Ruger Mki Serial Numbers

Charts on this page will help you determine the year your Ruger Mark series pistol was produced based on the serial number of your Mark I, Mark II or Mark III. When Was My Ruger Made? By Boge Quinn. August 13th, 2003. We gets lots of questions about old Rugers.It should be fairly obvious to our readers by now that we are great fans of William B. Ruger and his fine firearms, so lots of folks must figure we're the guys to ask about that Old Model Super Blackhawk from the pawn shop or dad's old Bearcat. The most common question we are asked is.

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• Between 1956 and 1986, the U.S. Military ordered some 23,000 rimfire semi-auto Mark I and Mark II pistols direct from the company for the use of service marksmanship teams. There is a lot of misinformation out there on these but here is what we know about these collectables. The Mark I Bill Ruger produced his Ruger Standard pistol in 1949, taking lessons from the Japanese Nambu and the Hi Standard.22. His neat little $37 pistol with its 9-shot magazine and 4.75-inch barrel turned out to be his first product and a great seller. So much so that by 1956, the U.S.

Military sought out a 6 7/8 inch heavy tapered barrel version for use by military shooting teams for practice and competition. The first order, for 4,600 of these guns in serial number range 75845 to 79945 was produced in that year. All were marked ' U.S.' On the top right hand side of the receiver. Now that doesn't mean that all the guns in that range are GI pistols, as the factory made commercial guns right alongside those for the military.

Over the next 15 years, at least another 1,500 guns were bought in a half dozen or more smaller contracts spread out from serial number 150036 to 331744 (about 1 percent of the production volume for that period). Manuals The military put out several manuals covering the Ruger to include the U.S.

Army's TM9-2316, dated December 1956 and the 1959 U.S. Air Force Training Manual. According to the latter, the pistol was described officially as follows: 'Ruger pistol mark I (figs. 3 and 4) is a 9-shot magazine-loaded cal.22 weapon, chambered for the cal.22 long rifle cartridge only. The 'micro' rear sight is attached to the receiver and does not move with the recoil action of the weapon. The sight has precision click adjustment for windage and elevation.

The front sight is a partridge style with a 0.125-inch wide blade. The bolt assembly, which slides inside the receiver, has serrated lugs used in initially cocking the weapon. A positive lock safety lever is provided which locks the sear in the safe position. It also can be used to lock the bolt in the rear position for chamber inspection. Takedown is easily accomplished by removing the mainspring housing assembly and sliding the barrel and receiver from the frame group.

The trigger of the serrated type for nonslip action. The rips are butaprene hard black gloss rubber with diamond checkering.' Kali dictionary file.

Secret MK Is There was rumor of a some commercial 5.5-inch bull-barreled Mk I's purchased with unit funds that were fitted with suppressors for use by special ops type guys in Vietnam to silence enemy guard dogs. These guns would have been used alongside some specially modified Smith and Wesson Model 59 9mms and Hi Standard.22s and all termed 'hush puppies' due to their role. These rumors have been confirmed in recent years by legitimate gun mags such as who found documentation and conducted interviews with service members who used these popguns on black ops type missions in South East Asia. These guns, modified with a 5.6-inch integral suppressor developed by CIA legend and Military Armament Corporation (MAC) founder Mitch WerBell alongside Gordon Ingram. The Mark II Government By the 1980s the stock of old Mk.I guns acquired by the military was played out. They needed a new gun and came a calling to old Bill Ruger.