

In the next several series of articles I will attempt to provide a general overview of each of the Ruger Single Action revolvers made from 1953 through 1972.These guns are known as the “three-screw” model or just “old models”.I will also list some of the major types and variations of these guns.I hope these articles will be interesting for the readers and especially the beginning Ruger collectors – and hopefully they will influence some of you to begin to collect Rugers. How To Use A Serial Number To Search For The Make, Model.


If you would like to search in order to determine if a specific gun has been reported stolen on this site, you may do so by entering the serial number in the upper right corner of this page. If you would like to report a stolen gun on, you can do so on by clicking the blue button 'REPORT STOLEN GUN NOW'. You can simply visit the above web site and type in your serial number off of your Winchester firearm and TADA the date is quickly retrieved from their database and displayed on your screen. Similar to the Marlin lookup tool above (and provided by the same website) comes the Winchester lookup tool.
