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Sturm Ruger Founder William Ruger Dies

RugerNinerRugerNiner Member Posts: 12,636 ✭✭✭
edited July 2002 in General Discussion
Monday July 8, 4:35 pm Eastern Time
Sturm Ruger Founder William Ruger Dies

PRESCOTT, Ariz. -(Dow Jones)- Sturm Ruger & Company Inc.'s founder and chairman emeritus William Batterman Ruger died on July 6 .

In a press release Monday, the company said that Ruger died at the age of 86 after a period of failing health. Ruger led the company for 51 years before retiring in 2000.

Headquartered in Southport, Connecticut , Sturm Ruger makes rifles, shotguns, pistols and revolvers for sporting and law-enforcement purposes.

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"Visiting hours will be from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Friday, July 12th at the Newton-Bartlett Funeral Home, 42 Main Street, Newport, New Hampshire. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, July 13th, on the grounds of the Central Station of Blue Mountain Forest Association, Central Station Road, Croydon, New Hampshire. There will be a reception at the same location, immediately following the service. In lieu of flowers, contributions should be sent to the Dartmouth Medical School, 1 Rope Ferry Road, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, or the Yavapai Regional Medical Center, 1003 Willow Creek Road, Prescott, Arizona 86301."




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  • bhayes420bhayes420 Member Posts: 1,314 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks for confirming the info RugerNiner. He will be missed.
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  • ReloaderReloader Member Posts: 10 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yea, I'll miss him. Every time I have to pay an exhorbitant price for a high cap magazine... May he burn in Hell.
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  • 25-0625-06 Member Posts: 382 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Reloader, maybe you should show a little respect for the dead, even if you did not agree with some of his actions. Your type of remarks are one of the reasons gun owners are seen as insensitive, uncaring, uneducated louts who are a danger to society.
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  • RugerNinerRugerNiner Member Posts: 12,636 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Reloader;

    You ought to do a little research before you open your mouth. Bill Ruger wanted 15 round mags as a compromise to outlawing high cap rifles like his Ranch Mini-14 and Mini-30.
    It was someone else who took it down to 10. If it wasn't for him there may not be any AK47's around. Glock at the time was coming out with a 17 round mag, so he was also trying to save his Popular P-Series Guns.


    Remember...Terrorist are attacking Civilians; Not the Government. Protect Yourself!
    Keep your Powder dry and your Musket well oiled.
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  • drl50drl50 Member Posts: 2,496 ✭
    edited November -1
    What an innovative guy to start in a garage not that many years ago (compared to the giants in the industry) and give the grass roots shooters affordable high quality alternatives. (single shot rifles, .44 carbines for 80 bucks, great .22 pistols, affordable over/unders). You know, just good stuff for the average guy. Thats what I think when I see "Ruger".

    Duty Honor Country
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  • GreenLanternGreenLantern Member Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    25-06, I'm wondering if you'd have said the same thing if it was Sarah Brady, rather than Bill Ruger? I don't necessarily agree with Reloader but as far as I'm concerned, he's entitled to his opinion.
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  • gunpaqgunpaq Member Posts: 4,607 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Someone once said that Bill Ruger is the Sam Colt of the 20th century. He might be gone but he is always by my side, infact, Bill and I are going to take care of a groundhog this afternoon that has seen fit to dig up the corner of the yard.

    Pack slow, fall stable, pull high, hit dead center.
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  • PelicanPelican Member Posts: 1,061 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Reloader is Crude. Of course that's just my opinion. But, then again, according to green lantern I'm entitled to it.

    The Almighty Himself Entrusted the Future of All Living Creatures to a Wooden Boat.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -"Audemus jura nostra defendere"
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  • beantolebeantole Member Posts: 1,086 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I liked William Ruger. Sorry to see him pas away. But I think it OK for anyone to bad mouth the dead. I used to think it was in bad taste but not anymore. Some dead people deserve to be bad-mouthed. If Clinton passed away I'd still bad-mouth him. And I wouldn't care what other people thought of my opinion.
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  • NighthawkNighthawk Member Posts: 12,022 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I feel as if I lost a close friend,Ruger has always been my favorite gun maker since I was a child. Thanks for posting the service arrangements, I will have to switch computers and copy it.We have lost a true legend.

    Rugster
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  • GreenLanternGreenLantern Member Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Right you are, Pelican!!
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  • VarmintmistVarmintmist Member Posts: 1,074 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    SAAMI signed on to the deal at the time for the 15 round mags, had some other names in there.

    check out pp16, before you drop it all in Bills lap, if you are of the mind to boycott Ruger the list just got longer.

    http://communities.prodigy.net/sportsrec/gz-papabill.html

    Those people who see nothing but grey areas, no black and white, are lost in the fog.

    Edited by - Varmintmist on 07/09/2002 19:40:22
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  • Jody CommanderJody Commander Member Posts: 855 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Met Mr. Ruger at the S.H.O.T. show in Atlanta some years back very likeable man, knew guns, loved to talk guns, His or anyone elses, I do not think He deserves an ill informed braying * to wish Him into Hades. So, before the Sun drys your layer of slime, why don't you crawl back under your rock.
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  • DonldDonld Member Posts: 741 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have to agree with the folks dumping on Reloader. The ban on hi-caps is pretty pointless and likely has saved no lives whatsoever, but wishing a man's soul to Hell for all eternity for accepting it is downright scary. I save my worst curses for those with true evil in their hearts, not for those who play a small role in creating a relativly minor, or for that matter, a major, inconvenience.
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  • airborneairborne Member Posts: 1,728 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Reloader,

    Hopefully you got the message, and what this forum thinks about your completely 'uncalled for' comment. You need to learn two things, first get your facts right, second keep your comments to yourself.

    B - BreatheR - RelaxA - AimS - SightS - Squeeze
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