ppl at Ruger. The "target mini" is a joke, an abomination and an abject failure.
Ruger is run by Lawyers and Sales Managers. I lost interest in thier products after the Vaqueros were introduced. They have nothing that interests me in the slighetest.
 
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Ruger has been a disappointment to me since the death of Bill R. himself.
Now they are run by the bean counters, and this is the same thing that did in Colt, Winchester and likely others.

Ruger dropped some unique, and fine designs, soon after the old man was gone.

I note they are selling leather again and other widgets, which was the path that Remington took , another company that is in the process of falling away.
Unless they change soon, there will be import knives w/ the Ruger name,... and then they'll be owned from overseas.

Bring back the Old Army, .44 long guns, the auto and the 96 line, other than the oxymoronic 77/44, and keep your prices for the working man and a "weeks pay" as old Bill intended.
 
Jim March said:
I'm surprised Ruger hasn't gone into leverguns to grab more of the CAS/SASS market.
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DPris said:
the CAS movement has peaked, Ruger wouldn't pull enough out of a conventional centerfire levergun to pay for R&D.
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I like to see it too, but I'm afraid DP is right. :( Marlin has turned to crap under Cerberus/Remington, 1860's/1866's/1873's are retailing for over $1100, and even 1892's have MSRP's of up to over a thousand dollars, depending on who makes 'em.
 
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