Ruger 1911 coming soon??

[lexjj]

Sturm, Ruger, Inc. is a corporate entity. It is not run by Bill Ruger. He is dead. Clearly, the company does not follow those practices anymore. They have even released their own take on an AR-15.

At what point are you going to get over it?

Hating Ruger because of a dead, former CEO, is a little bit like never buying a Ford again because Henry Ford got a medal from Adolph Hitler in the 1930's, and did not support the U.S. war effort.

 

[m2steven]

To those wondering why Ruger might introduce a 1911 when there are so many out there. It's called money. If they can turn a profit and add to what they already have, it's growth. They didn't need to make the LCP. But it's a great pistol and people are buying them in droves. Suppose they made a 1911 which was GREAT and was reasonably priced? It would sell really well and they'd make money. I can see them making a really nice 1911 for reasonable dollars and selling the heck out of them.

I'm not making bombs in my house, not because I'm laying down to the anti-bomb-in-basement-crowd, but because i don't want to be the young blond boy in Draper prison. I'm not young anymore, but the theory is still useful. Ruger did what it did in the interest of survival. At the time they weighed their options and chose what they chose. We all lived. That's the same logic that got us a Democrat in the white house. The candidate the republicans chose to run wasn't "conservative" enough so people just didn't vote. Well, look what not being able to "deal" can do for you. You can't just lay down and die because you don't get everything you want when you want it.

 

[jeepguy]

i hope to be looking for a 1911 next year.i like the para gi but no beaver tail. hopefully they will be built with specs like a springfield loaded but better quality and a little cheaper.

 

[Micro]

It wouldn't be a stretch for Ruger to make 1911s. IIRC they used to cast slides and frames for Caspian Arms in the '90s.

 

[21bubba]

Agree with the other poster, Knowing how ruger builds pistols it would be the heaviest 1911 ever produced.

Ruger will always walk in S&W's shadow.

 

[aliasneo07]

Jesus christ bill ruger isn't the head of the company anymore! He died.

HE was the one who was anti-arming civilians. The company as it stands today is not pro AWB.

Get over it.

 

[lexjj]

I'm not making bombs in my house, not because I'm laying down to the anti-bomb-in-basement-crowd, but because i don't want to be the young blond boy in Draper prison. I'm not young anymore, but the theory is still useful. Ruger did what it did in the interest of survival. At the time they weighed their options and chose what they chose. We all lived. That's the same logic that got us a Democrat in the white house. The candidate the republicans chose to run wasn't "conservative" enough so people just didn't vote. Well, look what not being able to "deal" can do for you. You can't just lay down and die because you don't get everything you want when you want it.

I'm not sure I understand what you are trying to say.

But I do understand that perpetual punishment is a poor strategy. Ruger has already learned the lesson you are trying to teach them. Why keep punishing them? If the Ruger haters got what they wanted, and the company went out of business, would that really further a gun rights agenda? I seriously doubt it. However, it would knock a quality U.S. manufacturer out of the game and drive up prices all around. It just doesn't make sense any more to punish them. New management. New direction. You got what you wanted. You won already. Why not relish victory? It has seriously been 15 years. Does Ruger deserve a life sentence, even though they have openly repented?

 

[noskilz]

Now, back to our regularly scheduled programming . . . the Ruger 1911.

I think there's a large market out there looking for a quality, basic, well-made 1911 from a name manufacturer they trust at a reasonable price. 1911's are inherently confusing to the non-hardcore with all the different options and price levels out there.

Will Ruger deliver? We'll see.

 

[gyvel]

Of course, your Ruger 1911 will have a transfer bar so you can carry a round in the chamber, and will be 25% larger than a regular 1911 due to its being investment cast

 

[winchester '97]

low price by ruger standards will be 7-800 dollars. im more interested in the 1911 ithica has in the works.

 

[mesinge2]

With their record of making guns with extra metal, I would hope for one with a full length dust cover.

If they could make it as tough as there wheel gun it could fire 45 Super safely.

 

[gyvel]

Hating Ruger because of a dead, former CEO, is a little bit like never buying a Ford again because Henry Ford got a medal from Adolph Hitler in the 1930's, and did not support the U.S. war effort.

A bit OT perhaps, but didn't Henry Ford build tens of thousands of aircraft, Jeeps and other military vehicles during the war? Hardly sounds like he didn't support the U.S. war effort.

 

[kanook]

Ruger will always walk in S&W's shadow.

So that when the S&W goes down the Ruger will be there to protect it.

 

[lexjj]

A bit OT perhaps, but didn't Henry Ford build tens of thousands of aircraft, Jeeps and other military vehicles during the war? Hardly sounds like he didn't support the U.S. war effort.

Ford the company did. Ford the man had nothing to do with it. He refused to meet with Roosevelt and had such a poor relationship with the various boards controlling war production that other people at the company essentially took over and Henry Ford was relegated to figurehead status.

Thats really the point. One man is not synonymous with a corporate identity forever.

 

[Chuck Perry]

Ruger's investment casting division used to make 1911 frames and slides for Caspian. I'm sure they still have the tooling from that venture, so making their own 1911 seems like an easy move for them.

 

[bestseller92]

Michael Bane has blogged that he has seen a new and highly "hush hush" Ruger handgun that'll be unveiled at SHOT '10. I'm betting this is the SR1911.

 

[NinjaFeint]

The cheapest 1911 I would trust out of the box is the $800ish SW1911. If they can make something reliable at $600 and it has the Ruger name, they will sell a ton of them. Ruger's are huge sellers in my neck of the woods (or city).

As for the don't buy a Ruger argument, Bill Ruger is no longer running the show. They have clearly established they will not follow his policies so people need to get over it. If you don't like the gun don't buy it but don't bad mouth it because you don't like the someone who died in 2002. His son has not been in control since 2006 either.

 

[jon_in_wv]

I hope Ruger doesn't try to go the same route as Taurus by checkering the crap our of it. The Taurus is just plain ugly. Keep it more simple. Forget all the checkering and slide scallops and extra crapola. Make it RELIABLE and I'll get one in a second.

I handled a Firestorm 1911 in a local shop and that was a really nice looking 1911. I hope Ruger will make theirs look like it. I can't speak to its reliability though.

 

[dakota1911]

I always thought the reason they didn't come out with one before this was some deal with Caspian. Sort of like the reason I think you don't see a lot of Imbel pistols being imported into the US as Imbel makes the SA 1911s.

 

[Prion]

http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=32592 Seriously, a Ruger over this?

 

[Screaming .357G]

Warning labels belong on the box the gun is in or a tag attached to the firearm not the gun itself. The S&W 1911 has the same problem and that external extractor they use looks like hell.

 

[mesinge2]

In the April 2010 Guns&Ammo, there is an interview with Mike Fifer. He is the President/CEO of Sturm-Ruger Firearms. The first question of the interview is one that many of us have been wondering for years.

Q: Why hasn't Ruger introduced a 1911 pistol?
A: Our Voice-of-the-Customer program really drives our engineering priorities. If enought Ruger fans let us know they want a 1911, then we will make one.

Here is the web address for Ruger's Tell the CEO program.

http://www.ruger.com/resources/tellTheCEO.html

I sent this to that site:

I have a SP101, a Security Six, and a Redhawk and their frames are much stronger than the corrosponding Smith and Wesson's frames.

A 1911 from Ruger would be a tank. You should make one in 45 acp because of the popularity of this caliber, but don't just make a 1911 in 45 acp. Also, make a 1911 in the powerhouse calibers: 10mm, 460 Rowland, 400 Corbon, etc.

No current manufacturer makes production guns in 460 rowland and 400 Corbon and many others. This would be perfect for Ruger. Just like the 454 in the Super Redhawk.

It would be a 1911 Ruger-style: Big caliber/invincible frame

A production 1911 in 460 Rowland without having to send it to a Smith to convert it would be great!