* Chuck Hawk's articles on the Ruger # 1, the Harrington & Richardson 1871 Single Shot Rifles, New England Firearms Single Shot Rifles, and The Winchester / Browning Model 1885 High Wall Rifle.

** Colin Ferguson opens fire with his Ruger 9 mm pistol on a Long Island Rail Road train, killing 6 and injuring 19.

In an attempt to disrupt the Alaska pipeline, 39-year-old Louis D. Hastings, armed with a. 223-caliber Ruger Mini-14 semi-automatic rifle, murdered six of the 22 citizens of McCarthy on March 1, 1983.

Variations on these methods persist today, with new cartridges such as the. 204 Ruger and. 17 HMR ( Hornady Magnum Rimfire ).

These loads cannot be used in any original Colt Single-Action Army or replica thereof, such as those produced by Uberti, Beretta, the Taurus Gaucho, or the Ruger New Vaquero, as these guns are built on the smaller frame with thinner cylinder walls.

Built on a new and heavier ‘ AA ’ frame, the Anaconda was brought out to compete with. 44 Magnum contemporaries such as the Smith & Wesson Model 29, the Sturm, Ruger & Co. Redhawk and Blackhawk, and the Dan Wesson Firearms Model 44.

Many shooters, consider the ideal type of grip for heavy recoiling guns to be the longer " Bisley " style single action grip, and it can be found on single actions from Ruger ( models marked " Bisley ") and Freedom Arms, as well as many custom makers.

Tracy remained on the bench until the end of 1882 when Andrews resumed his seat after being defeated by William C. Ruger in the election for Chief Judge.

Depending on load, the. 480 Ruger can easily reach within of the. 475 Linebaugh, making it a very formidable hunting cartridge for large and dangerous game.

Because the cartridge is based on the. 223, it can also be used in the AR-15 and Ruger Mini-14 semi-automatic rifles by simply replacing the barrel.

Ruger Mark II Stainless Slab side Competition Target Model 22LR pistol with a Volquartsen profiled slab side V-Comp Muzzle brake | compensator, reflex sight mounted on a Volquartsen Weaver rail mount | Weaver-style rail, 6 7 / 8 in precision-crowned barrel, and checkered thumbrest target grips.

The Red Eagle models had the Ruger logo in red on a silver background.

Since then, the Ruger logo on the grip panels has been either black on silver or silver on black, with the exception of a special 50th Anniversary model that had a silver eagle on a red background.

* Overtravel-How to adjust the overtravel screw on a Ruger MK II Target model

" It goes on to say, " Never attempt to use 22 Long Rifle ammunition in Ruger 10 / 22 Magnum rifle magazines.

Front cylinder latches are required for such high powered double action revolvers, and are found on the Ruger Super Redhawk and the S & W Model 500 revolver, but they are actuated by the rear cylinder latch.

* December 7-Long Island Rail Road massacre: Colin Ferguson opens fire with his Ruger 9mm pistol on a Long Island Rail Road train, killing six and injuring 19.

Alexander " Alex " McCormick Sturm ( June 23, 1923 – November 13, 1951 ) was an American artist, author, and entrepreneur who co-founded in 1949, the American firearm maker, Sturm, Ruger & Co. Sturm provided the start-up money and designed the Germanic heraldic eagle that is found on Ruger guns to this day.

"... Paulina had personally helped launch Sturm, Ruger & Co., stuffing envelopes with Alex on

In the article ' Rifle ' Sniffs Out Vulnerabilities ...., the ' rifle ' features a directional antenna, Linux-powered embedded PC, and Bluetooth module all mounted on a Ruger 10 / 22 folding stock.

In a rifle such as the Siamese Mauser or a Ruger No. 1 single shot rifle, it can be handloaded to deliver good performance even on big African game.

Ruger Vaquero single-action. 357 Magnum revolver ; modeled after the Colt Single Action Army

Their earlier long guns had been carbines, the first a. 44 Magnum and the next the highly popular Ruger 10 / 22 in. 22 Long Rifle.

The rifle Ruger brought out, named simply "# 1 ", ( Ruger No. 1 ) uses a falling block action, and is available in a wide selection of calibers from. 22 Hornet to. 458 Winchester Magnum.

*. 327 Federal Magnum Is a new cartridge developed jointly by Ruger and Federal.

* Rifle of the Year: 1999 Ruger. 22 Magnum 10-22, 2002 Ruger 77 / 17RM. 17 HMR Rimfire,

Ruger began chambering its Super Redhawk in this caliber in 1997 and Taurus followed with the Raging Bull model in 1998 and the Taurus Raging Judge Magnum in 2010.

While S & W produced the first prototype revolver chambered in. 44 Magnum, the famous Model 29, Sturm, Ruger actually beat S & W to market by several months in 1956 with a. 44 Magnum version of the single action Blackhawk revolver.

One version says a Ruger employee found a cartridge case marked ". 44 Remington Magnum " and took it to Bill Ruger, while another says a Remington employee provided Ruger with early samples of the ammunition.

The. 44 Magnum was an immediate success, and the direct descendants of the S & W Model 29 and the. 44 Magnum Ruger Blackhawks are still in production, and have been joined by numerous other makes and models of. 44 Magnum revolvers and even a handful of semi-automatic models, the first being the. 44 Automag, produced in the 1960s.

Ruger introduced its first long gun, a semi-automatic carbine chambered for. 44 Magnum, in 1959, and Marlin followed soon after with a lever action model 1894 in. 44 Magnum.

Although improved modern alloys and manufacturing techniques have allowed even stronger cylinders, leading to larger and more powerful cartridges such as the. 454 Casull and. 480 Ruger in revolvers the same size as a. 44 Magnum, the. 44 Magnum is still considered a top choice today.

In 2006, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the. 44 Magnum, Ruger introduced a special 50th anniversary Blackhawk revolver, in the " Flattop " style.

In 1969, Ruger introduced their. 44 Carbine, the first. 44 Magnum carbine.

Some commercial and custom revolvers and single-shot pistols ( such as the Ruger Blackhawk, T / C Contender and others ) employ high-pressure loads that are dangerous in the Single Action Army and other vintage arms chambered for the 45 Colt cartridge, especially 19th-century " pre-smokeless " revolvers which should be fired ( if at all ) only with black powder or light smokeless loads.

These loads should be used only in modern large-frame revolvers such as the Ruger Blackhawk, Redhawk, Ruger Vaquero ( erroneously referred to as the " Old Model " to differentiate it from the " New Model "), Thompson Center Contender or any gun firing the. 454 Casull cartridge.

Colt has resumed production of the Single-Action Army, and many SAA replicas and near-replicas as well as modern-design single-actions by Ruger are chambered for this cartridge.

The cartridge was first chambered in the Ruger Hawkeye single shot pistol.

Several single-action revolvers have recently been chambered for this cartridge, including the Ruger Vaquero.

The. 480 Ruger is a revolver cartridge, introduced in 2003 by Sturm, Ruger and Hornady.

This was the first new cartridge introduced by Ruger, and was at time of introduction the largest diameter production revolver cartridge, at.

When Ruger began to design their new cartridge, they started with the. 475 Linebaugh super-magnum cartridge, but went a different direction.

Rather than using the Blackhawk, Ruger chose to chamber the new round in the double action Super Redhawk, and designed the cartridge to fit in a 6 shot cylinder.

The. 480 Ruger is often viewed by some, as a ". 475 Special "; in other words, as a slightly downloaded version of the super-magnum cartridge.

The initial response to the. 480 Ruger was mixed, as many reviewers compared it unfavorably to the more powerful. 475 Linebaugh or. 454 Casull, and wondered why Ruger had bothered to introduce a lower powered cartridge.

There were many handgunners that disliked the heavy Super Redhawk, and waited for Ruger to release the cartridge in their Super Blackhawk single action.

In 2003, Ruger introduced a new cartridge called the. 480 Ruger, which is essentially a shortened. 475 Linebaugh that operates at 4 % lower pressure, 48, 000 vs. 50, 000 for the Linebaugh.