Marlin / Ruger factory visit

[ANDYLARSSON]

While we were in the Carolinas filming a video “Craft of the Levergun” we had a chance to stop by the Mayodan Ruger plant and see how the sausage is made.

Very impressive all the way around.

Here’s a few photos:

[Griff]

Looks like the future!

[GunnyMack]

If Ruger is involved ya cant go wrong!
Guess I have to start deciding if I want a 357, 44 or go big and get a 45-70...

[2ndovc]

Good stuff!

Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving!

Jason

[Sixgun]

Thanks Andy…..I’ve always said that Ruger is the best “meat and potatoes” guns ever made.

Oh Lordy, your wife is a 10…..you’re blessed….——6

[TraderVic]

Very nice to see this, thanks !

[JOG]

Wow, that looks like a big-time operation!
I'm surprised I don't see more Ruger Marlin in the gun shops.
Johnny

[KWK]

Oh Lordy, your wife is a 10…..you’re blessed…

I'll second that.

[RIDERED350r]

Wow! Very cool and thanks for sharing

Do you have a YouTube channel?

[Grizz]

Thanks for the photos. Very interesting to see what's going on.

[Scott Tschirhart]

Very encouraging! Thanks for giving us a peek.

[Pat C]

Well this is an outstanding post and you just confirmed that the frame/tang is still made from hammer forging . Wonderful !!

[44shooter]

All those carbines on that cart look beautiful. My JM has two different colors of wood on it, but it was about a quarter to a third the price about twenty years ago

[AJMD429]

All those carbines on that cart look beautiful. My JM has two different colors of wood on it, but it was about a quarter to a third the price about twenty years ago

True. The prices versus the 1970's are actually often 'better' for firearms (and in many ways quality, at least in terms of accuracy-out-of-the-box, is better), since the dollar is worth only about a sixth of what it was then.

But if you go back twenty years instead, inflation wasn't as steep, and I think it is more like two to one, so to the extent that quality probably hasn't improved in many areas in the past 20 years (as opposed to 50), if a gun costs more than twice what it would have cost in 2003 or so, it may indeed be 'more expensive' now.

Of course the more people want something, or the less that is available, the more money it will require to get it. And I think right now there is a demand for 'leverguns' that is actually pretty high. Those of us who 'got in on the ground floor' should be happy we did; just starting out now one could easily see how the "if you could just have one gun" question becomes a serious thing, versus just a hypothetical debate topic for gun forums.

Although it would be hard to argue against a Glock or AR-15 for the 'just one gun' scenario in these troubled times, where 'personal and home protection' often against multiple drugged-up assailants who know the 'law' won't touch them, many of us who live in relatively safer neighborhoods might just pick a levergun for that 'just one gun'. (I'd probably say a 357 Mag Marlin is the most practical and useful all-around carbine I can think of.) If not as a 'first' or 'only' gun, a levergun STILL would likely be in the top six for most people, and despite today's prices, many U.S. citizens do have the luxury of affording that many.

Thankfully....

[Ysabel Kid]

Thanks for sharing, Andy.