ObviouslyMaybe I'm too old. But I have no desire for anything more powerful that a Ruger Only 45 Colt revolver.
I can't imagine anything I'd come across that that wouldn't be enough for.




ObviouslyMaybe I'm too old. But I have no desire for anything more powerful that a Ruger Only 45 Colt revolver.
I can't imagine anything I'd come across that that wouldn't be enough for.
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a lot of people say that about the 22.
There's always a market for the Most Powerful anything!!! A few companies make 50bmg pistols!!!
The 480 was an also ran at best when introduced. It kinda matched the 454 Cassul and some of the hotter 44 mag loadings not to mention the Linebaughs!!! The cartridge I am talking about wouldn't be just another 45/70. It would only be a few thousands different and would probably be like the hottest of modern loads and CHAMBER The 460 AS ONE OF THE WIMP OPTIONS. I know that the average age here is 80ish but I know I would have been on this like a bad smell 30-40 years ago when I was playing in the power games. There will always be a Market for the biggest and fastest of anything. If nothing else it's a statement to the world just like Bill Ruger made multiple times in his life. It's like King of the Hill. You either are or you aren't. Glock is king of the Duty/Mid Carry market with dozens of Copycats. S&W is the King of the Power Wars currently with Taurus copying their every move with their Copycats. Ruger has floundered in Mediocrity for decades. Even now it's their Copycat Guns that are barely worthy of mention. I guess you all gave up on being anything more than Meh decades ago as well.Ruger can't sell their .480 Ruger revolvers, and ammo and brass are only sporadically available. What makes you think that a .45-70 revolver would be any more popular? BFR pretty well has the 'long frame' market covered. Ruger tried the gun of the month club back in the mid-late '80s, and that didn't work out very well for them. Stick to what sells, and add a few carefully researched (and desirable) offerings often enough to keep interest up, and stay away from the fads or one-ups. People that want the biggest and baddest are what the custom gunsmiths are for, IMHO.
Doesn't someone market that 45/70 BFR, 5 shot? Who is that, IMI? Shouldn't Ruger focus on copying one legitimate firearms manufacturer at a time? Let them "boldly duplicate" everything Glock makes, first, then Ruger can "Proudly Introduce" the all new "Desert Eagle"…I believe if Ruger "wants to" it would be because there's a market for that product.
It won't be because of nostalgia or bravado or bragging rights or setting a new trend.
Money matters.
No market for it.