Abstract
I had the good fortune to work closely with Bill Ruger from 1980 until his death in 2002. When his office was cleaned out, I was given his original toolbox. The contents of that dusty, thoroughly neglected oak box are fascinating. What follows are my subjective impressions of the what the objects inside that toolbox reveal about Bill’s thought processes while designing new firearms features.
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Issue: Vol. VII No. 2
Published: 30 Nov 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52357/armax92673
Peer-reviewed?: No
Keywords: Bill Ruger, Sturm, Ruger & Co., Ruger Standard, M1 Carbine, Mini-14
Bibliographic Information
Steve Sanetti, ‘Bill Ruger’s Toolbox: Tools that Made the Man’, Armax: The Journal of Contemporary Arms, Vol. VII № 2 (2021), pp. 109–112, <https://doi.org/10.52357/armax92673>.
About the Author
Steve Sanetti has been active in the firearms industry for more than forty years, and was formerly the President & Chief Operating Officer of Sturm, Ruger & Co. He later served as President and CEO of the National Shooting Sports Foundation and the Sporting Arms & Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute. He is the owner of Arms Appraisals LLC.