Ruger rose to prominence on a series of rugged, reliable firearms with price tags that weren’t out of reach of people with house payments and kids in braces. In the 1980s, the company entered the “WonderNine” market with its P85, which eventually spawned a whole swarm of successors in various calibers. These guns were popular in the civilian market because they carried on the Ruger tradition of ruggedness, reliability and a reasonable sticker price.
Unfortunately, as the ’80s gave way to the ’90s, fashions changed in the handgun market. Hair metal gave way to the grunge sound, and large, all-metal, double-action …read more
0 Comments