![]() 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. 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 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. ![]() 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. ![]() Variety of barrel lengths and cylinder styles.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. 38 rim fire & center fire, serials from 1-19000, and from high serials of the Model 1849 Pocket, and from generally high serials from the (percussion) Model 1862 Police and Pocket Navy. 38 rim fire & center fire, serials from 1-3300, shared with 1851 Navy conversions, and range of percussion arms below number 10356. 44 center fire caliber, serials from 5800-7900, overlaps with the Richards conversion. 44 center fire caliber, serials from 1-8700, in percussion series from 67000-200614. Model 1862 Police Pocket Pistol of Navy CaliberĬirca 1868-1871. Total production (LDR suffix) about 10450. Total production (DER suffix) about 48201. Serial numbers with LDR suffix were shipped in 1970-1972. Serial numbers 49201 DER to 60201 DER were shipped in 1976. Serial numbers began at 1001 and have a DER or LDR suffix. N serial number suffix manufactured 1960-1963. D serial number suffix manufactured 1959-1963. ![]()
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