Today at a local show, a guy walked in with a boxed OM .30 Carbine Blackhawk. His late father had bought it new in the 70s, he said. The box was serialed to the gun, properly labeled, had all papers, but the frame had an OM .45 serial number and was marked as a .45. The SN on the box matched the gun. The cylinder and barrel were .30 Carbine and appeared to be factory Ruger. The gun was in unfired condition.
We recommended he call Ruger tomorrow and have them check the records. Either someone with some time on their hands took an OM .45 and made it a .30 Carbine and added the SN to an original .30 Carbine box, or someone at Ruger made a boo-boo. He wasn't interested in selling it. He wanted to know what the deal was on it.
Anyone seen anything like this before?
We recommended he call Ruger tomorrow and have them check the records. Either someone with some time on their hands took an OM .45 and made it a .30 Carbine and added the SN to an original .30 Carbine box, or someone at Ruger made a boo-boo. He wasn't interested in selling it. He wanted to know what the deal was on it.
Anyone seen anything like this before?