Long ago, from a now retired Ruger Exec.......(My Friend) "Part of the issue is ordering ammo to be used for proof firing". And I add, Ammo build schedules are full and 348 brass at a premium or non existent. :wink:
pjinak said:RSIno1 said:The crime is not producing a stainless RSI in .308 with gray laminated stock. What a great all weather gun that would be and no complaints about 2x4 quality wood - plywood is plywood no other expectations.
I have wanted this for years... I even "told the CEO" :lol:
RSIno1 said:pjinak said:RSIno1 said:The crime is not producing a stainless RSI in .308 with gray laminated stock. What a great all weather gun that would be and no complaints about 2x4 quality wood - plywood is plywood no other expectations.
I have wanted this for years... I even "told the CEO" :lol:
The problem is the CEO is deaf because we are not Ruger's customers. They only listen to their distributors and even then when they give them an order for several hundred guns.
I wonder if we could approach Lipsey's with a No1 that has a number of requests for production and get a special run made.
Maybe it would work if we started a specific No1 Ruger Collectors Association. Then sign up for a run of one hundred (No1RCA-001 to No1RCA-100) special serial numbered guns. Make them $1,500 and get a nonrefundable 20% deposit and the order submitted when the entire run is sold out.
I think to be a sellout it would need to be a common caliber that would be effective for all North American hunting like the .308.
Make the action/barrel out of stainless for an excellent all weather gun.
Unusual No1 configuration would also help it sell. RSI has never been offered with a laminate stock. A laminate stock makes sense on the RSI as it's hard to find large enough pieces of good wood for the forestock. Make it gray for good contrast with the stainless. The dark color of the stocks on the 450 were so ugly I decided not to buy one.
If we can get it done I'm in for 2.
LuckenbachTexas said:Because I'd rather pay $1,200 for one straight from the factory instead of $2800 and the trouble of having it done