44 Carbine box info

[Ruger44fan]

What was the last year for the brown 2 piece natural (not white) cardboard box? Have a Bicentennial model and unmarked plain brown box and want to know if it’s a match. Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving

 

[twriggen]

I'm traveling this week, but Dougan has a note in his book what year they changed venders, and the box color went from the earlier brown to white. He notes it in regard to the extra cylinder boxes in the single six, but I would assume it was a change across the board for all items.

 

[Ruger44fan]

Thanks Terry and Happy Thanksgiving

 

[ruger66]

I'm traveling this week, but Dougan has a note in his book what year they changed venders, and the box color went from the earlier brown to white. He notes it in regard to the extra cylinder boxes in the single six, but I would assume it was a change across the board for all items.

That might have been around 79

 

[Ruger44fan]

Thanks again TROY (not Terry, senior moment)

 

[chet15]

I'm traveling this week, but Dougan has a note in his book what year they changed venders, and the box color went from the earlier brown to white. He notes it in regard to the extra cylinder boxes in the single six, but I would assume it was a change across the board for all items.

The brown boxes for the extra cylinder was changed in 1968 to white, although the cylinder box for the .357 9mm cylinder was changed sometime at least well into 1969.
for the 10/22 and .44 Carbine they were changed a lot later than that, sometime in the 1970's.
The earliest 20 gauge Red Label boxes were brown (the banjo box), that would be 1978 and after that they had a normal white shotgun box.
Chad