Here's a page from the great Stoeger catalog from not long after the Ruger Standard was introduced in 1949. Judging from the price, I'm guessing it was right around 1951. That $37.50 Ruger charged back then is about equivalent to $345.60 today, which is pretty close to the list price of the Standard today ($379) despite all the improvements that have been added since then. The target's price is equivalent to about $529 today, whereas the current model lists for $449 and comes with a scope rail as well as iron sights.
I'm a big fan of the Ruger .22 pistols and currently own two, a Mark-III Hunter and a .22/45 Target. There are those who prefer the Browning Buckmark and say it's a better shooter out of the box, but there's an amazing range of accessories and aftermarket parts for the Ruger that allow the home gunsmith to create precisely the customized gun they want. Both of mine are very accurate, and thanks to a Volquartsen trigger and sear work by a friend of mine, both have triggers with the proverbial "breaking a glass rod" feel, and both are far more accurate than I can shoot them.
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