MOE's last RUGER SNIFF JOB.....updated with shipping dates

Help Support Ruger Forum:

radicalrod

Hunter
Joined
Jan 9, 2004
Messages
3,567
Location
Bowling Green, Oh
Maybe the last FLAT GATE and the first ROUND GATE......
Thanks to MOE.....and TOM too...RR

BZNXOdC.jpg


cv95WIC.jpg


fTSJUWo.jpg
 

chet15

Hawkeye
Joined
Jan 22, 2001
Messages
5,993
Location
Dawson, Iowa
Would be neat if Ruger can give you an exact day in March for the ship date.
Munnell had an early roundgate and a late flatgate that were both shipped in March 7, 1957.
A manufacture date would be better on each, but they probably won't give you that.
Chet15
 

mohavesam

Hawkeye
Joined
Jan 4, 2004
Messages
5,847
Location
Rugerville, AZ
chet15 said:
Would be neat if Ruger can give you an exact day in March for the ship date.
Munnell had an early roundgate and a late flatgate that were both shipped in March 7, 1957.
A manufacture date would be better on each, but they probably won't give you that.
Chet15

I doubt a 'manufacture date' could be pinned down even today. Consider completed guns might spend days or weeks waiting for test fire...
Remember they aren't revenue until they ship from the dock. That's what gets recorded.

The dates of each engineering drawing revision may be interesting. Of course, Ruger isn't concerned with releasing any of that. Liabilities are just too great in our current culture...
 

chet15

Hawkeye
Joined
Jan 22, 2001
Messages
5,993
Location
Dawson, Iowa
mohavesam said:
I doubt a 'manufacture date' could be pinned down even today. Consider completed guns might spend days or weeks waiting for test fire...
Remember they aren't revenue until they ship from the dock. That's what gets recorded.

The dates of each engineering drawing revision may be interesting. Of course, Ruger isn't concerned with releasing any of that. Liabilities are just too great in our current culture...

Some Ruger letters of the past would give full manufacture date and full ship date. But I think everybody is happy today that they are at least getting something.
I've seen the blue print for the Single-Six drawing, might be reprinted in one of JD's books or even one of his articles. The date of revision for the round gate is there.
Chet15
 

street

Hunter
Joined
Jan 10, 2008
Messages
2,456
Location
Vinton, VA
chet15 said:
mohavesam said:
I doubt a 'manufacture date' could be pinned down even today. Consider completed guns might spend days or weeks waiting for test fire...
Remember they aren't revenue until they ship from the dock. That's what gets recorded.

The dates of each engineering drawing revision may be interesting. Of course, Ruger isn't concerned with releasing any of that. Liabilities are just too great in our current culture...

Some Ruger letters of the past would give full manufacture date and full ship date. But I think everybody is happy today that they are at least getting something.
I've seen the blue print for the Single-Six drawing, might be reprinted in one of JD's books or even one of his articles. The date of revision for the round gate is there.
Chet15
Yes! The old letters did show the manufacturing date and the shipping date. This old Red Eagle was shipped 4 days later after it was manufactured.

414258081.jpg
 
Top