D Letter Prefix on a 1968 10/22?

[indiucky]

Flatgate (or someone of equal infinite knowledge),

I have a question. I am appraising a mess of guns for an estate..Mostly milsurp (got to handle my first Type 99 Paratrooper today which was a thrill) and in the midst of all of these sits a mint Ruger Standard 10/22, per serial number I would say about 1968..It appears unfired, walnut stock, etc...What is strange is the serial number has a "D" prefix that appears a little lighter stamped..serial number is D101xxx...

I do not want to underappraise this gun to the guy and right now I am seeing it as a $300+ retail but I want to make sure I am not missing something with the D prefix...Why would there be a letter prefix on a standard 10/22?

 

[WIL TERRY]

THAT is the marking of a Duplicate serial number.

 

[indiucky]

THAT is the marking of a Duplicate serial number.

Thank you sir...I am assuming no extra value other than a bit of a "cool" factor...

 

[Danjet500]

It does have some extra value, especially to a collector and NIB.

 

[Ale-8(1)]

Yeah . . . your goal now is to find the gun with the same serial number but without the "D".

Thus is the madness started . . .

 

[radicalrod]

Send it to OHIO....the nations storage locker for strange RUGERS :lol: :lol: :lol: RR.

 

[chet15]

"D" guns in anything Ruger always have that extra "interest" factor. Some have pretty good premiums depending on how collectible the series is.
Then there are those "duplicate" guns that never got marked with a "D", slipping out of the factory before the error was caught.
I also know of a pair of New Bearcats that are marked with an asterisk prefix serial number, but on getting letters for the two from the factory, turns out they were both supposed to be "D" stamped. (OOPS!!!)
Chet15