Bill Ruger's Toolbox: Tools that Made the Man

Abstract

I had the good fortune to work closely with Bill Ruger from 1980 until his death in 2002. When his office was cleaned out, I was given his original toolbox. The contents of that dusty, thoroughly neglected oak box are fascinating. What follows are my subjective impressions of the what the objects inside that toolbox reveal about Bill’s thought processes while designing new firearms features.