![]() ![]() Any Ruger with the same serial number would come up as stolen when indeed it may have been a totally different gun. You can imagine the confusion when a law enforcement agency did a NCCs check for a stolen gun. ![]() Many models are lumped together with the same prefixes, such as Security-Six, Speed-Six, and Service-Six, which were all in the same family. After they ran out of two digit prefixes, they went to three digit prefixes but still maintain unique prefixes for each model. ![]() BATF didn't like that so when the new law went into effect in late '68, Ruger started using a different two digit prefix on each model. 123-99999 to 124-00001, or it could be a totally different series.īack before the Gun Control Act of 1968, Ruger used the same serial numbers on all different models so it was possible to have a Standard Pistol, Bearcat, Hawkeye, 44 Carbine, Mod 77, 10/22, Single-Six, Blackhawk, or a Super Blackhawk, all with exactly the same serial number. Once a serial number gets to 99999, the next series is used. Each series is unique to a specific model. Each two or three digit prefix is called a "series".
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