Trying to get some dates on when Ruger started/ended using certain color boxes for their Revolvers - anyone done any research who could help me out? Particularly the black plastic (like the gray ones), black plastic with the handgrip and red lettering, and the newer white paper with the hard R logo and red lettering? And anything from the start to now to make sure I have the right info for part of a display.
Here's some of what I've found (it is from the revolvers I own):
White box (two w/red logo and lettering on inside top flap and one with it on the outside): 1970 to 1974
Red/White box: 1974 to 1975
Red/Black box: 1975 to 1979
Yellow/Black box: 1979 to 1995
Gray (plastic) box: 1995 to present
Black (plastic) box (the one I have for a GP100 was 2008): 2005(?) - present
Black (plastic) w/red logo and carry handle (for a Super Redhawk .44 Mag dated 2021): 2018(?) - present
White (new) w/red logo (Wrangler dated 2021): 2020(?) - present
Thanks for the help.
Here's some of what I've found (it is from the revolvers I own):
White box (two w/red logo and lettering on inside top flap and one with it on the outside): 1970 to 1974
Red/White box: 1974 to 1975
Red/Black box: 1975 to 1979
Yellow/Black box: 1979 to 1995
Gray (plastic) box: 1995 to present
Black (plastic) box (the one I have for a GP100 was 2008): 2005(?) - present
Black (plastic) w/red logo and carry handle (for a Super Redhawk .44 Mag dated 2021): 2018(?) - present
White (new) w/red logo (Wrangler dated 2021): 2020(?) - present
Thanks for the help.
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