At the shot show in January, I was told that the gold label would never, ever, be made again. This was from someone who appeared to be in charge, and was said with such force that I dropped the topic quickly. I have one Gold label myself & I'm trying to get one from a friend. They are good guns, light weight, very nice for 7/8 oz loads.
I was also told that all of the new (at the time) .380 pocket pistols had be shipped out of the factory. Some took that to mean that they were history also, but what was really meant was that they were selling well and they had to make another run of them. I stood right next to a guy who went away saying that Ruger wasn't going to make anymore 380's and they were going out of business! That's how rumors get started.
Regards, Ron