silo33
Bearcat
LGS store has a pair of consecutively numbered KBNV-404SW. These are overrun of the San Diego Sheriff Department series. There is a letter, doesn't appear to be from Ruger, that states the following:
Most had the safety warnings on the left side of the barrel like normal Vaqueros and the original SDSA guns. However, Ruger ran out of the .40 S&W barrels before the frames and cylinders and later produced extra barrels to finish the remaining few guns, some of these were released through select distributors as late as 2009. These are referred to as "cleanup" models, something all manufactures do as the production run of a model is winding down. On these approximately 25-30 cleanup models the warnings normally stamped into the left side of the barrel were moved to the underside of the newer barrels leaving the side clean and completely smooth.
I read about the KBNV-404SW in Chet's reference, but did not see anything about these 25-30 cleanup guns.
Does anyone know if this actually correct?
If it is correct, what type of value would there be in them over and above the San Diego Sheriffs Models?
Anything for being a consecutive pair?
Thank you in advance
Todd
Most had the safety warnings on the left side of the barrel like normal Vaqueros and the original SDSA guns. However, Ruger ran out of the .40 S&W barrels before the frames and cylinders and later produced extra barrels to finish the remaining few guns, some of these were released through select distributors as late as 2009. These are referred to as "cleanup" models, something all manufactures do as the production run of a model is winding down. On these approximately 25-30 cleanup models the warnings normally stamped into the left side of the barrel were moved to the underside of the newer barrels leaving the side clean and completely smooth.
I read about the KBNV-404SW in Chet's reference, but did not see anything about these 25-30 cleanup guns.
Does anyone know if this actually correct?
If it is correct, what type of value would there be in them over and above the San Diego Sheriffs Models?
Anything for being a consecutive pair?
Thank you in advance
Todd