So Long Bill Ruger
It seems Ruger is slowly throwing off the chains place upon it back in the day when Bill Ruger ran the place. The Firearm Blog has the scoop on Ruger's new and official 25 round 10/22 magazines. One of the Ruger spokesmen stated the following in regards to the magazines:
"These are genuine Ruger factory magazines. We designed them. We didn't license and rebrand someone else's magazines," said Ruger CEO Michael Fifer.
That doesn't fill me with a whole lot of confidence. My main hope is that these magazines aren't complete shit like the standard 10 round affairs. I've not been able to find a single standard 10 round magazine for my 10/22 that doesn't end up being a jam-o-matic. Frankly it's embarrassing that the manufacturer of one of the (if not the) most prolific .22 rifles can't even manage to make a magazine that works for that gun.
Regardless of how well the magazines work it's nice to see Ruger is moving further and further away from Bill Ruger's ideas. Good work guys.