And in some cases, firearms may be stored for a length of time before they are shipped.įor details on your specific serial number you may contact our Service Department: 33įor serial numbers manufactured prior to our electronic records, or for an official letter confirming the details on your firearm please download and mail in the Request for Letter of Authenticity form.Ĭopyright © 2016 by Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. Also, within a model family the same serial number prefix may be used to produce a variety of different models, all in the same block of serial numbers. There are occasions when blocks of serial numbers have been manufactured out of sequence, sometimes years later. Ruger does not necessarily produce firearms in serial number order. It can be used to determine the approximate year your Ruger firearm was It is not necessarily the very first serial number shipped, but This number should be used as a point of reference and worth quite a bit on todays market.The above chart shows the approximate first serial number shipped for Even so, I hope this reviews about it Ruger 10 44 Rifle And Ruger 22 Rifle Serial Number Lookup will always be useful. Closeup view of a light stamped medallion with the trademark Ruger Eagle. It is also listed on the box as 'Single-Six' Catalog No. I guess mine is considered the Convertible Single Six as it has fixed sights but I also got the matching 22 Mag cylinder. 002' (thousandths) larger in diameter for the 'new' Magnum cartridge. Serial number 68112, larger 1/8 height s/ns, aluminum ejector rod housing, oiled walnut grip panels with light stamped aluminum medallions. Mine appears to be listed on the Ruger Website with the Super Single-Six serial numbers (as produced in 1964).and thus was never meant to be a 'convertible' ass the 22 magnum did NOT come to being until 1959, when the bore became. Welcome to the forum, good info above and yes its a very nice early 'flategate) RSS5,, the name meaning the loading gate on your gun ( the early guns ) was made ' flat' so as to not be confused with a Colt ( that has always been MY take on the reason 'why') but soon to be found that was hard on the fingernails to open it to load and unload.a company called Premiere, made a replacement, rounded, loading, a bit longer that what was to be the 'standard or norm' so Ruger did their own and was used from then on, sometime in 1957.nice gun, and the hard rubber (plastic) grips on your gun have turned to a shade from brown due to sunlight ( ultraviolet rays) or maybe even just getting 'dry'.wipe them down with a good oil or grease and the may darken up.many folks 'like' this brown shade.another thing to keep n mind is being your gun is a very early one, the bore diameter is on the smaller ( tighter) side.

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