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Ruger Corp Drills

Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2016 11:40 am
by d findley
Tools from the Ruger Corp., mid-1940s

Re: Ruger Corp Drills

Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2016 12:48 pm
by gunman42782
Cool!

Re: Ruger Corp Drills

Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2016 5:49 pm
by flattop44
Wow, a box for the straight handle drill, I have never seen one of those!!
Bill

Re: Ruger Corp Drills

Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2016 6:22 pm
by Brass Frame
Don, great stuff that most Ruger collectors do not know. They were very unique for their time. Brass Frame/Lee E

Re: Ruger Corp Drills

Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2016 9:10 am
by Watertender
I have one of the pistol grip drills like the one in the left foreground of the picture. It's a very well made tool that was ahead of it's time. Showed it to a couple of retired tool & die makers & they were impressed. One of them is a shooter & we were discussing the various .22 pistols & the manufacturing methods used to make them. Bill Ruger made 2 pieces of stamped sheetmetal & a piece of steel tube take the place of a solid block of steel requiring well over 100 machining operations. Where a Colt or High Standard needed the slide handfitted to the receiver rails Ruger made his bolt cycle in a round tube using the ejector & bolt stop pin as guides. Is it any wonder that the pistols Bill Ruger invented & made put the other makers out of business?

Re: Ruger Corp Drills

Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2016 11:39 am
by RocDoc
Don, you never cease to amaze me, thanks for posting another great part of Ruger history! Is this in your most recent book, or did I just miss seeing it there?