ABC 100 - ABC 060 = 40. :shock: Just speculation, of course. The intervening numbers could have been assigned to other guns.
The issue seems to be the DA/SA Speed Hammers. I was surprised at 'Golferboy's' suggestion that they are
very rare (2 or 3 known). Of course, only 40 would, in fact, make them 'very rare'. It is too bad that the Ruger Records don't seem to note shipments with the 'Speed Hammers'.
For some reason, maybe the shape of the hammer with the cross hatching on the top for a thumb purchase, I've always
assumed that the common version was the DA/SA and that the DAO was the less common.
One thing is clear, If one ordered a minimum number, Ruger would make up special models to meet police contract specifications. All the better if the new model could be put together from the existing parts bins. The 3" heavy barrel for the Postal Service guns shows up later in the GS-8
3 and GF-3
3. (Obviously a contract specification - the difference in performance between 2 3/4" and 3" is nominal). The '
P' Postal Service rubber grip is used to create the GS-84H
P for the Boston Police. The experimental 'ring hammer' is used to create a DAO (but with an abbreviated hammer spur) SP101 for the State Dept.
Making a DA/SA hammer a DAO is a simple as deleting a notch.
What fun trying to recreate Ruger's production records from findings in the field - kind of like recreating a lost civilization from long lost tombs.
Terry T