For a company that makes a lot of sub-par products and has a long history of doing so, Ruger is getting a whole lot of love and support from the American 2A community over their issue with Beretta buying shares of their stock.
Having bought over 25 Ruger firearms over the span of a little over four decades, I think I'm entitled to not be a huge fan of their products at this point. Buying a Mark 4 pistol and having to send it back for a recall less than two weeks later was the last straw for me. I'll not be buying another Ruger product.
While I'm not a huge fan of the "Arms Maker for Responsible Citizens," I'd rather not see it get gobbled up by Beretta. That said, I don't see the situation between Beretta and Ruger to be one of Ruger wearing the lily white hat and Beretta wearing black. Whatever Beretta management want to do with respect to Ruger, they wouldn't be in a position to do it in the absence of executive decisions on Ruger's part.
I expect to get flamed by the Ruger Faithful. Before they light their torches, I would say to them: "P-85 pistol," "Mini-14," "Single Sixes with uncrowned muzzles and chambers eccentric to the bore center line," "Gold Label shotgun recall," "Incorrect front sight height on Old Army," and "No. 1 with internal barrel finish on par with a sewer pipe."
Instead of spending money on Marlin and the buyout of Andersen Manufacturing, Ruger's upper management could have used that money to shore the company up against a hostile takeover, but, alas, they did not.
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