Ruger got that one right.
Ruger has been getting a lot of my money lately...
In Feb the wife wanted a pocket rocket for her valentines present (wanted a pistol she could go running/jogging/exercise with)... we looked at offerings from s&W, glock, kahr, keltec, sig, and ruger.. and ended up walking away with a matching pair of LCP's (sorta matching.. mine is the standard "black".. she got one with a pink frame)..
In July the wife decided she wanted to step up to a larger caliber deer/hunting rifle.. she has been shooting a .243 for years.. but had a hard time dropping a large boar a while back, and wanted something with a little more stopping power behind it.. I also wanted something in the "mid" range for myself in a centerfire.. all of my hunting rifles are either relatively small caliber (.243, 6mm REM, etc..).. or on the high side of "ouch.. that hurts"... (7mm WSM.. .45-70.. etc..)..
We ended up picking up matching Ruger Americans in .308 after looking at the entire field of basic hunting rifles.. played with recent offerings from savage, marlin, mossberg, wetherby, and ruger.. (the R A's arent pretty.. but you get a whole lot of gun for the money with that line.. really impressed with the performance of both rifles so far..)...
and then Saturday.. when the daughter decided she was ready to try her hand at pistols.... we looked at several .22 options.. checked out options from Walther, Sig, S&W, Browning, and Ruger.. she went for the Ruger (we had actually already identified the Ruger as the "perfect" 1st pistol for her as far back as the NRA convention when the wife and I first did a side by side comparison of it against the walther... but.. I wanted the daughter to feel like she was part of the decision making process... check out several options.. get a chance to put them all in her hands.. etc... I just may have nudged her a bit along the way toward what I thought was best...
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Considering that prior to Feb of this year.. I had only owned 1 other ruger in my life (I've probably bought and sold 200+ firearms in my lifetime).. a little .22 single action bearcat revolver that I bought for my son 17+ years ago).. thats quite a change... theyve come a long way in the last 20 years (IMO).. Ive always liked their revolvers (both SA and DA).. but never cared for much of anything else they have made before now...
These days.. Im pretty impressed..
