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    Ruger Standard Model .22 Pistol

    Sep 10, 2019 3 minutes

    Firearms history was made three score and 10 years ago, when the first Ruger was introduced. An ad in August 1949 presented to the shooting public not only a new gun, but also a new manufacturer: Sturm, Ruger & Co.

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    The ad read, “The .22 Ruger Pistol represents the first overall improvement in automatic pistol design since the Browning patent of 1905. For simplicity, strength and handsomeness, it has no equal.”

    It went on to describe the unique design. “A cylindrical bolt moving in a tubular

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