American Rifleman's Mark Keefe chatted with Paul May of IFC, and Mathias Strasser of Strasser, about the unique and versatile new RS 14 Evolution Takedown Rifle.
Late last year I was fortunate enough to visit Ruger’s factory in Newport, N.H., and get a preview of what the American gunmaker had in the pipeline for 2012. Ruger doesn’t like to release information on its new firearms until the guns are already in production and ready to ship to distributors.
Designed to be easily broken down for convenient transport and storage, yet with the capacity to be rapidly reassembled and brought to bear if needed, takedown models of long guns have been produced since the latter part of the 19th century.
Already considered an ideal grab-and-go survival gun, Savage Arms has converted its utilitarian Model 42 combination single-shot into an even more portable Takedown version.