Why did Ruger stop making the Vaqero in 7.5 inch?

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The ONLY reason I've seen for STURM RUGER&COMPANY to ever stop production and sales of a particular model was it's lack of sales and profitability. NOTHING ELSE MATTERS !!
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WIL TERRY said:

The ONLY reason I've seen for STURM RUGER&COMPANY to ever stop production and sales of a particular model was it's lack of sales and profitability. NOTHING ELSE MATTERS !!

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They sell less than 1000 .30 Carbine NMBH pistols a year - must have a couple of container-loads already put together.

edlmann said:

WIL TERRY said:

The ONLY reason I've seen for STURM RUGER&COMPANY to ever stop production and sales of a particular model was it's lack of sales and profitability. NOTHING ELSE MATTERS !!

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They sell less than 1000 .30 Carbine NMBH pistols a year - must have a couple of container-loads already put together.

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I think you may be 100% correct as I cannot fathom any other reason that this gun is still in the catalog, certainly not because ammo is reasonably priced!

Nh Rugerman said:

edlmann said:

WIL TERRY said:

The ONLY reason I've seen for STURM RUGER&COMPANY to ever stop production and sales of a particular model was it's lack of sales and profitability. NOTHING ELSE MATTERS !!

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They sell less than 1000 .30 Carbine NMBH pistols a year - must have a couple of container-loads already put together.

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I think you may be 100% correct as I cannot fathom any other reason that this gun is still in the catalog, certainly not because ammo is reasonably priced!

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Found this footnote on Ruger's web site:

* .30 Carbine Blackhawk serial numbers rollmarked with .357 cal. Blackhawk revolvers beginning in 2013.

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If you check Ruger's published serial number list, it looks like for the last 20 years you can tell, Ruger shipped 8,833 revolvers, or an average of ≈ 441 per year.

Beats me.

Generally speaking, the people who want a long barreled single action prefer a Colt.

Why is something discontinued? Smart manufacturing means you discontinue the items with low demand so those resources can be used for high demand items.

I think that Sturm Ruger did it just because it wants to pi$$ off consumers!




Of course not. Just because a small number of consumers want a certain configuration does not mean it matters to SR. This is the role of "distributor specials", not SR.



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Ruger makes the .30 Carbine Blackhawk because they have 100% of the marketshare of an SA in that caliber. Why not continue it if the only difference is a cylinder and a barrel tube? And they keep selling.
Ruger suspended production of the .30 and the .41 in the '80's. Wrote a letter to Sanetti back then to ask why, especially when they had a lock on sales for the .30 (and that they ought to continue the .41 as well...for the same reason). I don't know if my letter got them to thinking about that or not, but not too long after they started making them again.
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