Only 2 known as shipping w/mag cyl only with those features and frames marked as yours is. Your gun has an XR3-RED grip frame and alloy ER housing, and looks like it's not marked Magnum on the frame. "And the other question is, if this gun sold specifically as the 'magnum' model, and not a convertible, does that mean it originally shipped with just the magnum cylinder? Or did it ship with both the LR and the Magnum cylinder?" "Or did it ship with both the LR and the Magnum cylinder?"ĭUE TO THE LACK OF THE MAG MARKED FRAME, YOURS MOST LIKELY SHIPPED AS A CONVERTIBLE WITH BOTH CYLS DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU FIND SCRATCHED ON THE FRONT OF THE CYLS. AND GRIPS COULD HAVE BEEN UPGRADED TO WALNUT AS WELL. DOES YOUR BOX HAVE THE SERIAL # OF YOUR GUN WRITTEN ON IT SOMEWHERE?īOX MARKINGS ARE NOT FULLPROOF. BUT YOUR GUN ALSO HAS WALNUT GRIPS WHICH MEANS IT SHOULD HAVE A W IN THE CAT.
YOUR BOX INDICATES IT DID BECAUSE THERE IS NO X AT THE END OF THE CAT. "And the other question is, if this gun sold specifically as the 'magnum' model, and not a convertible, does that mean it originally shipped with just the magnum cylinder?" "When I look in Ruger and his Guns, the tables in the back list my Serial Number (3725XX) as falling in the 'Magnum' model, and if I am reading it right, this gun was make in 1963. 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.What Chet said most likely a cat. 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 This number should be used as a point of reference The above chart shows the approximate first serial number shipped for (manufactured from 1955 to 1973) Caliber: 357 Magnum
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