

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. The gun is great, but the grip angle is ghastly and the grips are also ghastly. 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. The serial number is 150XXX, that is under 151XXX. 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.

In classic Ruger fashion, the frame is extremely strong and the revolvers. Our Assessment: The Security-Six was Ruger's first double-action revolver and the progenitor of Ruger's now ample line of such revolvers. It can be used to determine the approximate year your Ruger firearm was The box has scattered minor wear with the serial number hand-written on the top of the lid, in about Very Good-plus condition. It is not necessarily the very first serial number shipped, but This number should be used as a point of reference i have a ruger 357 security six and i can not find a serial number and just. If you read the blurbs in Ruger's 'serial number history', it mentions manufacturing date versus. Any Ruger firearm made after that had a prefix (60 for Single-Sixes), however guns made before 1969 were allowed to be shipped with Ruger's old serial number scheme. The above chart shows the approximate first serial number shipped for The Gun Control act of 1968 went into effect on Jan 1, 1969. (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
