Shooting the Bull: Ruger’s Other Centerfire Semi- Autos, The Mini 14 and Mini 30 In my opinion, the two grand masters of the American firearms industry are John Moses Browning and William B. Ruger. While Browning possessed the rare ability to envision and conceive entirely new firearms operating systems, Ruger’s genius lay in his use of innovative new manufacturing processes, such as investment casting, to produce new firearms based on tried-and-true designs. One of his ...
Feb. 20, 2014 - The Times-News