{"id":12277,"date":"2019-10-24T11:46:29","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T11:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=12277"},"modified":"2019-10-24T11:46:30","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T11:46:30","slug":"bill-ruger-designed-a-machine-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=12277","title":{"rendered":"Bill Ruger Designed A Machine Gun?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:5497,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.full30.com\\\/watch\\\/MDIxOTk5\\\/bill-rugers-prototype-ww2-light-machine-gun&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/full30.com\\\/watch\\\/MDIxOTk5\\\/bill-rugers-prototype-ww2-light-machine-gun&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<!-- Global site tag (gtag.js) - Google Analytics -->\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=UA-147431441-1\"><\/script>\n<script>\n  window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];\n  function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}\n  gtag('js', new Date());\n\n  gtag('config', 'UA-147431441-1');\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Years before he co-founded Sturm, Ruger &amp; Co., Bill Ruger worked for Auto-Ordnance. When the Army&#8217;s Ordnance Department was seeking a replacement for the M1919A4 light machine gun, he designed and submitted a prototype. Unfortunately for Ruger, it failed the endurance test as did the other submissions. Ultimately, the Army went with an updated version of the Browning design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.full30.com\/embed\/MDIxOTk5\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"seamless\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.full30.com\/watch\/MDIxOTk5\/bill-rugers-prototype-ww2-light-machine-gun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ian McCollum goes on to add this<\/a> about the prototype which now is part of the Cody Firearms Museum&#8217;s collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> As it turns out &#8211; and as Ruger would later write &#8211; it could be quite hard to create a ground-up new design to beat John Browning&#8217;s work in just 4 or 5 months (shocking!). When Ruger&#8217;s gun was tested, it was found to have a few good aspects, but was generally unreliable and failed to complete the scheduled 10,000-round endurance test. All of the other guns in that trial failed for various reasons, though, and a second trial was scheduled, giving the manufacturers time to improve their designs. Ruger and Auto-Ordnance were unable to substantially correct the problems with the gun, however, and it did as badly in the second trial as it had in the first. Ultimately, a separate procurement process by the Infantry Department would result in the M1919A6 Browning, which was adopted for the role of light machine gun.<\/p><p><br>This experience would serve Ruger well, as he would go on to do quite a lot more work with Auto-Ordnance before forming his own tremendously successful company. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Years before he co-founded Sturm, Ruger &amp; Co., Bill Ruger worked for Auto-Ordnance. 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