Beginning Serial Number Approximate Production Years of Production Remarks; 1 – 1967 #8437 was the highest serial number: 2231 – 1968: non-prefix shipped May of 1972. 5885: 7500. 1969 #5290 was the last non-prefix rifle: 130-00001: 1700: 1970: shipped January of 1975: 130-01681: 2200: 1971: 130-03843: 1000: 1972: From the J.D. Ruger American ® Rifle; Ruger American. Please Note: The Letter of Authenticity lists the serial number, ship date, model and caliber. We are unable to provide any information beyond that. All prices on this website are suggested only. At Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc., we list suggested retail prices because we feel this information is an aid to. Ruger serial numbers manufacture dates, ruger super blackhawk serial number lookup. Ruger makes an online tool available to Ruger owners to help read Ruger serial numbers. Date of manufacture. Access the Ruger. On a rifle or on the side. Jul 17, 2010 This is a discussion on Dating a M77 within the Ruger Bolt Action forums, part of the Rifle.
- SERIALIZATION / DATE OF MANUFACTURE-When was your gun made? These tables will help you identify the year of manufacture on many popular models of firearms. Information courtesy of The Blue Book of Gun Values by S.P.
- Every Ruger firearm ever produced features a unique serial number stamped into the gunmetal that includes information about the date the firearm was manufactured. Unfortunately, Ruger does not ship a comprehensive manual on how to read those production dates with their products.
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SERIAL NUMBERS OFTEN ALLOW YOU TO DETERMINE YEAR OF MANUFACTURE
Knowing the year your vintage firearm was made makes it easier to decide which gun catalog we sell will give you the best information about the company, models made and more. To help you determine the year made, find your serial number and then select a link from those below to sites that offer serial dates.
The Blue Book of Used Gun Values offers serial numbers for the following makers:
AYA, Boss & Co., Ltd, Browning, EJ Churchill, Colt, Colt Black Powder 2nd Gen, John Dickson & Son, AH Fox, German early Date Codes, German Modern Date Codes, Stephen Grant, WW Greener, Harrington & Richardson, High Standard, Holland & Holland, Italian Year of Mfg. Date Codes, Ithaca Gun Co., Charles Lancaster, Joseph Lang, Marlin Firearms, Mauser Broomhandles, Parker Brothers Shotguns, Piotti, James Purdey, Remington Date Code & SxS Shotguns, Savage/Stevens, LC Smith, Smith & Wesson, Spanish Year of Mfg. Date Codes, Sturm, Ruger & Co., Winchester Rifles, Winchester Rifle & Shotgun 1969+, Winchester Shotguns.
Other websites that may help (Information from websites other than the manufacturer website should be examined with some skepticism):
- High Standard Pistols Serial Ranges 1932-1942
- Ithaca Guns - Baker, Crass, Lewis, Manier, Magnum, Pre-WWII choke marks, Lefever Singles, Flues, Knick, Lefever Grade A, NID, Western Long Range
- Ithaca Guns Serial Numbers and Date of Manufacture
(containing serial information about: Baker DB Shotguns, Crass DB Shotguns, Lewis DB Shotguns, Manier DB Shotguns, Flues SB and DB Shotguns, NID DB Shotguns, Knick SB Trap Guns, LeFever Nitro Special DB Shotguns, LeFever 'A' Grade, Western Long Range DB Shotguns, Model 37 Standard Model Shotguns, Model 37 Solid Rib Shotguns, Model 37 All Grade Guns. - Lancaster, Charles (London) 1826-1901
- Lefever Sideloack Shotguns 1913 & Later (not serial numbers)
- Lefever Sideloack Shotguns before 1913 (not serial numbers)
- Mossberg did not put serial numbers on most long guns until 1968 (GCA 1968 required them)
- 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.
- Smith & Wesson - Single Action Pistols, First Model .22, Second Model .22, New Departure Safety Hammerless, Ladysmith 1902-1911+
- Springfield Model 1873 and 1884 Rifles, Model 1873 Shotgun, Model 1903 Rifle, 1903A3 by Smith Corona Co.
- Stevens (description, illustration and years made)- Stevens did not put serial numbers on all long guns until 1968 (GCA 1968 Required them)
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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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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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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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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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Posts: 277 | 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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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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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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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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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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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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Location: Illinois | Wonder when Ruger started storing numbers electronically.
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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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