Ruger Single Six Serial Numbers

This is intended to be a complete caliber list of all Ruger No. 1’s that were commercially produced. It does not include the “one of a kind” chamberings that have been made.
204 Ruger, 218 Bee, 22 Hornet, 222 Rem, 223, 22 PPC, 22-250 Rem, 220 Swift, 6mm PPC, 6mm Rem, 243 Win, 250 Savage, 257 Roberts, 25/06, 257 Weatherby, 6.5 Creedmoor, 6.5×55, 6.5 Rem Mag, 6.5-284 Norma, 264 Win Mag, 270 Win, 270 Weatherby, .275 Rigby, 280 Rem, 280 Ackley Improved, 284 Win, 7×57, 7mm Rem Mag, 7mm STW, 7mm/08, 30-06, 30/30, 30-40 Krag, 300 RCM, 300 H&H, 300 Weatherby, 300 Win Mag, 308 Win, 7.62×39, 303 British, 338 RCM, 338 Federal, 338 Win Mag, 35 Whelen, 357 Mag, 9.3×62, 9.3x74R, 375 H&H, 375 Ruger, 38-55 Win, 404 Jeffrey, 405 Win, 450/400 Nitro Express 3”, 416 Ruger, 416 Rem Mag, 416 Rigby, .44 Rem. Mag., 460 S&W, 45-70 Govt, 450 Bushmaster, 450 Marlin. 450 Nitro Express 3 1/4”, 458 Win Mag, 458 Lott, 475 Linebaugh, 475 Turnbull

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Beginning Serial Number	Approximate Production	Years of Production	Remarks
1	–	1967	#8437 was the highest serial number
2231	–	1968	non-prefix shipped May of 1972*
5885	7500*	1969	#5290 was the last non-prefix rifle
130-00001	1700	1970	shipped January of 1975
130-01681	2200	1971
130-03843	1000	1972	From the J.D. Clayton Ruger No. 1 Book
130-04859	300	1973	From the J.D. Clayton Ruger No. 1 Book
130-05203	7500	1974
130-12779	4700	1975
130-17490	23300	1976
130-40795	28500	1977	130- prefix ended @ 130-49999
131-19270	27400	1978
131-46676	8800	1979	131- prefix ended @ 131-54116
132-01360	5800	1980
132-07159	18800	1981	Ruger No.3's numbered in the No.1 series from 1980-1986
132-25986	8100	1982
132-34077	4500	1983
132-39043	15400	1984
132-54434	18600	1985
132-76167	3300	1987
132-79519	3600	1988
132-83110	3900	1989
132-87029	6000	1990
132-92985	2700	1991
132-95719	3400	1992
132-99165	13800	1993
133-13007	9100	1994
133-22067	7000	1995
133-29051	7300	1996
133-36393	10600	1997
133-47014	7100	1998
133-54089	15200	1999
133-69291	8500	2000
133-77839	11100	2001
133-88974	3300	2002
133-92276	7700	2003
134-00011	7100	2004
134-07100	8300	2005
134-15411	3800	2006
134-19170	3800	2007
134-22930	2000	2008
134-24861	2900	2009
134-27798	4800	2010
134-32639	3900	2011
134-36488	600	2012
134-37131	1200	2013
134-38440	2900	2014
134-41326	3700	2015
134-45XXX	3000	2016
134-48XXX	–	2017

The above chart shows the approximate first serial number shipped for the indicated year. This number should be used as a point of reference only. It is not necessarily the very first serial number shipped, but it can be used to determine the approximate year your Ruger firearm was shipped.

Ruger Single Six Serial Numbers

Ruger does not produce firearms in serial number order. There are occasions when blocks of serial numbers have been manufactured out of sequence, sometimes years later. 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. And in some cases, models may be stored for a length of time before they are shipped.

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