The Supers skipped SS numbers, and their prefix was 60-00001 to distinguish them from the SS guns.Īgain, a lot more info is in the RENE Guide & we HIGHLY recommend it to ALL who have an interest in Rugers! Contact Chad & spend the $25. There is a little overlap in the 500000 range of things, but the RENE explains things. Notice the skipping of the serial number block of the 400000 for the most part. The adjustable sighted guns, called the 'Super Single-Six' started with serial number 400001 and went to 400001 to 572014. (Per RENE.) In 1967 the serial number range was 475650 to 490278. The OM Single-Six Convertibles started in 1961 with the serial number of 162xxx and went to 1973 with a serial number of 21-56105. So, we look in the RENE Guide, under the Single-Six Convertibles, and the list of serial numbers, by the years, allows us to say your gun was made in 1967. If your gun had the adjustable sights, it would be a 'Super Single-Six Convertible.' The Magnums were dropped & Convertibles were offered. It was because folks were asking for the other caliber for their guns. In 1959, the Magnum Single-Sixes were produced, and later on, when they decided to make just one model, they made convertibles. Any fixed sighted Single-Six with a serial number before 150,000 did not have the mag cylinder. The number places it in the production era after the magnum cylinders were being added to the Single-Sixes. So, as you already know, your gun is a FIXED sighted gun, and that makes it a 'Old Model Single-Six Convertible.' It's not marked 'magnum' or it would have a different serial number block.

MUCH better than any other resource for us. You can join RENE, and Chad (chet15) has a Reference Guide that is INVALUABLE to collectors. 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.As FM alludes to, we use the RENE Reference Guide for information. 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 The OM Single-Six Convertibles started in 1961 with the serial number of 162xxx and went to 1973 with a serial number of 21-56105. This number should be used as a point of reference The above chart shows the approximate first serial number shipped for (Manufactured from 1964 to 1972) Caliber: 22 LR Ruger Super Single Six Serial Number History

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