Ruger trimmed a large slice of its catalog this week. On Tuesday the company announced changes to several current-generation product families as part of its Ruger 2030 strategy: four revolver lines stop production immediately, while a much longer list of rifles, revolvers and pistols finishes out final production runs over the remainder of 2026. That list includes the Ruger Precision Rifle, the Hawkeye and the 77-Series hunting rifles. As reported by American Rifleman and Guns.com, the company says these families are not necessarily gone for good.
Effective immediately, Ruger is ceasing production of the LCR, SP101, GP100 and Bearcat revolvers. The models scheduled to complete final production runs over the rest of the year are the SR1911, LC Carbine, PC Charger, PC Carbine, LC Charger, Redhawk, Super Redhawk, Blackhawk, Super Blackhawk, Single-Series revolvers, Vaquero, the No. 1 single-shot, the 77-Series rifles, the Hawkeye and the Ruger Precision Rifle.
That is more than a product cull. It ends a run of 1911s that spanned roughly 15 years of the company history, and it closes out single-action centerfire revolvers at a company that has been building them since 1955.
The rifles continuing into 2027 are the American Rifle and American Rimfire, the Ruger Precision Rimfire, the 10/22, the Mini-14 and the Harrier AR line produced in the former Anderson factory in Kentucky. Surviving handguns are the LCP series, the modular RXM, the MAX-9, the Security-380 and Security-9, the Ruger 5.7, the Mark IV rimfire family and the 22 Charger. The rimfire Wrangler and Super Wrangler revolvers stay, and the contract-built Red Label III shotgun remains in the catalog after taking a best-new-shotgun award this year. A company spokesperson told Guns.com that some of these names could return in updated forms, but gave no timelines.
The RPR landed in July 2015 as an unlikely value proposition: a factory bolt gun with an in-line recoil path, AR-style controls, a folding adjustable stock, AR-10 pattern magazines and a geometry that needed no bedding, sold for far less than the custom chassis builds it ran against. It also shipped with a pre-fit barrel system built around a proprietary barrel nut, which means an owner with headspace gauges can change barrels at home instead of shipping the rifle out for weeks. That package is why the RPR became the default first long-range rifle for a decade of shooters, and why its exit leaves the biggest gap.
Losing one rifle does not empty the category. Shooters who want a factory precision platform still have strong choices, and the Bergara line has become a reference point for what a competition-ready factory rifle looks like — see our take on the Bergara Premier Competition Elite. If you are rebarreling an existing action or speccing a new build, the practical decisions come down to barrel contour, length and material, and ultimately to twist rate, which decides whether a barrel will stabilize the heavy-for-caliber bullets these cartridges are built around.
Nothing here threatens ammunition supply. The RPR mainstream chamberings — 6.5 Creedmoor, 6mm Creedmoor, .308 Winchester and 6.5 PRC — are supported by nearly every major ammunition maker, and brass, bullets and dies for them are all in steady production. Discontinuing a rifle does not discontinue a cartridge. Ruger own product page still lists the 24-inch 6.5 Creedmoor RPR at a 1:8 twist and a $2,209 MSRP, though it now shows as currently unavailable, so the rifles already in hands are the ones that will keep shooting.
Two things are worth acting on. First, do not wait for a clearance. Final runs of models with a following usually tighten supply and firm up street prices rather than produce bargains, and the 77-Series and Hawkeye have loyal buyers. If one has been on your list, buy from a dealer holding stock now. Second, weigh parts and aftermarket support: the RPR ecosystem of barrels, triggers, stocks and magazines is deep and independent of Ruger, so an existing rifle stays viable for years, while a 77-Series or Hawkeye buyer should confirm spares availability before paying a premium on the secondary market. Buying used from an out-of-state seller also means the rifle must ship to a licensed dealer for the transfer and background check, so line one up before you commit — you can find an FFL dealer in Texas or any other state through the dealer directory while you shop.
Read the announcement as a portfolio decision rather than a retreat. Ruger 2030 concentrates manufacturing on the highest-volume lines — 10/22, American, AR-pattern rifles and polymer pistols — and clears floor space for whatever comes next. For buyers, that means the classic names are entering a window where scarcity, not price cuts, is the thing to plan around.