CDR - Photos would be helpful! The SN you offered suggests the right time frame of 78... It would be 34-40xxx. I do not know of any 10.5 (or 10") factory models from that era. Does it have a Ruger rollmark on the barrel?
And the barrel measurement is taken from the forcing cone. So if...
$700-800 was the asking price range I recall seeing for 'as new' or 'excellent' condition. A little closer to 700 on line, closer to 800 at gun shows. (Again - Asking price)
Nice guns!! The .32 H&R Mag is my hands down favorite caliber. Just a ball to shoot and reload! I have a couple...
I like my LC9 which has come to be my daily sidearm. Not over the moon with trigger pull, but I'm used to it.., And it's a response gun, not a target gun! ;)
Nope... I never keep one in the chamber as a matter of course. If pull it to respond to a situation, I pull/rack it in one motion and it's got one in the pipe when it comes to bear. Doesn't cost me a second of time.