RUGER SHOTGUNS FOR SALE

In the early 1970s, Bill Ruger, co-founder of Sturm, Ruger, and Company, recognized a hole in the over/under shotgun market. At the time, most fine double-barrel shotguns were being imported to the U.S. from Europe (as they had for decades). They were expensive and often unobtainable for working-class hunters. Keen on filling that void, Ruger went to work designing and engineering a functional, less expensive American-made over/under—the Ruger Red Label. By 1977, the first Red Labels hit gun store shelves. The Red Label enjoyed a production run of more than 30 years, but manufacturing costs doomed the double gun. However, the RUGER SHOTGUNS continues to be a favorite of serious upland hunters across the country as well as a collector’s item for shotgun aficionados.