RPM Enterprises
Buckeye
I recently was contacted about a red eagle that was for sale. I had asked what the serial number was. Well 13547... A type 8 the most common red eagle variation. Looking in my notes I had serial number 13548 WOW!! a consecutive pair. I had asked to see pictures of the gun. On my way to work the seller had contacted me by email with pictures. When I arrived in the parking lot I contacted the seller and made the deal with out looking at the pictures sent (I only had a few minutes before I started work). When I got at my desk I decided to look at the pictures and noticed that this gun serial number 13547 had a blue trigger. MMMM??? that would be a type 9. Not only the two guns were consecutive but I had two different variations. Serial number 13548 was shipped March 1951 according to Ruger factory letter. I have requested a letter for serial number 13547 to see when it was shipped. According to Chad it should fall between June 18, 1951 and August 22, 1951. So even that the two are consecutive they may have been assembled and shipped a few months apart from each other.