Outdoor Sports HDQ in Dayton, Ohio was one or Ruger's largest distributors and did receive runs of the Ruger "PL" models. Most of Ruger's main distributors at the time complained to Ruger they offered to many models of the Ruger 77 between the "R" model "ST" and "RS" in all calibers which was too many "SKU's to inventory. The Ruger 77 model offerings were thinned out with-in a few years.
