Redleg

Does anyone know when Ruger changed from "SR" to just "R" on their logo. I have an interest in knowing this. I have a pre-ban 20 round magazine for my Mini 14 which it is perfectly legal for me to own because I bought it in 1981. (In Cal., it is illegal to buy, sell, or give away or receive magazines larger than 10 rounds, but it is not illegal to own them if you got them prior to the passage of this awful law). The magazine shows the "SR" on the Ruger eagle logo. If a cop ever questioned how I had it I would like to be able to show him or a judge the SR logo as proof that the magazine is an old sucker.

Anyone know this? I may even call Ruger about it.

BuckJM53

Redleg ... If memory serves me correctly, the Ruger logo was officially changed on the Ruger website and started showing up on new stock items in early 2008. I'm sure if you call Ruger they can give you an exact date.

Redleg

If it was 2008 then my idea goes right out the window.

Oh well. That's what I get for living in the Occupied Territory instead of FA (Free America).

Ruger Redhawk

I don't remember the exact time frame but 2008 sounds about right to me. If it was earlier it wasn't much.

weblance

I have a pair of P95s, I bought one last year and one this year. The serial numbers put one as late 2011 and the other as 2012. If you look closely at the pic, you will see that one has the "SR" logo, and one has the "R". I will assume they were just using up old stock, but I doubt that the older style frame was from 2008. Maybe not everything changed in '08. As far as I can tell, this is the only difference in these 2 pistols.

bearcatter

Just my personal feeling toward it, I think it's wrong and sad. I know everyone thinks and says just "Ruger", but Alex Sturm contributed a lot to starting the company, besides just the seed money to get Bill Ruger in business in the first place.

weblance

I agree. I feel that the new management has made some very good decisions, but this isnt one of them.

reevolvers

I'd like to see a reasonable explanation as to why they made that change. Might be a bit silly but I've spent quite a bit of time pondering the logic of such a change. It seems to me a bit of a slap in the face to the co founder of the great company!

Sr40ken

Strum was w the company 2 of the 63 years the company has existed. It is still publicly traded as Sturm Ruger. What the heck does it hurt to call it Ruger? Darn this country has turned into a bunch of complainers.

weblance

Sturm put up the original $50,000 to start the Standard Pistol project. Had he not done so, we may never have had the Sturm Ruger company. He was a brilliant manager and visionary, and an artist and advertising consultant. His help with the original advertising for the Standard helped the pistol to sell well. So often today, the only thing that matters is the bottom line. Making the projected sales and keeping the shareholders happy. Losing touch with the heritage of the founders is something no one apparently cares much about. Bill Ruger was a brilliant designer, and was the company, but Alex was his partner, and the one who really believed Bill could make the dreams a reality, when no one else did. Alex deserves his "S"

BuckJM53

Not a darn thing IMHO. Since the product owners across this board and around the world refer to the fact that they own Rugers (I've never heard someone say that they have a Sturm/Ruger MKIII ), why is it wrong somehow for the company to call and market themselves as Ruger. This is still America and accordingly, I'm OK with any company being 100% free to decide what to call themselves. If I don't like it, I'm free to go buy a Bersa/Llama or a Heckler & Koch

Sr40ken

"may" is a very subjective word. We have no way of knowing.
Heritage to is subjective and intangible. So on that point Ruger is everything and more than it was in 1949. The Mark still exists and we still have the best value in firearms. Agian being subjective.