Should Ruger Make These Weapons?

[Sandmann]

Pistols

1. Ruger P345 that has the option to accept 1911 mags.

2. Ruger New Model Blackhawk convertible in .41 Mag, with a 10mm and .40 S&W cylinder.

3. Ruger Derringer.


Rifles

1. Ruger Ranch Rifle in a SOCOM 16 configuration with an M-16 adapter, ala, the Remington 7615P Patrol Rifle.
Barrel options: 16 inch, 18 inch, 20 inch with capable of taking M-16 flashhiders and an option for bayonet lug.
Chambering options: 6.8 SPC, 6.5 Grendel, and 5.56 NATO. I think this platform would give the M-1A platform a run for its money if this could be priced under a $1,000.00.

2. Ruger Deerfield Rifle in .30 Carbine that can take .30 Carbine USGI surplus magazines. This would be a fund gun.

 

[beerslurpy]

Ruger should make all sorts of things that they wont. I think many of their existing customers would prefer they made 30 rd Mini14 and Mini30 mags.

 

[Lone_Gunman]

There is no chance Ruger will ever make either of the two rifles you mention, as they are not considered politically correct by them. After all, no honest man needs more than 10 rounds in his weapon.

 

[adaman04]

Heck just selling factory 20 rounders at an affordable price would be nice. I would like to see a bull barrel model Mini-14. The .30 carbine would be good, but I don't think it would catch on too well. Not too many .30 cal fans out there anymore for the fact that you can buy 9mm ammo way cheaper. Don't get me wrong, I love the M1 Carbine!

 

[pauli]

2. Ruger Deerfield Rifle in .30 Carbine that can take .30 Carbine USGI surplus magazines.

so it would be like an m1 carbine, but cost more?

 

[Sandmann]

Pauli,

To be competitive, it should be priced around $500-600.00. About what the current M-1 carbines go for.

I've seen a huge increase in price of the .30 carbines at the gunshows, and thought that if a MAJOR manufacturer like ruger introduced a semi-auto in .30 carbine, that could utilize extisting surplus USGI mags, it just might start a resurgence of the .30 carbine in popularity.

 

[KaceCoyote]

Ruger could make an AR, and I still wouldnt buy it.


I said 4 years ago I would boycott them until they treated their customers like adults, and took their massive warning labels off. I havent fogotten my vow.

 

[SpookyPistolero]

I'd give up on hopes with Ruger. Won't happen.

 

[Jim Watson]

1. Steyr looked at making their Glockoid in .45 to take 1911 magazines and declined because there was so much slippage in the specifications. Make a new gun to take one brand and it might not another, as we 1911 shooters know.

2. .41 Magnum is a true .410", convertible to 10mm/.40S&W not feasible.

3. Derringer? Haw, haw.

 

[jeff-10]

They should make the PC in 10mm and 45.

 

[Number 6]

1. Ruger Ranch Rifle in a SOCOM 16 configuration with an M-16 adapter, ala, the Remington 7615P Patrol Rifle.

I think everyone in California would want one of those, and I know that many of us in California have been asking for such a product. But I think a better question is why anyone hasn’t tried to produce their own version of a .223 M14 type rifle. The original patent should be up on the Mini-14, and even then someone could design their own.

 

[jefnvk]

an option for bayonet lug.

Why?

 

[Number 6]

Why?

Why not?

 

[dakotasin]

pistols:
1- no.
2- no - just a 41 mag would be fine.
3- no.

rifles:
1- no.
2- no.

 

[SONICMASD]

i dont think they should make any weapons.

well except the 10-22

 

[P0832177]

Remember the Ruger XGI? They could not get it work way back when, and I doubt it shoot now!

 

[jefnvk]

Maybe it is just me, but I fail to see why you would want a bayonet mount on a commercial-style rifle. Something like the AK or AR, where the original had a bayonet mount, I can see, as it just doesn't look right without it.

 

[NMshooter]

I think Ruger should bring back the XGI, just so we all can say "Yeah, its a Springfield, but at least it ain't a Ruger..."

 

[KaceCoyote]

Hey the SU-16 has a bayonet lug, for its mostly polymer folding bayonet.

 

[Mannlicher]

I have always thought that Ruger made a huge marketing mistake years back. by not offering a 'tactical' version of the Mini14. A shorter, heavier barrel, betters sights, a bayonet lug, the ability to use M16 mags, a decent 'evil black' stock, (folder or not), beefed up internals,and they would have owned the market that now belongs to the AR rifles.
I dont much care for the other ideas though.

 

[Cosmoline]

Ruger has about the smallest product line of any major firearm company, and it's always been that way. They concentrate on a few firearms and don't mess with much innovation. If you want a bunch of new and innovative firearms, Taurus has been leading the pack. They have produced a huge array of handguns in sometimes very odd cartridges.

It took Ruger twenty years to finally start producing the ergonomic frames of the old model Blackhawk and to produce a slimmer Vaquero. This is not a company that changes very quickly.

I'm happy with them, though, since they make what I consider to be some of the best wheelguns in the world. I've also had an irrational soft spot for their No. 1's, as well.

If they ever produce a rifle with a bayonet lug, I'll officially eat my hat

 

[sako_75]

2. Ruger New Model Blackhawk convertible in .41 Mag, with a 10mm and .40 S&W cylinder.

can't happen, or are we to call .410 nad .400 close enough.

 

[Ivy Mike]

I would be more than happy to see the Mini 14 and Mini 30 accept AR and AK mags respectively.
If this were to happen, I'd buy one in a heartbeat.

 

[Too Many Choices!?]

This is what Ruger should do...

Build a giant cannon(similar to Ringling Brothers Circus),climb inside, and then launch his,"No honost man needs more than 10 rounds" butt, over to France ...

 

[cracked butt]

Ruger has about the smallest product line of any major firearm company, and it's always been that way. They concentrate on a few firearms and don't mess with much innovation.

I agree. They pretty much rest on their laurels. Oh, occasionally they make a special edition MKII by putting some fancy grips on it and a few more engravings on the pistol than the standard models with only the owner's manual stamped in. The 'new improved' Mini-14 looks a lot like the regular mini-14 but with slightly better sights and a higher price tag.

The .480 Ruger has me scratching my head. Its not as powerful as a .454 and doesn't do anything a .475 Linebaugh doesn't already do better. Seems almost like Ruger wanted to get their name on a cartridge too when all of the other other gun makers have been in a frenzy of naming new cartridges over the last few years.