The Ruger memorabilia end of things is truly mind blowing. There's no way anybody could keep up with it. It was hard enough with the limited number of items Ruger would do circa 1949 to the mid 1990's. That era included a Christmas gift every year from at least 1955 (before that the gift was a Christmas turkey as far as I know) as well as 10-year club gifts each year beginning in 1949, and a 25-year gift of some sort beginning in 1974.
Then I believe it was in the 1990's Ruger began offering things that the public could purchase from their store, including many many different clothing items, t shirts and a whole host of things... anything you could imagine. Then there are golf clubs they made for Callaway, Zevo and at least one other company, very quality hammer products for another company, and the list goes on and on. If there is a household item of some sort, Ruger has probably made it, or licensed somebody to make it... poker chip sets, holsters, you name it. In 1955 there were also 4 quick draw timers produced. My personal favorites are the different types of jewelry that were given as Christmas gifts up to about 1973, all made by the Anson jewelry company, the older items of which came in a nice leatherette covered small jewelry box.... .22 pistol tie clips, cufflinks, tie bars etc.... all very rare. Playing cards were also one of my favorites, and then there is the 1955 "RUGER PISTOLS" ashtray that a lot of people have thought was produced as a Christmas gift, but I really think those were used as PR gifts for numerous dealers around the country because a lot of those have been found at old gun shops.
That one chinese company also produces air rifles under Ruger licensing, so there's that... and I know sometime in the late 1970's or early 1980's there was also an airsoft company that produced a replica of Ruger's AC556 in airsoft (not sure if Ruger licensed that or not).
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