Thread 63924340

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/i-p-anderson-mfg-ruger-announces-asset-purchase-of-anderson-manufa-44821672

>Ruger has announced that they have purchased the company and will not be continuing the name.

>This acquisition is an incredible opportunity to advance our long-term strategy and expand Ruger’s capacity,” said Todd Seyfert, President and CEO of Ruger. “We’re excited to welcome members from the talented team at Anderson Manufacturing and leverage their knowledge and infrastructure to better serve our customers. This move reinforces Ruger’s position as a leader in the industry, and reiterates my focus on continued growth, even as others scale back.

ok

yeah

>>63924340 (OP)
There is a disturbance in the Poorce

>>63924340 (OP)
incoming $500 AR-15s with a Ruger rollmark.

>>63924340 (OP)
... is my trash lower i could barely get an lpk in suddenly more valuable?

>>63924394
I got a 10 pack of them for $350 about 8 years ago, and they all worked just fine.

>>63924340 (OP)
WAIT NO THIS MEANS I CAN'T JUST GET A NEW LOWER AT FLEET FARM D:

>>63924340 (OP)
Ok by me, sad they aren’t keeping the name though. I wonder who will buy Aero in a few months. Would be kek if PSA bought them

>>63924403
Mine all had reeeeeeal toight holes

>>63924429
PSA might be interested in ballistic advantage

Hi-point got Ruger sweatin'

>>63924439
That’s true. Would be interesting to see PSA acquire them in a lot of ways, if they maintained Aero QC practices in the Aero side of things PSA could offer a genuinely higher end product

>>63924457
Is their sabre stuff any good? I thought that was supposed to be the qc done right stuff

Gonna file it under "shit nobody except credova enjoyers care about."

>>63924582
What game?

>>63924608
Evil Death Nightmare™

Anderson>ruger

>>63924340 (OP)
The message on their website seems to suggest that Ruger won't honor Anderson warranties. Sucks!

>>63924429
>>63924457
Fuck Gayro for forcing the vax mandate on their employees

>>63924654
Aero did this? Wish I would have known before I bought some stuff from them

>>63924661
Yep. Hornady did too

>>63924661
>>63924654
They did but you have to put it in the context of the time. I'm a WAfag and saw it firsthand.
Aero operates out of Washington. At the time during the scamdemic, WA's governor wanted to be California and the AG hates guns. Like, rabidly hates guns and gun owners. He's our governor now too.
Anyway, I would bet that Aero was afraid of getting shut down for not requiring the vaxx and their owners were worried about money. I could be wrong but that's the impression we got from the ground level.
Honestly I'm more upset with Rainier Arms handing over customer data to Leticia James in NY when she threatened to sue them for selling P80 jigs. Rainier didn't even wait for a search warrant, they just did it.

>>63924666
>Yep. Hornady did too
checked, also another company to ditch
>>63924687
are they still in Washington? fuckem

The era of Delton and Anderson is over. The era of Hi-point and Andro has begun.

>>63924705
They're still here, they still advertise shit we can't buy anymore to us too. Would have been nice to see them fight harder against the bullshit here but Bloomberg has way more money.

>>63924582
>premier
In terms of how much they produce and sell? Yeah probably?

>>63924608
Hearts of Iron IV.
That screenshot is from a mod for the game. I'm unsure of which one.

>>63924788
I think its the fire rises

>>63924802
It is. There's multiple civilian arms producers you can capture.

Who makes the cheapest milspec lower now?

>>63925596
Still PSA

>>63924429
PSA - Keltec collaboration when?

>>63924340 (OP)
Why tho? It's like buying a crack house that's falling to pieces, riddled with black mold and about to catch on fire due to the old-as-fuck electrical wiring.

>>63924340 (OP)
Does this mean my one Poverty Pony AM15 lower is now a collector's item?

>>63925878
perhaps

>>63924576
Qc done right for PSA amounts to the rare occurrence of when their qcqa inspectors are sober

>>63924622
Ruger is trying to shut off their competition for their ARs. For most distributors you have no budget lowers available when they sell off their inventory unless your distributor has FMK. Ruger is shooting a shot against the bow at PSA.

>>63924433
so did ur mum :)

>>63924576
From all my reading Sabre seems to be the same as the rest of the PSA stuff, just scaled up. The individual parts are excellent for the money and if you get one that is assembled properly you have an excellent price-performance rifle. PSA’s ARs are over hated imo but you have to watch out for those over-torqued barrels. PSA’s Harambe, and such.

>>63926178
In my experience ruger QC is very good, if they can spit out sub $200 lowers from the Anderson plant with ruger levels of QC I would treat those as the go-to lower over PSA or Aero

>>63924429
>>63924439
>>63924457
Most likely option is probably Primary Arms purchasing them since they already have a close relationship, if PA have the money.

>>63924446
Wasn't hi-point sourcing all their parts for their ARs from Anderson?

>>63924340 (OP)
Seems like a good move. Gun market in general is slow right now and AR sales are stagnant. It is a time for consolidations. Ruger has a diverse product line that can float them no matter where the market goes, and Anderson's manufacturing capacity can make ARs while their Prescott plant can focus on other things.
>>63924403
I've never had a problem with Anderson. Their lowers, uppers and complete rifles have been unremarkable but reasonably well machined and put together. I have seen some absolute dog shit out of spec budget ARs in my time but never an Anderson that firmly landed in that category.
>>63925878
Not right away, but if you stow it for a few years somebody might want be looking for one still in the blister pack purely for the novelty.
>>63926178
>>63927518
That would be a good move, but I'm not sure Ruger would be interested in selling receivers. They always seemed leery of the idea. For instance there are tons of 3rd party 10/22 receivers but none for Ruger themselves.

That could change though. RXM lines them up to offer a trigger pack/module by itself like Sig does.

>>63927104
lies, his mum could hide the ego of every european in her snatch and have room for china.

>>63928046
Volquartsen has to buy complete Mk IV pistols to get the grip modules to mate to their own uppers, then they sell off the Ruger uppers for $35 (FFL required).

>>63924393
But they already are?

>>63924340 (OP)
>>63924393
GIVE ME $50 LOWERS WITH A SWEDISH NAME ROLLMARK OR GIVE ME DEATH

>>63929165
thats 600 after FFL fee and taxes

>>63929193
McDonald's Money. What are you poor?

>>63927518
They won't. Anderson + PSA is what has kept PSA selling uppers for the last decade. PSA doesn't sell to distributors in most of the country and that is how it works for most gun shops to get new firearms.

Selling their own lowers is something I can never see Ruger doing as they make way too much money on marking up budget parts and assembly.

>>63928046
>That would be a good move, but I'm not sure Ruger would be interested in selling receivers. They always seemed leery of the idea. For instance there are tons of 3rd party 10/22 receivers but none for Ruger themselves.
>That could change though. RXM lines them up to offer a trigger pack/module by itself like Sig does.

I don't think they will. Someone is going to need to fill the Anderson gap in the market. I think Noreen out of Belgrade, Montana might be really well placed to fill the void. For the longest time they were selling 80% lowers at sub Anderson prices and 100% on par with Anderson. They could make a ton of money dumping receivers into distributors.

100-150 dollar receivers like I see now from SilencerCo or whoever is making "G2G" receivers are not workable. It will push a completed AR to 500 dollars which coincidentally is where Rugers' budget line starts at.

People acting like Anderson spit out piss poor quality lowers, that's simply not the case. As a matter of fact I've never had an out of spec lower from any manufacturer

>>63931071
>I've never had an out of spec lower from any manufacturer
Well I must be one unlucky bastard (this is probably a rarity to be fair) because I do have exactly ONE out of spec Anderson lower. My original AR build I did when I was 21 is built off an out of spec Anderson, which I discovered when I tried to put in a drop in trigger. I eventually got another Anderson on sale for $30 and that was in spec. I've ended up with 5 so far, and that first one is the only one out of spec. I don't know if that's telling, but it certainly is possible.

>>63931359
It's not out of the question to get defects for sure. While not a lower I got a Glock that had to go back due to an out of spec slide.

>>63930918
>elling their own lowers is something I can never see Ruger doing
I bought a Ruger lower from fleet farm a few years ago. The thing sucked and was out of spec. Thing was on sale for like $60 so I didn't waste time trying to get customer service to make it right

>>63924340 (OP)
missed opportunity for them to not use the name

>>63932646
I think those were specifically from them discontinuing one of their budget lines (production overrun). Afaik they don’t make a lower for sale specifically and won’t.

>>63927518
>In my experience ruger QC is very good

what is your experience?

>>63934503
I haven’t owned a ruger but I have three friends with a bunch of their stuff from revolvers and different rifles for years Ive messed with. Also haven’t heard much bad online aside from mini 14 accuracy issues. So I don’t have a negative issue on them or have something that would stop me from buying something of theirs in the future