ROA Value

[buckeyevet]

Ruger Old Army stainless 7.5" barrel, adjustable sights, 4 digit serial number. Box is red says Blackhawk on it inside is correct Ruger label for end of box. I understand that old army boxes ran out so these were used with label to be glued on. Any idea of value? Excellent condition

 

[Wvfarrier]

The prices are all over the place with the 5.5" models bringing almost double the 7.5"

Check the completed auction section of gunbroker

 

[buckeyevet]

Ok. Thank You

 

[contender]

The ROA's serial numbering system is a little confusing to some. They made true 4 digit guns from #1 to 7790. Then they added the prefix of 145-00001 and went up in 1976. Some people confuse a prefixed gun as the "beginning" of them.

 

[buckeyevet]

6866 is the number on this one

 

[rugerguy]

...around here. $650 to 750 for the long barreled one and that is the proper box and end label, the glue was NOT the best and they came off ( feel off) real easy back then and over the years,,,basically Ruger made two boxes back then, a short one marked for the RST -4 and the longer 357 mag Blackhawk 6 1/2 inch and used the proper label for whatever gun they put in the box, glued over the premarked ( printed) end of the box.....really need the outside cardboard shipper,. as that has all the information of the gun inside the box, and they marked with a white china marker the serial numbers on the front, outside of the red/white box...........

 

[buckeyevet]

Thank You

 

[buckeyevet]

Serial number us marked with white marker

 

[weaselmeatgravy]

Your original question was value. When Ruger stopped making them, prices soared for a while but have backed off some since that first surge. I would guess that a non-prefixed stainless Liberty gun in the original box would bring $800-900 these days. It looks like it has seen some use, so maybe toward the lower end of that range. NIB would be upper end and beyond.

 

[buckeyevet]

Thank You