Early standard .22

[eveled]

I grabbed this shot from a video on you tube. Looks a lot more like a Nambu than the final design did.

Anyone know were this gun is?

 

[NH Rugerman]

That I believe is one of the tool room samples and remains in the factory collection. That was a pre-production gun! What was the video if I may ask?

 

[eveled]

Here it is.

 

[eveled]

The article I found the video in.

An Official Journal Of The NRA | I Have This Old Gun: Ruger .22 Pistol

Watch this segment of American Rifleman Television's "I Have This Old Gun" to learn about the history and development of the original Ruger .22-cal. rimfire pistols.

www.americanrifleman.org

 

[chet15]

I grabbed this shot from a video on you tube. Looks a lot more like a Nambu than the final design did.

Anyone know were this gun is?

Yes, that is the first Bill Ruger made prototype. Probably made about 1945 or so.
Chet15