Pistol Box ID Please

[deserttrans]

I wanted to verify if this is the correct box for a Standard RST, 1957 vintage?
Thanks in advance.

 

[street]

Yes! This box was first used for the 6 in. bl. Standard Auto RST-6, in 1954 and was used up until sometime when the digit pre-fix guns were made in 1969 to 1971. Then the red box with the white writing was used.

 

[deserttrans]

Thanks street, I did not realize they were used that late. Was it possible for a RST-4 to have been shipped in a 6 inch box. The original owner of a 4 inch, swore to me that his 4 inch came in a 6 inch box.

 

[street]

Thanks street, I did not realize they were used that late. Was it possible for a RST-4 to have been shipped in a 6 inch box. The original owner of a 4 inch, swore to me that his 4 inch came in a 6 inch box.

"Never say never with Ruger" With that in the back of your mind. If that RST-4 Standard was shipped in that box then it should have a sticker pasted over the end label stating the proper model number.

 

[street]

I once had a 6 in standard with a digit pre-fix serial number that was shipped in a 6 7/8 in MK-I box. It had the proper label pasted over the MK-I label. It was the original box as it had the serial number written on the side of the box.

 

[chet15]

Yes...Ruger used just about anything to ship their handguns if they ever ran out of a particular box. But the serial number on the box has to match the gun thats in it.
Chet15