Rifle m77 Serial number?

[bigshep85]

I just picked up a ruger m77 6mm and was checkin the serial number and when it was made and the serial is77-32xxx and the website is showing them starting at
77-5xxx. Any insight on this guys?

 

[El Numero Uno]

Looks like 1982 to me. Just note that the 76- prefix was not used for the M77; this prefix was used for the Colorado Centennials.

 

[bigshep85]

So the serial numbers from 1982-1983 went from serial#75-97xxx-77-9xxxxx?

 

[El Numero Uno]

The way I read the chart is that 1982 started with 75-97690 as the 1st rifle shipped that year, the 76- prefix was skipped. !st rifle shipped in 1983 was 77-50834.
Your rifle was most likely made and shipped in late 1982. The 1st rifle of 1984 was 77-68636. Don't know where you picked out the 77-9xxxxx- which BTW is one "x" too many.

 

[bigshep85]

Serial link

http://www.ruger.com/service/productHistory/RI-M77.html

77-9 was a typo, sorry