Ruger's subsidiaries are Ruger Precision Metals LLC in Earth City, Missouri, Pine Tree Castings in Newport, New Hampshire, and Ruger Sportswear & Accessories in Mayodan, North Carolina. The company is headquartered in Southport, Connecticut, and maintains manufacturing facilities in Newport, New Hampshire, Prescott, Arizona, and Mayodan, North Carolina.
Ruger continued to direct the company until his death in 2002.įrom 1949 through 2004, Ruger manufactured over 20 million firearms. After Alex Sturm’s death in 1951, William B. Sturm, Ruger stock has been publicly traded since 1969, and became a New York Stock Exchange company in 1990 (NYSE:RGR). Ruger Golf makes steel and titanium castings for golf clubs made by a number of different brands. Ruger Casting has plants in Newport, New Hampshire and Prescott, Arizona, making ferrous, ductile iron and commercial titanium castings. They also have some presence in the semi-auto pistol market, with the SR1911 and SR lines of handguns. Ruger is also renowned for the production of high quality revolvers, such as the GP100 and Redhawk lines. The 22/45 is similar to the Ruger Standard family of pistols but features a different grip angle, that of the Colt 1911 (as opposed to that of a Luger utilized in the Ruger Standard). Like the 10/22, the MkII is supported with a wide variety of after-market accessories. 22 rimfire semi-automatic pistol market with the Ruger MK II and Ruger MK III, descendants of the Ruger Standard pistol. The availability and variety of after-market parts makes it possible to build a 10/22 using only these parts most of which are marketed to target shooters and hunters. As a result, a wealth of after-market accessories and parts were made available for it, which has further increased its popularity. The 10/22 is very popular due to its reputation for being relatively inexpensive and of high quality. 22 LR rimfire rifle market in the U.S., due primarily to the sales of its Ruger 10/22 semiautomatic rifle. 22 caliber pistol (see Ruger Standard), which became so successful that it launched the entire company. When it came to designing their first semi-auto pistol, Ruger decided to incorporate the looks of the German 9mm Luger and the American Colt Woodsman into their first commercially produced. Just prior to their partnership, Bill Ruger had successfully duplicated two Japanese "baby" Nambu pistols in his garage, from a captured Nambu that he acquired from a returning Marine, at the close of World War II. Ruger and Alexander McCormick Sturm in 1949 in a small rented machine shop in Southport, Connecticut. Sturm, Ruger & Company was founded by William B.
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