He can, for instance, occasionally come pretty close to revealing within a month's time when certain features/parts were changed in a run of a particular model.
His serial number breakouts are considerably more precise than anything Ruger has put out, and his discussion of which parts were used when is further informative. 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.Knowing the month as well as the year certainly helps since the various "type" configurations of many of the Old Models are pretty well known and documented in Chet15's Red Eagle News Exchange Reference of Ruger Firearms. 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 The above chart shows the approximate first serial number shipped for
(Manufactured from 1972 to 1988) Calibers: 357 Mag, 38 Spl, 9mm Security-Six, Speed-Six, Police Service-Six Revolver Ruger Security Six, Single Six, Service Six Serial Number History
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