Ruger 50th Anniversary .357 Flattop

I traded for a Ruger 50th Anniversary stainless 4.62" .357 Flattop with a 9mm cylinder and Im wondering when it was made and if they only made them for one year. Thanks in advance.

Wow!
I didn't even know such a gun existed. My 50th Anniversary Flattop is blue and only has one cylinder.

They are not 50th year Flat Top guns, they are a distributor special run .357 Mag / 9MM in both blue and SS. 2015 I believe.

Terry

ken1911 said:

I traded for a Ruger 50th Anniversary stainless 4.62" .357 Flattop with a 9mm cylinder and Im wondering when it was made and if they only made them for one year. Thanks in advance.

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As mentioned by Mr. Workman, something is amiss in your description. Ruger's 50th Anniversary .357 flattops were blue and only in .357 Magnum. They were actually manufactured for at least two years since Ruger offered matching serial numbers of the .357 and .44 "50th Anniversary" gun (this last gun came out in 2006).
Stainless .357/9mm "flattops" have been produced for Ruger distributor Lipsey's since last July or so and are still in production.
Chet15

I was mistaken, it's not the 50th Anniversary Flattop. It's a Lipsey's exclusive .357/9mm Flattop. Where I made my mistake is when I went to buy grips for it the only grips that would fit were for the 50th Anniversary model or the New Vaquero model since it has the XR-3 grip frame. My thanks for clearing that up for me. I don't know how to post a pic in here yet so here is link to the Ruger in question. http://www.lipseys.com/itemdetail.aspx?itemno=RUKNVB-34X

A truly wonderful gun, so glad Lipsey's (Jason) got it done. I love my example and after shrinking (dramatically) my herd last year I'm glad to say it made the cut.

It is indeed a wonderful gun and kudos to Jason and to all who requested it. I bought mine when they first came out and it is now my favorite single action.