What's up with Ruger??!!
#11
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: canada
Posts: 257
on the other hand i feel your pain. here in canada, pistols are hard enough to get in stanard models. getting that one ruger that first my personality, in this case a super blackhawk hunter .44 mag, is very had find here and as i understand isnt the most common wheel gun across the border either.
#12
Typical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Indiana county, Pa
Posts: 681
ruger
like you i would like to see ruger start making the redhawk in 41 mag again. why they stopped production on this caliber is beyond me. the 45 long colt is a good caliber too. hope you find one.
#13
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Kansas City Region
Posts: 161
Right now Ruger has a lot of "New" products out and I don't think they can keep up with the demand. Such as the Gunsight Scout Rifle, Sp101 is coming back out in 22lr. There is a lot of demand for their new 1911 pistol, the new single 10, and a few others I can't think of at the moment.
#14
Can anyone shed some light on Ruger's manufacturing philosophy?
Here's the deal; I want a Redhawk in .45 Colt. That model has been "unavailable" for monmths now. I have a locall gun dealer looking for me and he has access to several distributors and that gun just never gets made!
Does Ruger tool up for a certain production run of rifles, or pistols, and say to hell with the rest 'till later? I too look at availablility daily so I know my gun guy is being straight with me.
So.......... what's up with Ruger??!!
Here's the deal; I want a Redhawk in .45 Colt. That model has been "unavailable" for monmths now. I have a locall gun dealer looking for me and he has access to several distributors and that gun just never gets made!
Does Ruger tool up for a certain production run of rifles, or pistols, and say to hell with the rest 'till later? I too look at availablility daily so I know my gun guy is being straight with me.
So.......... what's up with Ruger??!!
i'd bet ruger created some marketing model that said the "market" wanted 1000 in 45 colt. so that's all they made and you're guy number 1001. if you look long enough, you'll find one.
#15
i can't find one in 45 colt either. they're all 44 and 41 mags, which are far better calibers on a hunting revolver, since all the colt ammunition is loaded at such low velocities.
i'd bet ruger created some marketing model that said the "market" wanted 1000 in 45 colt. so that's all they made and you're guy number 1001. if you look long enough, you'll find one.
i'd bet ruger created some marketing model that said the "market" wanted 1000 in 45 colt. so that's all they made and you're guy number 1001. if you look long enough, you'll find one.
i just put this up and i found one. it's like $700 and it only has a 4" barrel. brand new though. bud's gun shop. lexington, KY.
#16
here i go again.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=246293881
5.5" stainless barrel
used
rosewood grips
#17
#19
Spike
Join Date: Dec 2011
Posts: 4
I am a HUGE Ruger fan and have at least a dozen in various calibers and configurations. I once wanted a 458 mag and it was listed in their catalog, but when my gun dealer looked all over the country for one, he was never able to find one in almost a years time ( this was in the mid 90's ). I then told him heck with it and ordered a winchester on wednesday and had it friday.
I always heard they tooled up and made a lot of a particular caliber, then switch their tooling and make another gun/caliber combo. One plant made rifles, while another made handguns.
I am still a HUGE Ruger fan though and when I am the mood for a new gun, I ALWAYS look to see if Ruger makes it first, and only look elsewhere when they don't.
I always heard they tooled up and made a lot of a particular caliber, then switch their tooling and make another gun/caliber combo. One plant made rifles, while another made handguns.
I am still a HUGE Ruger fan though and when I am the mood for a new gun, I ALWAYS look to see if Ruger makes it first, and only look elsewhere when they don't.