Yeah it would have been the coolest thing around in the 1890's. Bill Ruger really did fill a gap in the market at the time. There were still people wanting to play dress up Cowboy. A few of them are even still alive!!!
Somebody who cares should!!!
I must be a 1%er
He was the SOUL of the Company. I guess it died with him. You can't hit a home run without a few strikeouts. Sure a team can get by with consistent Base Hitters but who wants to watch that???
What about Bill's 22 auto? Still around and still popular!
I also heard that Ruger made very little profit from the entire run of the Six series.....which seems hard to believe given it was made from what, 1971 to 1986
I've mentioned several times that the MK & 10-22 are the 1911's of their category. The best of the 20th century. We're almost 1/4 of the way through the 21st. What gun at the turn of the next century will people see as just as significant now as it was originally??? I guess all the 80 year olds can't think that far out. I'm sure that if someone was still making Model T's some people would buy them.
There were some good reasons for that. I had a .357 Supermag back in the silhouette days. it shot well after working through the quality control problems. But I found the interchangeable barrel concept impractical. It was necessary to check zero any time the barrel was removed and reinstalled. Just a little difference in torque on the barrel nut would change things. Checking zero was definitively necessary if a different length barrel was installed. Of course I realize this wouldn't matter much to those that think a 10 yard pistol shot is a long one. But it was less than satisfactory to anyone else more ambitious. So once the the barrel was installed, it was better to leave it alone.
I could choose a class when I arrived for a match. I never needed more than 2-3 sighters to dial things in.
The irony that the TactiFools worship their blinged up Glocks with red dots and race gun 1911s, both of which use rounds that pre date WWI
" guns of the 2000s but no one wants that stuff now.
Let me tell you I'm not interested in any gun that won't accommodate all those things anymore. I need all the help I can get anymore. My whole point for this thread is to create the gun they will be talking about in 2100. Rails are where it's at. Full length rails are where it's at scopes, dots integrated irons.
If nobody ever pushed any envelopes the World would still be Flat. The world is full of Nothings. Anyone can do normal. George Kelgren is probably the greatest firearm genius since John Moses Browning but manufacturing isn't his strong suit. I'm sure Model T's were great cars for their day. My question with this thread is what gun could we build today that they will still be talking about in 2100???The irony that the TactiFools worship their blinged up Glocks with red dots and race gun 1911s, both of which use rounds that pre date WWI
Our military uses the M4 carbine which is a design from the 1950s , I qualified with an M16 in 2007 in Basic, my Dad qualified with an M16 in 1970 in Basic
"New" rounds like .327 Fed Magnum died on the vine, the FBI wanted 10mm , which evolved into .40, which also fell out of favor. .41 Magnum is a niche round , it once was supposed to be the "Law Enforcement "it" round " .
People want 9mms, .45 ACP, .357 Magnums and .44 Magnum is the "Dirty Harry gun" . The market stays with the bread and butter, guns just evolve around the same rounds.
S&W .460s and .500s were the "big
That's easy ... more Ruger Blackhawks
. Never go out of style. Practical and useful. Just like the SAA is still with us from 150 years ago and is still much talked about and 'used'. Same with 150 years from now (unless the anti-gunners finally get all guns outlawed in a Orwell '1984'ish world).In 2100 the military will be using drones that shoot lasers , there will be weapons that can kill with an energy pulse and weapons like M16s will be viewed like we view Flintlock Muskets today .
