Scary Customer Encounter at GM

[DoggyDaddy]

Well, this is pretty close...now just try finding this in a store :

XT 22/45

https://us.armscor.com/products/xt-22-45-combo

Well see, now I don't feel so bad! They even used nearly the same naming convention as Ruger so my faux pas wasn't as far-fetched as I thought.

 

[Manatee]

Ruger really botched this in my opinion. First of all, it is not a 45. Most people know this after the first encounter with the literature on the pistol or talking to a seller. Second, if it has a 1911 grip style, then it conceivably could be called a 22/1911.

It isn't the customer who is stupid. It's the Ruger engineer or marketing troll.

 

[Dirtebiker]

Ruger really botched this in my opinion. First of all, it is not a 45. Most people know this after the first encounter with the literature on the pistol or talking to a seller. Second, if it has a 1911 grip style, then it conceivably could be called a 22/1911.

It isn't the customer who is stupid. It's the Ruger engineer or marketing troll.

Ruger engineers= stupid? .....um, ok

 

[HoughMade]

I have to agree that the name of the Ruger 22/45 seems to be the result of: "OK, we've got a great gun....we have have to launch it tomorrow, what are we going to call it?"

 

[MadMan66]

Ruger engineers= stupid? .....um, ok

Ruger engineers = stupid? No. Ruger marketers = stupid? Possibly.

 

[JetGirl]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure "engineers" aren't the ones who get to name stuff.

 

[SubUrbanCamo317]

Well, this is pretty close...now just try finding this in a store :

XT 22/45

https://us.armscor.com/products/xt-22-45-combo

Beech Grove Firearms has had that kit in stock i thought about it pretty hard when i saw it...

 

[vork08]

Ruger really botched this in my opinion. First of all, it is not a 45. Most people know this after the first encounter with the literature on the pistol or talking to a seller. Second, if it has a 1911 grip style, then it conceivably could be called a 22/1911.

It isn't the customer who is stupid. It's the Ruger engineer or marketing troll.

IMHO, Ruger marketing did OK on this one. I have had at least 5 people that I have taken to the range and introduced them to handguns that have said "I really like the feel of the .45, but the .22 is a lot more fun. Do they make a .22 with the feel of a .45?" 2 of them ended up getting the Ruger 22/45 because of the description of a .22 on a .45 frame.