Never be afraid to ask a question

[Fox Mike]

I was searching around for Bearcats (always looking) and found one that said it was a "two digit" and it was advertised as a 'first year' model. At once I was VERY interested. I contacted the seller and ask what the 'two digits' were. His response was "022". Now I am beyond interested; I am flipping out as I have found something I have been looking for forever. I then started thinking, did Ruger place a "0" before the last two numbers in the early models? So I again contacted the seller and asked if there was any "alphabetical" prefix to the number? I received the answer this evening. There WAS a prefix to the number and it was an 'alphabet' gun and not a true two digit. It also was not a first year. It was a '59 model. My search continues!

 

[contender]

As we say; "The devil is in the details!"
Many folks fail to understand the sequence of serial numbers in many things. They get a gun with a prefix,, followed by 3-4 "0"'s (such as 80-00005) and think they have a "first production single digit" gun.
Sadly, a little research & such will educate them,, but many fail to accept such information.

Keep looking,,, one will appear!

 

[Bobberfishin]

Uh-"0"

 

[GP100]

Yup.. You know what they say.. The question is free, but the answer might cost you...