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Above said question
They sell less than 1000 .30 Carbine NMBH pistols a year - must have a couple of container-loads already put together.WIL TERRY said:The ONLY reason I've seen for STURM RUGER&COMPANY to ever stop production and sales of a particular model was it's lack of sales and profitability. NOTHING ELSE MATTERS !!
edlmann said:They sell less than 1000 .30 Carbine NMBH pistols a year - must have a couple of container-loads already put together.WIL TERRY said:The ONLY reason I've seen for STURM RUGER&COMPANY to ever stop production and sales of a particular model was it's lack of sales and profitability. NOTHING ELSE MATTERS !!
Found this footnote on Ruger's web site:Nh Rugerman said:I think you may be 100% correct as I cannot fathom any other reason that this gun is still in the catalog, certainly not because ammo is reasonably priced!edlmann said:They sell less than 1000 .30 Carbine NMBH pistols a year - must have a couple of container-loads already put together.WIL TERRY said:The ONLY reason I've seen for STURM RUGER&COMPANY to ever stop production and sales of a particular model was it's lack of sales and profitability. NOTHING ELSE MATTERS !!
If you check Ruger's published serial number list, it looks like for the last 20 years you can tell, Ruger shipped 8,833 revolvers, or an average of ≈ 441 per year.* .30 Carbine Blackhawk serial numbers rollmarked with .357 cal. Blackhawk revolvers beginning in 2013.