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Remington - Navy Single Shot Pistols, Model 8, 81, 24, 241, RB Pistols (Types- not serial), RB Rifles- 1870, 71, RB Rifle Models- 1866-1933, Contract Lee Rifles, Pistols and Revolvers 1857-1918 (incomplete serial number for some), Rifles 1866-1933 (ditto), Shotguns 1874-1910 Serial numbers unknown. STANDARD MODEL MARK II RUGER 22/45 MODEL SINGLE SIX ENGRAVED SERIES HAWKEYE SERIES MUZZLELOADERS. MARK III.22 CALIBER PISTOL SPECIFICATIONS. Single Six Revolver Flat Gate Model Contoured Gate Model Spanish Engraved (serial no. 7 and 8; and 5100 to 5119). Hello Ruger Fans! New here but a life long Ruger Guy! What drove me here is a question about a Bearcat I bought years ago. It's in super 98%+ maybe 99%. Anyhow I'm trying to get a general clarification on my Serial Number 63532. Info I've found say it's a 1966? The Box and Docs say Super Bearcat. Having trouble with a number search, hoping someone could verify this for me. Original or old model Vaquero seller says made in 1999 45colt SS Ser. # 057-4044X Thanks. Charts on this page will help you determine the year your Ruger Mark series pistol was produced based on the serial number of your Mark I, Mark II or Mark III.
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Posted: Fri May 03, 2019 4:20 pm |
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FYI
The old serial number dating charts are gone from the SN lookup section of Customer Service, replaced by a search window in which to enter the SN.
https://www.ruger.com/dataProcess/serialHistory/
The website then gives one the model number, a photo, approximate ship date and a link to the latest owner's manual and spec sheet.
The website then gives one the model number, a photo, approximate ship date and a link to the latest owner's manual and spec sheet.
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Posted: Fri May 03, 2019 6:06 pm |
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Location: Greencastle, PA | Works ok for newer models 90's and newer. Older models you get a, serial number not available, scroll down and select the model and a ship date chart similar to before appears.
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Post subject:Re: Ruger Customer Service Change |
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Location: Webster, MD. | Works ok for newer models 90's and newer. Older models you get a, serial number not available, scroll down and select the model and a ship date chart similar to before appears. I also found that if you have a 'flatgate' the gate isn't listed in the parts that is brought up.
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Posted: Fri May 03, 2019 6:25 pm |
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Post subject:Ruger Serial Number Lookup |
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Location: NH 'Live FREE or Die' | Ruger now has in addition to the serial number tables available on their website, they have a serial number lookup available...
See here:
https://www.ruger.com/dataProcess/serialHistory/
Can’t decide if this is better or not, probably is as it provides other very basic information but I just am not used to it so
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Posted: Sat May 04, 2019 6:18 am |
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Posts: 261 | I like it, I had to manipulate it some. Shows my 1977 .41 mag BH as 2017-which is when I sent it in for repair. Does'nt list my '85 Single six-but I found my .41 as it should be on the old list. Shows my 2018 .40/10mm as not in production as well as my .44spl FT from 2014. All my other guns are spot on. Doesn't seem to list the newer Bisley's as such, shows them as Blackhawks- Dave
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Posted: Sat May 04, 2019 7:10 am |
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Location: Dallas, TX | I like it, but I just looked up the recent 9mm/357 convertible I bought. Ruger says it is a 45 Colt /45 ACP caliber. I double checked to make sure I typed in the correct serial number too. Huh?
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Posted: Sat May 04, 2019 8:18 am |
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Location: Kentucky | It says . . .
'Enter your Ruger® serial number above to view its model number, product line, caliber, production status, ship date and instruction manual.'
So I entered a six-digit serial number from one of my Old Models and it came back with a 'can't find that one' answer.
Then it occurred to me . . . it probably cannot search any number that does not have a prefix since that tells the system where to search. There are many serial numbers that, prior to the advent of the prefix system, were applied to several different guns of various models. Basically, it can only search the New Models.
I tried a couple of prefix numbers and it gave me most of the details mentioned, only providing a year for 'ship date'.
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Post subject:Re: Ruger Serial Number Lookup |
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Joined: Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:26 pm
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Location: Illinois | From their site:
Not all serials numbers (particularly ones shipped before records were kept electronically) are available via this lookup. For older records, please select a product line below to view it's approximate first serial number shipped for the indicated year or contact Customer Service.
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Posted: Sat May 04, 2019 1:53 pm |
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Location: Kentucky | From their site:
Not all serials numbers (particularly ones shipped before records were kept electronically) are available via this lookup. For older records, please select a product line below to view it's approximate first serial number shipped for the indicated year or contact Customer Service. Yep, that'll take you to the non-prefix stuff as well as, for instance, the early two-digit prefix offerings like the 20, 30, 40, and 50-prefix single-actions.
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Post subject:Re: Ruger Serial Number Lookup |
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Location: Reston VA USA | The shipping date is good to have a s a base line but it tells you nothing for sure about the manufacturing date of the receiver or any of the parts. They could be widely different particularly in the early pre-90s era when large runs of parts were stock-piled and assembled in no particular time order.
Later, as the company got away from large inventories of parts and finished guns, the chances improved that parts were made and used soon before assembly and shipping.
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Posted: Sun May 05, 2019 11:32 am |
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Location: Kentucky | The shipping date is good to have a s a base line but it tells you nothing for sure about the manufacturing date of the receiver or any of the parts. They could be widely different particularly in the early pre-90s era when large runs of parts were stock-piled and assembled in no particular time order. 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. 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. 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. There will always be the occasional 'late shipped' gun having bits and pieces that were released considerably after the gun's serial number might indicate, or the occasional gun wearing some older bits from way earlier production that just floated to the top of the 'parts bin' at final assembly. And of course there is always the potential for the 'screwdriver variations' arising from easily-swapped parts that muddy the gun's actual date of origin, either 'early' or 'late'. There is no real way to sort these aberrations out, but in most cases they can be identified as 'suspicious' if that matters to someone. It really doesn't matter, since The Factory didn't record all the individual bits used on any particular gun anyway, so there is no documentation for most of those with the possible exception of some particular grip frames or panels, and these only occasionally. All this only serves to keep us on our toes and remember that with Ruger, never say never.
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Post subject:Re: Ruger Serial Number Lookup |
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Location: South Central,PA USA | The shipping date is good to have a s a base line but it tells you nothing for sure about the manufacturing date of the receiver or any of the parts. They could be widely different particularly in the early pre-90s era when large runs of parts were stock-piled and assembled in no particular time order.
Later, as the company got away from large inventories of parts and finished guns, the chances improved that parts were made and used soon before assembly and shipping.
wunbe Well,here is what I got when I entered a number.( Sorry, we are unable to locate that serial number.) The Clayton book shows 1V in 1978 came in 22-250, 25-06, 7mm & 300 Mag. 1979 added the 220 Swift and eliminated the 7mm & 300.The number in question is a 1V in 220 Swift,which was supposedly released in 1979,serial in question,131-42xxx dates to 1978 !
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Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 11:46 am |
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Location: Illinois | Wonder when Ruger started storing numbers electronically.
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Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 12:50 pm |
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Location: Black Hills of South Dakota | I'm glad Ruger is always trying something Innovative.
I did try the SNL (Serial Number Lookup) on my 5 digit
Single Six Flatgate, made in Year 1956.
Unfortunately all I got was; 'Sorry, we are unable to
locate that serial number'.
Guess Ruger has some tweaking to do on that Program.
Anyway, Thank You Ruger for a Great Idea, if your reading.
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Ruger #1 Rifle
1967 1-2230
1968 2231-5884
1969 5886-8437
1970 130-00001 to 130-01680
1971 130-01681 to 130-03842
1972 130-03843 to 130-04858
1973 130-04859 to 130-05202
1974 130-05203 to 130-12778
1975 130-12779 to 130-17498
1976 130-17490 to 130-40794
1977 130-40795 to 130-73399
1978 131-03175 to 131-46675
1979 131-46676 to 131-53403
1980 132-01360 to 132-07158
1981 132-07159 to 132-25985
1982 132-25986 to 132-34076
1983 132-34077 to 132-39042
1984 132-39043 to 132-54433
1985 132-54434 to 132-73031
1986 132-73032 to 132-76166
1987 132-76167 to 132-79518
1988 132-79519 to 132-83109
1989 132-83110 to 132-87028
1990 132-87029 to 132-92984
1991 132-92985 to 132-95718
1992 132-95719 to 132-99164
1993 132-99165 to 133-13006
1994 133-13007 to 133-22066
1995 133-22067 to 133-29050
1996 133-29051 to 133-36392
1997 133-36393 to 133-47013
1998 133-47014 to 133-54088
1999 133-54089 to 133-69290
2000 133-69291 to 133-77838
2001 133-77839 to 133-88973
2002 133-88974 to 133-92275
2003 133-92276 to 133-99908
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2004 134-00011 to 134-07099
2005 134-07100 to 134-15410
2006 134-15411 to 134-19169
2007 134-19170 to 134-22929
2008 134-22930 to 134-26160
2009 134-26161 to 134-27797
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2011 134-32639 to 134-36487
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