In just over 60 years, Ruger guns have earned a spot near the top of all American gun manufacturers. In ï¬rearms manufacturing terms that's a meteoric rise, and it doesnÂ’t seem to be slowing. The American Compact enters the most competitive arena in gundom, and is the most recent combatant in the ï¬erce battle for carry-gun supremacy. And while Glock may have brought life to the polymer frame/striker-ï¬re gun category, they are hardly the only game in town anymore. Virtually every major handgun manufacturer has some sort of gun that ï¬ts this mold, and more are coming. For the past...