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now thats funny right there..i dont care who you are..
Had a tour of the Sturm Ruger pistol plant in Prescott, AZ
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now thats funny right there..i dont care who you are..
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Very cool indeed. I was very negative towards anything Ruger and then I discovered the .30-'06 Model 77 I picked up in trade is probably the most accurate .30-'06 I've owned... it is still in the safe.
Then, it inexplicably multiplied and I discovered a new SR22 in there too! It has digested any and all .22LR cartridges I've been able to feed it... it also remains in the safe.
So... I guess I've gone to the dark side and become a Ruger guy.
I envy your factory tour also!
Then, it inexplicably multiplied and I discovered a new SR22 in there too! It has digested any and all .22LR cartridges I've been able to feed it... it also remains in the safe.
So... I guess I've gone to the dark side and become a Ruger guy.
I envy your factory tour also!
Two shifts? How about three shifts, working seven days or maybe part of Saturday. My father did 20 years at GM working 58 hour weeks. I was doing 56 hours a week for the three years I was at Ford. Ford was three shifts, seven days a week for most of 30 years at that plant. GM was two ten hour shifts a day, two shifts, eight hours on Saturday.
Instead of screwing around with getting more machinery in a couple of years, just use the stuff you have longer each week.
Instead of screwing around with getting more machinery in a couple of years, just use the stuff you have longer each week.
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Bill Ruger was a very conservative businessman. I don't mean politically, but in company management. Unless the company has changed a lot, they are not going to go in the hole to cover a temporary demand.
In fact, most gun companies operate that way, which is why the current shortage. Companies will put on extra shifts rather than going into big expansion projects. Excess workforce can be let go or reduced by attrition, but extra machinery and new buildings are a long term anchor around the corporate neck.
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In fact, most gun companies operate that way, which is why the current shortage. Companies will put on extra shifts rather than going into big expansion projects. Excess workforce can be let go or reduced by attrition, but extra machinery and new buildings are a long term anchor around the corporate neck.
Jim
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That Ruger plant is right off Ruger road just north of Prescott off Hwy 89. I went there for a job interview about 15 years ago, however I never did accept the job offer. Just didn't want to pick-up all my belongings and move. Kind of sorry I didn't now though. Lets see I've got an old 3 screw .22/.22magnum, a .44 Mag Carbine, a 10-22, 3 screw .44 Magnum revolver, a Mark I .22. Plus I would dearly love to get my hands on a 22/45 Mark III, however they are no where to be seen around these parts. I do envy you in regards to having the tour, I was escorted back to an office for my interview, never got to see the workings though.
armoredman
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When I was at a local gun shop, (gonna be THE LGS for me from now on), and a delivery guy dropped in with some Ruger LC-9s. He commented, being so close, (about 100 miles away), that sometimes he gets guns in that were made less than four days ago, and sold right after that.
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