TexasTrailblazer
Bearcat
Thanks for any input, Tom
Flat Gate with a 6 digit serial number
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Thanks for any input, Tom
Red Eagle News Exchange puts it in1966. 
TexasTrailblazer
Bearcat
Yup, got that answer too, but the flat gate was made from 1953 to 1956.Red Eagle News Exchange puts it in1966.
… and your gun is not a flatgate, nor does it have a flatgate.
Welcome to the forum, stick around a while and learn, it's really a great place to get your feet wet, and if you stick around long enough, you will start to collect safes,,,, full of Ruger's. There are a bunch of enablers here.
Nice gun at a fair price, you did ok, and IMO way better than a new one. It has just the right amount of patina and the grooved Old Model Cylinder is why one wants an Old Model gun. Nice feature from days gone by. Nice Walnut Grips w/ blue escutcheons & Screw w/ pristine Medallions too.
FWIW; The ad it states; 1966 mfg, and makes no claim of being a flatgate.
Welcome to the forum, stick around a while and learn, it's really a great place to get your feet wet, and if you stick around long enough, you will start to collect safes,,,, full of Ruger's. There are a bunch of enablers here.
Nice gun at a fair price, you did ok, and IMO way better than a new one. It has just the right amount of patina and the grooved Old Model Cylinder is why one wants an Old Model gun. Nice feature from days gone by. Nice Walnut Grips w/ blue escutcheons & Screw w/ pristine Medallions too.
FWIW; The ad it states; 1966 mfg, and makes no claim of being a flatgate.
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TexasTrailblazer
Bearcat
LOOK at the pics. It clearly has a flat loading gate. Maybe added later?
TexasTrailblazer
Bearcat
I stand corrected, from the angle of the picture it didn't look contoured. Now the serial number and the configuration of the gun all make sense.
Your first picture posted shows ( to me ) as a round loading gate. If it were flat, none of that "hump" would be there. The entire gate would be the thickness of the part that affixes to the gun. The entire gate would be flat if you took it off the gun and laid it on a table.
contender
Ruger Guru
Welcome to the Forum!
We sympathize with you for thinking you were getting a real Flatgate .22. And as you have learned here,, that gun was never a flatgate model. This Forum will offer polite advice & try HARD to make sure it is the truly correct information.
But it does look like you got a nice gun!
We sympathize with you for thinking you were getting a real Flatgate .22. And as you have learned here,, that gun was never a flatgate model. This Forum will offer polite advice & try HARD to make sure it is the truly correct information.
But it does look like you got a nice gun!
TexasTrailblazer
Bearcat
It's arriving today or tomorrow. Judging from the pictures, it looks to be really nice.
Thanks to all for correcting my mistake.
Thanks to all for correcting my mistake.
contender
Ruger Guru
Not having been properly educated is not a mistake. A mistake is when you are properly educated & ignore the education! 
Enjoy your new Single-Six!
Enjoy your new Single-Six!
That is NICE… I pick up my latest purchase this afternoon too.
gotta remember over the years all too many folks always referred to Ruger Flat top" this or "flat gate" that and the two often get confused, even the Ruger 22 Single Sixes, the top IS "flat", just a 'sculpting' around the edges........still you're getting a NICE gun, learn all about now, and enjoy it for what it was intended for...........
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PALADIN85020
Bearcat
In actuality, the flat gates were made through early 1957. This one is mine, and it comes back to 1957, probably one of the last ones made. Click the images for larger pictures.
John
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....and that is one fine looking 'flatgate' thank you for sharing...
