While Glock is leaving its legacy designs in the rearview, Ruger has resolved to expand the RXM pistol family. 

At its Nov. 6 investors' webcast detailing third quarter operating results, Ruger leadership announced sales of new products, including the RXM pistol, recently-introduced Marlin lever-action rifles, and the American Centerfire Rifle Generation II, represented $40.6 million or 33.7 percent of firearm sales for the company in the past three months.  

We've extensively shot the RXM over the past 17 months and have often stated that it is the pistol that Glock should have been making for the past 10. 

Todd Seyfert, Ruger's President and CEO, informed investors on the call that the company plans on "building out the popular RXM pistol family with new grip frames, sizes, accessories, and configurations."

Glock recently took a dramatic U-turn by announcing it was discontinuing all of its Gen 3/4/5 double-stack pistols in November, replacing them in its catalog with a new V-series guns, which are apparently more tamper-proof when it comes to the insertion of unregistered "chips" or "switches" to convert them to full-auto fire. Shadow Systems, which makes more upscale Glock clones, has similarly stated that it plans to modify designs, at least for the California market, to comply with AB 1127, a statewide Glock ban that was adopted in July and becomes effective in 2026. 

Three days before the investors call, Everytown called on Ruger to halt production of the RXM, saying point-blank that "if Ruger continues on its present path, it faces similar litigation risks" to those brought against Glock in recent months, some of which have been stoked directly by the anti-gun billionaire-backed activist group. 

On Nov. 10, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong sent Ruger a similar letter on the RXM. 

Banner image: Ruger RXM with multiple slides, grip modules, and holsters. (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com)