tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710325166074275740.post2552994931211508272..comments2023-04-02T10:44:21.551-05:00Comments on The Travis McGee Reader: Gun Porn, Courtesy of the Young Bill RugerJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00034752526895428019noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710325166074275740.post-50744248416995907142010-02-24T08:07:04.732-06:002010-02-24T08:07:04.732-06:00I was working in Washington in those days, taking ...I was working in Washington in those days, taking an occasional small consulting check from institutional Republicans. That and my enjoyment of guns and the shooting sports kept me I familiar with Bill Ruger's statements which, on the surface at least, were oddly out of character. <br /><br />My view at the time was that he was looking at a political climate that had a high potential for Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00034752526895428019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710325166074275740.post-65562766683169697012010-02-24T07:55:45.244-06:002010-02-24T07:55:45.244-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00034752526895428019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710325166074275740.post-75901624067762852762010-02-23T12:28:18.101-06:002010-02-23T12:28:18.101-06:00Jim, google: "The Ruger Letter".
If you...Jim, google: "The Ruger Letter".<br /><br />If you didn't know about this, you'll be in for some interesting reading.Joe Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09610203017162443764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710325166074275740.post-4946749011314719882010-02-23T11:10:12.392-06:002010-02-23T11:10:12.392-06:00I dunno, Joe. Bill died in 2002, and I recall snap...I dunno, Joe. Bill died in 2002, and I recall snapping hi-cap magazines into Mini-14s and P-85s long, long before then.<br /><br />(Didn't some one once asked Jeff Cooper if a guy really needed a 14-round magazine? And didn't Jeff say, "only if he intends to miss a lot." :))Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00034752526895428019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710325166074275740.post-84457473117816273112010-02-23T11:00:18.756-06:002010-02-23T11:00:18.756-06:00Except, if Bill Ruger had his way, single action r...Except, if Bill Ruger had his way, single action revolvers would be about all he would sell to civilians. Seeing as how "No honest man needs more than 10 rounds in a magazine". <br /><br />It wasn't until the old Quisling died that Ruger returned to selling standard capacity magazines to civilians and started making guns for the burgeoning CCW market.Joe Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09610203017162443764noreply@blogger.com