Comments by Bill Ruger Sr. on Magazine Size

[hpcatx]

This was brought up on a thread last year by OldCannon, but I find the original article to more germane now than before...

Count me out on helping them. I, for one, have not forgotten what Bill Ruger did, and the long-term joy it has brought to the anti-gun industry.

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Bill Ruger's dead. Ruger makes pistols that hold more than 10 rounds, an AR15 that sells with 30 round mags, and just introduced a 25 round mag for the 10/22.

I can't really hold what a previous owner did 20 years ago against a company, although I know some people still haven't forgiven S&W for deals they made with the devil (or Hillary Clinton--same difference really) three owners ago.

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The original article on thefirearmblog.com is well worth the read.

Aside from his million dollar donation to the NRA Museum, William B. Ruger, Senior, should be remembered as the man who embraced the investment casting process very early on, and whose Pine Tree is one of the most respected investment casting enterprises in the world, the man who gave us the Mini-14, the 10/22 and the first American-made production firearm chambered in 7.62 X 39mm… and the man who told NBC News' Tom Brokaw that:
"No honest man needs more than 10 rounds in any gun."
"I never meant for simple civilians to have my 20 or 30 round magazines or my folding stock."
"I see nothing wrong with waiting periods."
And, sadly, that too must be part of the Ruger legacy.

[mr surveyor]

and why recycle that issue again?

[Heartland Patriot]

Bill Ruger was a good engineer. He did some great things in advancing firearms technology. He has also passed on and the company, as previously noted, is now in others' capable hands. I own a few Ruger products and while they aren't fancy and don't have as much "cool factor", they are solid and reliable which is why I bought them. And when I purchased my SR9c, it came with both a 10 round compact AND a 17 round full-size SR9 magazine. Bill Ruger might not have intended many things to happen but what he intended is irrelevant now.

[hpcatx]

and why recycle that issue again?

I had not read the original thread and actually came across the quote on another site. Searching revealed the other thread here. Thought others might find the read just as interesting as I did.

Furthermore, the comments are relevant to the post Sandy Hook debate. We need to be careful that those with our trust (our elected, NRA A rated politicians) don't make similar "compromises" in the name of keeping guns available. We must be ardently against all 2A restrictions, even if proposals come from gun manufacturers whom we regularly support.

[hpcatx]

Bill Ruger might not have intended many things to happen but what he intended is irrelevant now.

Agreed. My intent was not to drag up history about Ruger, but rather to remind folks that threats to our RKBA can come from both sides of the aisle and in many forms.

[Oldgringo]

Bill Ruger might not have intended many things to happen but what he intended is irrelevant now.

Agreed. My intent was not to drag up history about Ruger, but rather to remind folks that threats to our RKBA can come from both sides of the aisle and in many forms.

Exactly! Who knows what promises were made in exchange for what in this last minute "Fiscal Cliff" debacle. I guess they'll pass it and then we may find out what's in it?

[Heartland Patriot]

Bill Ruger might not have intended many things to happen but what he intended is irrelevant now.

Agreed. My intent was not to drag up history about Ruger, but rather to remind folks that threats to our RKBA can come from both sides of the aisle and in many forms.

Exactly! Who knows what promises were made in exchange for what in this last minute "Fiscal Cliff" debacle. I guess they'll pass it and then we may find out what's in it?

I get what you are saying and I thought about that, too. But the House still hasn't voted on any deal and the House is where the bills to spend money really comes from, not the Senate.

[Vol Texan]

"No honest man needs more than 10 rounds in any gun."
"I never meant for simple civilians to have my 20 or 30 round magazines or my folding stock."
"I see nothing wrong with waiting periods."
And, sadly, that too must be part of the Ruger legacy.

And that sounds so much like the famous Bill Gates quote: "640K ought to be enough for anybody". Bill Gates, of course, didn't have the vision (at the time) that the reality of the evolving world would, by definition, require larger capacity and throughput just to do basic computing functions.

This reminds me of the folks who think the 2nd Amendment only means muskets or other similar weapons, and not the evolving hardware that we have at our disposal today. We, too, need larger capacity and throughput in today's world, just to keep up with the evolving threat.

There is no doubt that Mr. Gates now sees things differently. I would like to believe that Mr. Ruger might also, if he were around these days to see the modern world we live in.